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The Grace Tame Foundation has announced its closure due to financial challenges that have made its continued operation untenable.
Established by the former Australian of the Year, the foundation was dedicated to advocating for reform and providing support to individuals affected by abuse.
The organization shared the news in a heartfelt Instagram statement, acknowledging it had arrived at a critical juncture.
“Like many small advocacy organizations, sustaining long-term funding for this work has become increasingly challenging,” the statement explained.
After thoughtful deliberation, the foundation’s board has resolved to shut down, with the closure process set to be completed in the coming weeks.
Tame, a child sexual abuse survivor, began public advocacy in 2018 after successfully campaigning to overhaul Tasmania’s laws, enabling survivors to share their stories without legal barriers.
The organisation said its work forced difficult conversations and led to concrete legal changes nationwide.
“Thanks to our campaign efforts, every jurisdiction in Australia has stopped naming the crime of ‘persistent child sexual abuse’ as a ‘relationship’,” it said.
In March, Tame, 31, said she had been dropped from speaking engagements following what she described as a media smear campaign.
The remarks followed criticism from some Jewish groups after she led a chant at a Sydney protest during a visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
The organisation, with four board members, including Tame, undertook initiatives such as advocating for consistent survivor-identification laws, promoting anti-grooming education, and helping hundreds of survivors pursue justice.
“None of this would have been possible without Grace’s fierce and uncompromising advocacy for survivors,” it said.
“[As well as] her determination to ensure the experiences of those harmed as children could no longer be ignored.”
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