100% First Nations owned & run charity
First Nations Entrepreneurship can change the world for the better.
Barayamal grows Indigenous entrepreneurs and holds the institutions around them to account — through an accelerator, a national job board, public reviews, research and the 3% Pledge. Built on Indigenous community values since 2016.
- Est. 2016 on Kamilaroi Country
- ACNC registered · DGR endorsed
- Governance on the public record
Give Backathon — community, in one frame
One mission · two currents
Grow the founders
Programs and platforms that put skills, networks and money behind First Nations entrepreneurs.
- First Nations Pre-Accelerator
12-week founder program + 12 months of aftercare
- Indigenous Job Board
Indigenous jobs across Australia and beyond
- eMentoring
Experienced mentors matched to founders and career-changers
- FirstCard
Free discount card putting money back in community pockets
- Free Courses
Four self-paced courses in business, mindset and allyship
- Innovation Map
Mapping Indigenous innovation across the continent
Hold the system to account
Public tools that turn Reconciliation talk into measurable, checkable action.
- The 3% Pledge
Asking super funds, banks and VCs to commit 3% to First Nations prosperity
- IndigiReviews
Community reviews of organisations claiming Reconciliation
- ReconciliACTION scores
Reconciliation Action Plans marked in public — average 1.4 / 5
- Transparency
Freedom of Information requests on money spent in First Nations’ name
- Blakwashing
Know it when you see it — then do something about it
On the calendar
Two dates worth blocking out
Both free, both online, both built for people who want to move past statements.
First Nations Economic Forum
One question facing the First Nations economy, taken seriously in public — worked from problem to practice to policy in a single sitting.
First Nations Allies Summit
Two hours on International Volunteer Day for allies who want to be useful — cultural awareness, collaboration in practice, real questions welcome.
The Give Backathon is paused, not powered off — its record lives in the project registry.
The current so far
Counted in community, published in public.
Every figure above is published and kept on the impact page — nothing here is a marketing estimate.
Start where you stand
Three ways in
Founder, ally or supporter — each door leads somewhere real.
Indigenous Startup Weekend
I’m a founder
Build the business — with program, mentors and money-back tools behind you.
Mini-accelerator, Brisbane
I’m an ally or institution
Move your organisation from statements to measurable action.
Youth coding workshop
I’m here to support
Give time, skills or dollars — every channel lands in community.
Free learning, open to everyone
1,344 learners so far · all self-paced · all courses →
First Nations art and voices in every new tab. Two free Chrome extensions — ★5.0 on the Chrome Web Store, no accounts, no tracking.
Help us make the world better through First Nations Entrepreneurship.
Every dollar goes to a 100% First Nations owned and run charity’s community development work. Donations are tax-deductible.