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2024 - Now: Giving Fund
Due to the overwhelming number of applications we have received each round for our grants program (and until we have a bigger grant pool we can offer), we're trying a new approach to giving, through our Giving Fund. Rather than giving primarily through our Grants Program, we've been making more significant donations to a smaller number of organisations, like The Everyday Foundation on the Sunshine Coast.
2023 Make It Happen Grants
Through our 'no strings attached' Make it Happen Small Grants, we gave 10x $1,000 grants to organisations across Australia Recipients included:
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Escabags Limited: To provide teddy bears in 'Escape Bags' for children escaping domestic and family violence
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Ronald McDonald House: To create a children’s book corner during their stay at Ronald McDonald House North Fitzroy
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Prison Fellowship: To provide food and drinks to families in crisis while they attend Perth Magistrates Court
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Horse Aid: To fund marketing of mental health programs available to veteran defense personnel and first responders
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Southlake's Incorporated: To purchase a coffee machine to spoil parents with a cappuccino and kids with a hot chocolate, for families experiencing disadvantage and homelessness in Cooranbong, NSW
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Scripture Union Australia: To support the daily breakfast program at Goondiwindi State Primary School
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Jack's Butterflies: To update their website
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Homely Retreats Australia: To hire a professional grant writer to help scale activities, which provide respite to those affected by cancer in young children
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Lochiel Progress Association: To install a fit-for-purpose change station at the Lochiel Community Centre
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4 Voices Global Limited: To provide tea and coffee at outreach services for women who are experiencing or at risk in NSW and QLD.
2022 Make It Happen Small Grants
Receiving 644 applications for this grant round made it a hard task to choose 10 organisations to receive the 'no strings attached' $1,000 grants.
Side note: Australia NEEDS more 'no strings attached' grants.
We were honoured to choose the following 10 grant recipients:
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The Yoga Partnership: For a rural and remote chair yoga course for seniors or those with mobility issues
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Kua Coffee: Funding a pilot partnership in Timor-Leste, to meet with ten coffee farming families and learn about climate resilience activities in their region
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Loom Arts & Management: To employ a professional photographer to deliver promotional resources for artists with disability
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300 Blankets Inc: For the purchase of 25 community care packages that will support 25 families with essentials and food for 2 weeks
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Eat Up Australia: To provide 798 free school lunches for disadvantaged Aussie schoolkids over 12 months
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Look Good Feel Better: To allow 10 people going through cancer treatment to attend practical workshops, which covers skincare, make-up, headwear, physical activity and overall wellbeing, leaving them empowered and ready to face their diagnosis
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Operation Stitches: To support the weekly after-school tutoring program for disadvantaged children and young teens who are more than 18 months behind their peers
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The Reconnect Project: To purchase 100 sets of charging accessories or new batteries for smartphones
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A Better Life For Foster Kids: To provide 83 children in out-of-home care with specialised, trauma-informed resources
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Cycling Without Age Australia: To contribute to the purchase of Wagga Wagga’s first ‘Triobike Taxi', giving the elderly, housebound, less mobile, physically and intellectually disadvantaged the joy of a bike ride.
2021 NFP Sponsorship Program
In challenging times for many organisations, we subsidised 100 annual memberships to The Grants Hub for not-for-profit organisations.
We committed to not only making it easy for our not-for-profit community to find grants, but more affordable as well.
Meet our 2019 Grants Program Winners
Meet four organisations doing great things.