The TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS is more than Australia’s greatest marathon. It’s a powerful force for social change. Since the event began, our incredible community of runners has raised over $52 million for important causes, including a record $15.2 million in 2026 alone, the largest amount ever raised in a single day of running in Australia.
Whether you want to support ground-breaking medical research, foster social inclusion, or give back to your local community, you can turn your efforts into real-world impact. Choose your charity, start fundraising with Grassrootz and secure your place in 2027.
HOW TO RUN for charity
How to secure your guaranteed entry
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Choose Your Charity
Pick an official TCS Sydney Marathon charity partner whose cause is close to your heart. This is your path to a guaranteed entry, no ballot required.
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apply
Submit your application directly to your chosen charity. Each charity selects the runners who'll represent them, so use your application to share why their cause matters to you.
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Share & Inspire
Once your charity confirms your place, it’s time to fundraise. Every donation is a reminder of why you're running, and keeps you moving toward the start line.
*Guaranteed entries are allocated by individual charity partners and are subject to application and fundraising commitment requirements. Submitting an application does not guarantee acceptance.
Headline Charity partner
beyond blue
Beyond Blue provides free, 24/7 mental health support, information and services to help people across Australia achieve their best possible mental health.
Every $66 raised through the TCS Sydney Marathon can help answer a call to Beyond Blue's 24/7 Support Service, helping fund 18,000 calls and ensuring no call for help goes unanswered.
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Official Foundation Partner
We Run Foundation
For many women, gender-diverse people, young people, First Nations communities and other underrepresented groups, barriers like cost, access and safety can make running feel out of reach. We Run invests in community-led initiatives, youth programs and research to make running more accessible, safe and inclusive, helping individuals and communities flourish through running.
Featured charities
Our official charity partners
$52M
Raised Since the event's Inception
$15.2M
Raised in 2026
50+
Official Charity Partners
Charity partners
Get to know the charities
Alongside our headline and foundation partners, we work with dozens of charities contributing vital work across healthcare, mental wellbeing, the environment and social equity. Learn more about each charity below and the difference your fundraising can make.
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Rise Against Hunger
Rise Against Hunger fights global hunger by providing meals, supporting school feeding, and partnering with communities on sustainable agriculture and income projects that improve nutrition, education, and long-term food security.
Ronald McDonald House Sydney
Keeping families at the heart of their child's care.
Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS)
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is one of the largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organisations in the world, providing extensive primary health care and 24-hour emergency service to people that live, work and travel across the 7.69 million square kilometres of Australia.
Running for Premature Babies
Running for Premature Babies Foundation is dedicated to giving premature babies a better chance of survival. Our mission • Supply hospitals with lifesaving neonatal equipment • Fund research projects dedicated to advancing the care of premature babies • Raise awareness of premature birth and celebrate all premature babies, both living and lost • Inspire people to achieve their fitness goals while supporting premature babies • Make a tangible difference for premature babies and their families
SHOE4AFRICA
Advancing Africa: Building Hospitals, Healthcare, Education, and Empowerment
Save a Child's Heart
Save a Child's Heart is a global humanitarian organisation, who perform life-saving heart surgeries on children from countries who would not otherwise have access to this care. As well as the above, Save a Child’s Heart trains doctors from developing countries so they can provide local paediatric cardiac care in their own communities, all at the Sylvan Adams Children’s Hospital in Israel.
Semper Fi & America's Fund
Semper Fi & America’s Fund cares for our Nation’s critically wounded, ill, and injured service members, veterans, and military families. Supporting all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, we provide one-on-one case management, connection, and lifetime support.
Semper K9 Assistance Dogs
Combat veteran founded and operated, Semper K9’s mission is to enhance the quality of life for wounded members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families by providing them custom-trained mental health mobility service dogs. Using rescued and donated dogs Semper K9 provides service dogs for psychiatric alert and mobility challenges free of charge to disabled American veterans across the United States.
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