The Big Issue is funded through magazine sales, advertising and through the kind and generous support of many organisations and individuals, whose assistance enables us to help people help themselves. 

Principal Supporters

• The Body Shop
• Australia Post
• Wesley Mission Melbourne
• Community Support Fund Victoria
• Annamila Pty Ltd
• Corrs Chambers Westgarth
• the blue group
• Origin Energy
• Dominion PC
• Freehills
• Ruah Community Service with funding from LotteryWest
• Adelaide City Council
• Government of South Australia – Social Inclusion Unit

Media Partner

The Big Issue enjoys the generous support of the Outdoor Media Association (OMA) and its members, who provide pro-bono outdoor advertising space across billboards, bus and tram shelters, transit (buses, trams and taxis) as well as in shopping centres, helping to raise awareness of The Big Issue and how the Street Magazine Enterprise works.

Major Supporters

Adstream, Clayton Utz, Ernst & Young, Woden Community Services, Flour Australia Pty Ltd, Mallee Family Care, Ballarat Uniting Care, Melbourne City Council, Sydney City Council, Brisbane City Council, City of Perth, Adelaide City Council, SASHS Geelong, Hanover Dandenong. Jo-Anne and Greg Beirne, supporters of both the Homeless World Cup and The Big Issue.

Key Supporters

William Angliss Charitable Fund, mecu, Roy Morgan Research, RE Ross Trust, City of Greater Bendigo, City of Ballarat, City of Geelong, City of Mildura, City of Dandenong, South Sydney Council.

Major Thanks

Getty Images, The Body Shop (Adelaide), The Parish of St Mary Magdalene & The Magdalene Centre, Smorgon Steel, Crumpler

Distributing Partners

Bent Books – West End, Seven/Eleven Brisbane City, Mary Ryan’s Books – New Farm, Deaf Society, The Station Drop-In Centre – Wynyard, Gloria Jeans Glenelg, Terrace Gardens Florist, Henshall Pharmacy, Shine Technologies, Sydney Cove Chemist, SA Premier’s Community Initiatives Fund, St Andrews by the Sea, Robin Banks & Michael Small, our volunteers.