Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Inc
$200,000
ASRC Dandenong – Education and Employment Pathways
www.asrc.org.au
Western Chances
$274,606
Western Chances Program Management
www.westernchances.org.au
Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship Ltd
$248,981
Building an entrepreneurial rural Victoria
www.acre.org.au
YSAS Pty Ltd
$290,000
Next generation youth ‘Alcohol and Drug’ services in Victoria
www.ysas.org.au
Mental Health Legal Centre Inc
$250,000
Advance Statements for Improved Recovery Journeys
www.communitylaw.org.au/mhlc
Deakin University
$200,000
Diversity Field Officer Project – supporting businesses to create meaningful employment for people with disability
www.deakin.edu.au
North Melbourne Language & Learning Inc
$200,000
Community Learning Champions (CLC) Project: Championing Learning for Engagement and Employment
www.nmll.org.au
Nexus Primary Health
$199,000
Don’t Let It Get Ugly (DLIGU)
www.nexusprimaryhealth.org.au
Arts Access Victoria
$114,047
ARTfinder: a community capacity-building project to improve planning, sourcing and delivery of inclusive arts programs
www.artsaccess.com.au
Greening Australia Victoria Inc
$134,500
Nurturing our land, protecting our culture
www.greeningaustralia.org.au
Western Port Biosphere Reserve
$180,000
Engaging biosphere major water users in addressing catchment issues through a water stewardship approach
www.biosphere.org.au
Women’s Health West Inc
$196,333
Action for Equity: A Sexual and Reproductive Health Plan for Melbourne’s West 2013-2017
www.whwest.org.au
Arabic Welfare Incorporated
$17,100
Responding to Arabic-speaking refugee/migrant youth: developing cultural awareness training
www.arabicwelfare.org.au
Association of Hazaras in Victoria Inc
$9,500
Afghan Women’s Empowerment Project
www.bamyan.org.au
Bridging Worx Incorporated
$83,000
‘Project Pacific’ – wellbeing/education support program for Pacific Island students in Victorian secondary schools
www.bridgingworx.org.au
Community Leadership Loddon Murray Inc
$21,500
Operation next gen: Down to Business
www.cllm.org.au
Country Education Project Inc
$83,000
The Big School
www.cep.org.au
Dress for Success Mornington Peninsula
$20,000
Going Places Stronger Centre
www.dressforsuccess.org/morningtonpeninsula
Eastern Volunteer Resource Centre Inc
$22,000
Empowering volunteers for life
www.easternvolunteers.org.au
Eureka Community Kindergarten Association Inc
$30,000
The KinderGarden Project: putting the garden back into Kindergarten
www.ecka.org.au
The First Step Program Limited
$26,294
First Steps to employment and reintegration
www.firststepprogram.org
Fitzroy Adventure Playground Association Inc
$30,000
“Performing Better” – Cubbies African Drumming & Dancing Program
www.cubbiesadventureplay.org.au
Foundation 61 Inc (F61)
$24,830
Machinery and equipment for metal workshop
www.foundation61.org.au
Foundation Boroondara
$90,000
Foundation Boroondara CHANCES Scholarship Program
www.foundationboroondara.org.au
Glenroy Neighbourhood Learning Centre
$16,946
Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) Curriculum Development Project
www.glenlink.vic.edu.au
Good Cycles Limited
$24,960
Cycle into our community
www.goodcycles.org
Haven Home Safe
$30,000
The Sidney Myer Haven Program – ‘Social Curriculum’ Development
www.havenhomesafe.org.au
Healesville Indigenous Community Services Association
$90,000
Taking it to the next level
www.hicsa.org.au
Holy Trinity Parish
$60,000
The Holy Trinity Arrowsmith Program
Holy Trinity Parish on FaceBook
Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Service Inc
$29,775
Supporting Sustainable Employment
www.lcms.org.au
Odyssey House
$45,000
Building resilience in schools
www.odyssey.org.au
SEAAC Youth Services
$90,000
Multicultural Experiential Learning Program
www.seaac.org.au
The Social Studio
$30,000
The Social Studio: strategic priorities for long term sustainability
www.thesocialstudio.org
Weenthunga Health Network Inc
$90,000
Consolidating Weenthunga’s capacity and networking capabilities
www.weenthunga.com.au
Wingate Avenue Community Centre Inc
$30,000
Creating ‘real’ employment pathways for newly arrived migrants and refugees
www.wingateave.com.au
Wyndham Legal Service Inc
$60,000
School lawyer project
www.wyndhamls.org.au
Bethany Community Support Inc
$30,000
Bridging the Gap – training package
www.bethany.org.au
Bluebird Foundation Inc
$30,000
PlayNation
www.bluebirdfoundationinc.org.au
The Bridge Youth Service Inc
$30,000
Working smarter using social media tools (Platforms)
