Men's Information and Support Association

What Men's Information and Support Association does

Men's Information and Support Association (MISA) is an Australian non-profit organisation headquartered in Gympie, Queensland. Founded in 1996, it provides specialised counselling and support services for men and their families. The stated purpose is the delivery of these services, positioning MISA within the community welfare and men's health segment of the Australian social services sector. The organisation operates with a headcount in the 11-50 range, consistent with a small-to-mid-sized regional service provider rather than a national-scale operator.

No information is available on MISA's underlying technology, digital product surface, or service delivery platform. The website (misa.org.au) returned only a loader/verification page during data collection, so product-level, pricing, funding, partnership, and leadership details could not be confirmed. There is no disclosed evidence of programmatic content, self-service digital tools, or technology partnerships. Business model mechanics are also undocumented: no fee-for-service pricing, government grant instruments, NDIS registration, or philanthropic funding sources are confirmed in the input.

Given the data gap, MISA should be treated as a regional Australian non-profit counselling provider of modest scale whose strategic posture, funding base, and growth direction cannot be reliably characterised from publicly available material within this dataset.

Name

Men's Information and Support Association

Website

https://misa.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Men's Information and Support Association is an Australian non-profit founded in 1996, based in Gympie, Queensland, delivering specialised counselling and support services for men and their families with a staff of 11-50.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Counselling and Family Support Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (62419)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGAEAH)

Keywords

• Counselling services
• Men's support
• Family support services
• Mental health counselling
• Community support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Gympie

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

Men's Information and Support Association provides specialised counselling and support services for men and their families. Operating as a non-profit since 1996 and based in Gympie, Australia, the organisation delivers people-driven support to address personal, family, and community challenges affecting men.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Specialised Counselling for Men
• Family Support Services

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Beyond Blue: Large Australian mental health non-profit providing counselling, information, and peer support across anxiety, depression, and suicide prevention. Overlaps with MISA on men's mental health support but serves a much broader population.
• headspace: National youth mental health foundation providing counselling and early intervention for Australians aged 12–25. Overlaps with MISA on male youth and family support, particularly in regional centres.
• Movember Foundation: Global men's health charity funding men's mental health, prostate cancer, and suicide prevention programs. While not a direct service provider, it is a major funder and awareness driver that shapes the ecosystem in which MISA operates.
• Relationships Australia: National federation providing counselling, family support, and mediation services. Operates MensLine and adjacent family services, making it a broad incumbent competitor for MISA's men and families clientele.
• Lifeline Australia: Australia's largest crisis support and suicide prevention service. Competes for the same male-at-risk client pool that MISA serves, with a much larger national infrastructure.

Emerging players

• SANE Australia: National mental health charity providing information, referral, and peer support for people with complex mental health issues. Comparable on the counselling and stigma-reduction axis for men, but with a broader population focus.
• OzHelp Foundation: Australian non-profit providing mental health and wellbeing support to men in male-dominated industries and regional areas. Closely comparable niche focus on men in regional and blue-collar communities, overlapping MISA's catchment.

Direct peers

• Australian Men's Health Forum: National advocacy and information body focused on men's health and wellbeing in Australia. Comparable to MISA in mission and constituency, but works at the policy and awareness level rather than direct service delivery.
• Men's Resource Centre (WA): Western Australian non-profit delivering counselling, group programs, and advocacy for men. Closely comparable in operating model — small regional non-profit doing direct men's counselling — but operating in a different Australian state.
• MensLine Australia: National telephone and online counselling service for men, operated by Relationships Australia. Directly comparable as the flagship men's counselling service that MISA's regional work complements.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/men-s-information-and-support-association

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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