TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS

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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.

Find a Charity Place

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.

Join Team Beyond Blue

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.

Join Team We Run Foundation

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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Cure Brain Cancer Foundation

Cure Brain Cancer Foundation is the leading organisation for brain cancer research, advocacy and awareness in Australia, with a mission to rapidly improve brain cancer survival and vision to ultimately find a cure. We forge global research collaborations, bring world-class clinical trials to Australia and give people with brain cancer access to innovative new treatments.

Cure Cancer

We are dedicated to kick-starting new research ideas across every cancer type. Working together, we find the most impactful solutions and bring them to life in record time, to save millions of lives. Our vision is to cure cancer. We know we can.

Cure4 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Cure4 Cystic Fibrosis raises funds for research to find a cure for cystic fibrosis

DMF Youth

DMF Youth helps level the playing field for underserved youth by creating a safe, nurturing after-school and summer camp environment that focuses on educating the whole child—physical, mental, emotional. Our programs are led by highly trained teaching artists that not only provide quality arts education, but also the nurturing, love, and mentorship many kids need to flourish both in and outside of the classroom. We use dance as a way of fostering collaboration, cooperation, and communication with underserved youth, some of which would previously resort to violence or isolation. As our kids learn and become proficient in new skills, their self-esteem soars and they realize they are capable of anything they put their mind to. We’ve collaborated with principals, teachers, and psychologists to develop a curriculum that helps kids shed the need to be life everyone else and tap into their own unique potential. By using the competencies of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) we are able to creatively weave life skills like goal setting, dealing with emotions, empathy, and leadership into the curriculum, making DMF Youth truly unique. The students who have participated in our programs have grown tremendously, showing reduced negative behavior and stronger communication skills. Over 90% of students who participated in our programs showed an increase in self-esteem. Truancy rates among DMF Youth students are far lower than school-wide averages. DMF Youth programs make a real impact.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute provides expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases.