About
Registered Australian charity
Grosset Gaia Foundation
The Grosset Gaia Foundation is a Private Ancillary Fund — a structure established under Australian law to channel investment returns into charitable giving, year after year, in perpetuity. Each year, at least 5% of the Fund’s assets must be donated to registered charities. In the case of the Grosset Gaia Foundation, there are no salaries and administration costs are minimal. Virtually every dollar of income generated reaches the causes it was created to support.
The Foundation takes its name from the Gaia Vineyard, planted by winemaker Jeffrey Grosset in 1986 and named in honour of scientist James Lovelock FRS — whose Gaia Theory proposed that Earth functions as a single, self-regulating organism, dependent on the diversity and complexity of its species. That same belief in interdependence — between human health and ecological health — shapes the Foundation’s purpose.
“Environmental sustainability and human sustainability are, ultimately, one and the same.”
— Jeffrey Grosset, FounderAreas of support
The Foundation donates to organisations working in health and medical research, education, youth development, and the arts.
Recent donations
Health & medical research
SAHMRI — South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
Supporting dementia research. The Foundation’s principal donation in 2024–25 and 2025–26.
Education
Wool, Wine & Wheat Country Education Fund
Assisting tertiary students from rural Clare Valley families.
Youth development
Building self-confidence and resilience in young people through outback expeditions.
Arts
Helpmann Academy — Emerging Artists Program
Supporting South Australian artists at the early stages of their careers.