Tailored Grants - Financial Year 2015-16

Alexandra Primary School

Talk Town:

Supporting 2009 fire affected children and children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Murrindindi Shire, Victoria

$175,000

Geoff and Helen Handbury Foundation

Hindmarsh Shire Council

Nhill Integrated Early Years’ Centre:

Construction of a purpose built, early years’ education and services facility will ensure every child in the Nhill catchment area is able to attend kindergarten. The new centre, to be located on the Nhill College site, will bring three and four-year-old kindergarten, childcare, Maternal Child Health (MCH), playgroup and a toy library under one roof.

Nhill, Victoria

$95,000

Private Donor

Centacare Toowoomba

E-Raced:

Combats racism through story telling.

Toowoomba, Queensland

$37,000

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises

Grong Grong Progress Association

Fort Zero – Earth Park:

Youth led design and construction of a physical playscape, for youth 13+ as part of a larger local park redevelopment and outdoor community meeting space.

Grong Grong, Narrandera, Matong, Ardlethan & Barellan, NSW

$30,000

The Berrembed Trust, managed by Perpetual Trustees

Daylesford Primary School

Multilit Literacy Program:

Literacy early intervention program for disadvantaged primary school students creating confident learners and increased family engagement with learning outcomes.

Daylesford, Victoria

$25,000

The Betty Fulton Fund – A sub-fund of the Australian Communities Foundation

Coolamon Shire Council

Mobile Skate Park:

To support positive youth engagement and activities.

Matong & Ganmain, NSW

$25,000

The Berrembed Trust, managed by Perpetual Trustees.

Eyre Peninsula Community Foundation

Enabling Eyre Peninsula:

Enabling students to engage with vocational training or tertiary education. The project’s aim is to grow the profile and capacity of the Eyre Peninsula Community Foundation to build a sustainable education and scholarship program with local and wider support, thus addressing educational barriers for students and families across the Eyre Peninsula.

Eyre Peninsula (including Whyalla, Port Lincoln, Streaky Bay, Ceduna, Tumby Bay, Cummins, Kimba, Cleve, Cowell, Wudinna, Whyalla, Elliston and Lock), South Australia

$20,000

The Thyne Reid Foundation

Canobolas Rural Technology High School

Learning by Design @ Canobolas:

Support for the “Canobolas Academy”, a new design for schooling and learning within the existing school – focused on better supporting local youth who are currently disengaged with learning and at risk of discontinuing their education. The program supports up to 34 students in years 8, 9 and 10. The Big Picture Learning framework will be used to deliver education via student learning plans tailored to each individual student based on their interests.

Orange, NSW 

$20,000

The Sally Foundation

Goongerah Landcare Group

The Citizen Science Threatened Species Project:

This project is focused on engaging and educating the community to protect native species within Victoria. The grant will fund the employment of a Coordinator to support the collection of and reporting on environmental survey data as part of an innovative citizen science program which has been running for six years.

East Gippsland, Victoria

$18,000

Wilson HTM Foundation

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Honours Innovation in Agriculture:

Opening up agricultural science opportunities to a rural student via an honours project in Agricultural Science with CSIRO and the Waite Institute to create a career pathway for a rural student to connect with the industry they are passionate about, in their home state, and ensure they are financially enabled to dive into the science and the sector with confidence.

Waite Campus, Adelaide

$18,000

The Thyne Reid Foundation

Dungog Information & Neighbourhood Service Inc

Project Bounce Forward:

Four Community Preparedness Expos and distribution of 300 Three Way Torches –these will both work to assist in disaster recovery and also better equip residents for future disasters.

Dungog, NSW

$14,200

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises

Daylesford Secondary College

School Well-Being Program + Vocabulary For Number Program

Daylesford, Victoria

$10,000

The Betty Fulton Fund – A sub-fund of the Australian Communities Foundation

EON Foundation Inc

Thriving Communities Program:

This project encompasses the provision of trees, seeds, plants and fertiliser for six new community garden projects in the remote Western Australian Kimberley communities.

Remote Kimberley communities, Western Australia

$10,000

Newman’s Own Foundation

Baryulgil Charity Sports Club Inc

Loo Blues:

Replace the septic system and installation of water conserving toilets, basins and fittings in the Baryulgil Community Hall amenities building to meet health regulations and adequately accommodate the requirements of large gatherings.

Baryulgil, New South Wales

$9,171

The Yulgilbar Foundation

The Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation

Strengthened community capacity to effectively address food insecurity will be the key outcome of the project that increase fresh food access and nutrition education in remote communities.

Galiwin’ku, Elcho Island, NT

$6,864

Newman’s Own Foundation

Yass Country Growing Together

A shared community nursery for propagating shrubs and trees for planting in town, on surrounding properties and the community garden.

The Northern Rivers Community Foundation

Capacity support for a Community Foundation.

LGAs of Kyogle, Richmond Tweed, Clarence Valley and Lismore, NSW

$4,875

The Goldberg Family Foundation

Mansfield Primary School

A Need to Read:

Funds to purchase new books and educational resources with the aim of improving students’ reading and literacy levels.

Mansfield Shire, Victoria

$2,500

Mansfield Community Fund

Australian Communities Foundation

Njernda Aboriginal Corporation

3 Rivers Festival:

This two day event aims to promote good health in Aboriginal communities.

Echuca Moama, Victoria

$1,225

VISY

Centacare Toowoomba

E-Raced:

Combats racism through story telling.

Toowoomba, Queensland

$1,150

VISY

Wonthaggi Neighbourhood Centre @ Mitchell House

Bass Coast L2P Program – Steering to Safety:

Provide supervised driving practice for disadvantaged young learner drivers.

Wonthaggi, Victoria

$900

Australian Community Foundation’s Gerard Patrick Lonergan Scholarship Fund

Australian Farmers Markets Association Inc

Boots for Change:

Helps farmers markets promote grass roots producers.

National (Via Orange, NSW)

$825

VISY

22 grants made

$529,710

15 Donor Partners