This work investigates the roles philanthropy can take in contributing to change in systems, with the aim of supporting systems-curious foundations to inform their philanthropic approach. Taken forward by The Australian Centre for Social Innovation, Perpetual, Dusseldorp Forum and the Paul Ramsay Foundation, it is not a “how-to” guide for systems change, it is a starting point for foundations who are interested in exploring how their own internal conditions align with their ambitions to create the big changes needed across many aspects of our society.