Getups initial funding of $50,000 was donated by the Labor Council at the suggestion of Amanda Tattersall. The second major donation was the Australian Workers' Union with $100,000, after which the AWU national secretary Bill Shorten served as a GetUp board member until 2006. GetUps largest donation in its early years was $1.1 million from the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union in 2012. GetUp says it has not received donations from unions since 2012. GetUp no longer makes financial donations to, or receives donations from, registered Australian political parties.