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 frameVoices from the water
The people we back say it best.
Founders and alumni on what Barayamal actually changed — every word published, sourced and checkable.
We’ve got an amazingly strong community built on trust and cultural principles…the connections we made were everlasting.
I have a lot of faith in my idea and Barayamal is helping make it a reality by keeping me grounded and working with me to get my idea into action.
Proud and very excited to be working alongside the new class of Indigenous entrepreneurs. Cannot recommend Barayamal more highly.
We are proud to partner with Barayamal, a leader in the Indigenous entrepreneurship space who have launched a unique accelerator program and hackathon for Indigenous people.
I also believe to empowering our own mob to step up into a position of building their own business, then employing our own mob to up lift each other. Moving forward and empowering all. Great work Barayamal.
…the work is a matter of heart for me, not just a professional exercise.
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
Jobs and hiring support
Find the right job or candidate faster.
263 live roles across Australia, Canada, Aotearoa New Zealand and the United States — search them free, or jump straight to a curated path.
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.
Free advice from our founder
“I’d recommend having a crack, try to spend the least amount of money possible… Be as lean as possible and see if your idea works.”
The free courses below are exactly where to start
“Amazing course!”— Madison Daniels · learner review of the First Nations Mini MBA on Udemy
“I was given pretty much 100% creative freedom to do what I wanted.” — Geoffrey Chuah, volunteer editor of the Mini MBA course · LinkedIn
First Nations Mini MBA · 4.5★ average · 974 learners on Udemy (Aug 2026)
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.
The Barayamal Briefing. First Nations entrepreneurship, straight to your inbox — free, and easy to leave.
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.