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Beds are already in use.
Available now: recycled HDPE legs, galvanised steel poles and heavy-duty canvas.
Back the work
Help Goods keep making beds and working with communities.
Goods on Country makes practical products with remote First Nations communities. The Stretch Bed is available now. Pakkimjalki Kari, the washing machine, is still a prototype.
We are raising $300,000 a year to keep making beds, visiting communities and supporting local production. Separate facility costs are worked out with each community.
If you are considering a grant, gift or loan, start a conversation with us.
Entity and DGR note
A Curious Tractor Pty Ltd makes and sells the products as Goods. Goods on Country is becoming the charity. Until that change is complete, The Butterfly Movement Ltd is the charity and current DGR pathway.
At a glance
A few plain facts about where the work stands today.
540
Beds delivered
Across 11 communities
11
Communities reached
Across Australia
$300K/year
Current operating ask
Keeps Goods making beds and working with communities
What is already working
The beds are in use. The next step is making more locally.
The Stretch Bed is available now and can be repaired and tracked. The washing machine is still being tested. Funding helps us keep delivering the products while we work with communities on local production.
See how the products are made
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The work is made together.
Community members assemble beds with us as we build toward more local production.
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The washing machine is next.
Prototype only. We are listening, testing and sharing updates as it develops.
Capital stack
How the funding could come together.
We need $300,000 a year to keep Goods running. QBE may contribute a grant, but it is not promised. The rest could come through grants, gifts or loans, depending on what the money is for.
Grants
For equipment, setup, training and community work. Grants do not need to be repaid.
Gifts
For people who want to support the work directly. Goods on Country is becoming the charity; until then, eligible giving goes through The Butterfly Movement Ltd.
Loans we can repay
For orders and stock when we have a clear way to repay the money.
Where we are now
Our current ask is $300,000 a year to keep Goods making beds, working with communities and supporting community-led production. Nothing is signed today.
- QBE: a possible grant, not a promise.
- Grants and gifts: for setup, community work and evidence.
- Loans: only where orders give us a clear way to repay.
Use of funds
What the money pays for.
It keeps Goods running while we make more beds, work with communities and prepare for local production.
- 1Get the equipment, safety systems, tools and training ready.
- 2Keep beds in stock so we can fulfil orders without waiting for each new payment.
- 3Work with communities on local production, delivery and repairs.
- 4Keep clear records of the products, field work and consent.
- 5Set up the legal and governance arrangements for the charity and trading business.
DGR pathway
Goods on Country is becoming the charity.
Until that change is complete, The Butterfly Movement Ltd is the charity and current DGR pathway. A Curious Tractor Pty Ltd trades as Goods. and sells the products; it is separate from the charity.
People who have backed the work
Support that has helped us get here.
Snow Foundation
Long-term strategic backing through product development, field work and RHD advocacy.
Centrecorp Foundation
Repeated backing for beds into Central Australian homelands, with the next pathway in discussion.
The Funding Network
Crowdfunded early plant and product momentum at a 2025 live-pitch night.
FRRR
Rural and remote support that helped move proof from prototype to delivery.
AMP Foundation
Spark program support for social-enterprise infrastructure and capability.
QBE Foundation
Catalysing Impact 2026 cohort. Stage 2 is a competitive application to one funding pool shared across ten enterprises.
Questions about giving
The answers, plainly.
Is Goods on Country a charity?
Goods on Country is being set up as the charity. Until that change is complete, The Butterfly Movement Ltd is the charity and current DGR pathway. The products are sold by A Curious Tractor Pty Ltd, which trades as Goods.
Can I make a tax-deductible gift?
Goods on Country is being set up as the charity. Until that change is complete, The Butterfly Movement Ltd is the charity and the current DGR pathway. A Curious Tractor Pty Ltd trades as Goods. and sells the products; it is separate from the charity.
What is the main ask right now?
We are raising $300,000 a year to keep Goods making beds, working with communities and supporting local production. Facility costs are worked out separately with each community.
When would a loan make sense?
Only when there are orders or stock sales that give us a clear way to repay it. Grants and gifts are better for setup, community work and product testing.
Start here
Want to talk about funding?
Tell us whether you are thinking about a grant, gift or loan and we will take it from there.
Want the full context first? Read the pitch / longer story.