www.thebridge.org.au
Caroline Chisholm Society
$20,000
Volunteers supporting pregnancy in the Goulburn Valley
www.caroline.org.au
Caroline Chisholm Society
$30,000
Shepparton collaboration for expectant and new mothers
www.caroline.org.au
ConnectGV
$27,500
Review of existing IT and Communication systems
www.connectgv.com.au
Dungala Kaiela Foundation
$30,000
Long term sustainability of the Rumbalara Football Netball Club
www.dkf.org.au/
Ganbina
$30,000
Ganbina Strategic Direction Project
www.ganbina.com.au
Glastonbury Community Services
$30,000
Integrated CALD Community Services – Collective Impact In Action
www.glastonbury.org.au
Goulburn Valley Family Care Inc
$28,000
Building Our Shared Capacity – a collaboration of Goulburn Valley community service organisations
www.familycare.net.au
Kids Plus Foundation
$88,192
Kids Plus capacity building and organisational development
www.kidsplus.org.au
Kids Thrive
$90,000
Kids Thrive InSchools Philanthropy (ISP): a rural and regional children’s leadership program
www.kidsthrive.org.au
Kildonan UnitingCare
$27,530
Financial Literacy Community Care Workers Shepparton
www.kildonan.org.au
McCallum Disability Services
$30,000
Murdoch Community Centre
www.mccallum.org.au
Mooroopna Education and Activity Centre Inc
$11,300
Fostering communication in the country
www.mcginc.com.au
Primary Care Connect
$24,000
Collective Procurement
www.primarycareconnect.com.au
Rural Housing Network
$30,000
DIFOT – Delivered In Full On Time
www.ruralhousing.com.au
Shepparton Foodshare
$30,000
Sharing Our Story – putting feeding our community front-of-mind in the Shepparton region
sheppartonfoodshare.strikingly.com
Sunraysia Community Health Services Inc
$29,983
Construct specialised parent-child attachment garden; purchase nursery furniture for Day-Stay
www.schs.com.au
Volunteering Victoria
$90,000
Volunteer Support Organisation and Network Capacity and Capability Building Project
www.volunteeringvictoria.org.au
Volunteering Western Victoria
$88,000
Governance Mentors, building community through governance
www.vwv.org.au
Women’s Health Grampians Inc
$86,500
Grampians Preventing Violence against Women – Cross Community Collaboration
www.whg.org.au
Arena Theatre Company
$10,000
Trapper
www.arenatheatre.com.au
Big West Festival
$30,000
Mobile Art Spaces
www.bigwest.com.au
Footscray Community Arts Centre Limited
$90,000
“Power Up” – Indigenous Creative Producers and Arts Managers Capacity Building Program
www.footscrayarts.com
Hobsons Bay Community Arts Centre Inc
$30,000
Zinetastic!: Igniting visual and written literacy in students through zinemaking
www.thesubstation.org.au
McClelland Sculpture Ltd.
$21,243
Heavy Metal: Youth, Sculpture and Belonging
www.mcclellandgallery.com
Melbourne Recital Centre
$23,000
Share More Music Artist Training and Performance Project
www.melbournerecital.com.au
Naomi Milgrom Foundation
$30,000
MMentor is a mentoring program associated with MPavilion
www.mpavilion.org
Polyglot Theatre
$50,000
Polyglot Theatre’s Kids In Control Community Collaborations Program (KIC): Building creative and sustainable communities
www.polyglot.org.au
Rawcus Theatre Company inc
$10,063
Catalogue
www.rawcus.org.au
Robin Boyd Foundation
$28,000
Employment of Programs Officer
robinboyd.org.au
Short Black Opera Company Pty Ltd
$10,000
Dhungala Winter Choral Program
www.shortblackopera.com.au
Western Edge Youth Arts
$20,000
Are We Geelong?
westernedge.org.au
Women’s Circus Limited
$12,000
Somewhere, Now
www.womenscircus.org.au
Arthurs Creek District Landcare Group
$14,765
World’s best practice conservation planning for the Nillumbik Landcare Network
Arthurs Creek District Landcare Group on FaceBook
Connecting Country (Mount Alexander Region) Inc
$75,600
Stewards for woodland birds
www.connectingcountry.org.au
The Conservation Ecology Trust
$27,810
Ecological burning – restoring and maintaining biodiversity in threatened woodlands
www.conservationecologycentre.org
Lord Somers Camp and Power House
$25,000
Merricks Creek weed eradication and bank restoration project
www.lordsomerscamp.org.au
RMIT University
$30,000
Collaborative stewardship of natural resources under a changing climate
www.rmit.edu.au
Victoria University
$26,534
Promoting coexistence between people and birds in Victoria
www.vu.edu.au
Note:
This list represents grants approved in the 2015 financial year and does not include a number of forward commitments for major grants made in previous years and grants approved in previous years but withdrawn in the current year.
