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We welcome the opportunity to talk to you about making an application, assisting you with your current grant, or any other matter.

Please select from the appropriate Enquiry Type in the dropdown menu below and provide the requested information so that we can direct your enquiry to the responsible staff member.

If your enquiry is about making a grant application, please select “Request to discuss grant application” from Enquiry Type.

If you are enquiring for a Round 3 grant, please ensure you have read the information on our website about Grant Rounds to ensure that your grant is appropriate for this grant level. We also recommend reviewing the Program, Focus Area and Objectives information we provide. Only applications meeting Round 3 requirements will be considered for discussion by the Grants Team.

As we receive a high volume of enquiries during an open grants round, it may take a few days for us to contact you.

Please note, HMSTrust does not deal directly with university researchers. All approaches must be made through the university’s Advancement Office.

We also value feedback from you about any part of your experience of the grantmaking process, including using this website, making an application, clarity of guidelines and other documents, or any interaction with the Trust, which will help us to become better grantmakers.

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Is your organisation registered as a Charity with the ACNC?*

Where is your organisation based? Please provide the address of your head office. We can only fund organisations headquartered in Victoria for projects taking place in Victoria and benefitting Victorians.*

Which grant round/level are you inquiring about - Round 1 (up to $30k), Round 2 ($31k-$90k) or Round 3 ($91k-$200k)?* For Round 3, make sure you have read our criteria for this grant level.

Under which Program does your project fit?*

Each Program has three focus areas. Which one does your project match? It must match at least one focus area of the Program you selected above*

Which of the Trust’s five Key Objectives does your project match to? You must match to at least three*Strengthening rural and regional VictoriaReducing inequalityEnabling financial sustainabilityBuilding organisational capacityEncouraging collaboration and partnership

What is the key purpose of your funding request? Describe what your project intends to do and achieve. – max 800 characters*N/A800 characters remaining

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Visiting Us

We are located behind the Windsor Hotel between Bourke Street and Little Collins Street and easily accessible via public transport including train (Parliament Station), as well as trams along Bourke Street (routes 86 & 96 – Stop 9 Spring St) and Collins Street (routes 11, 12, 48 & 109 – Stop 8 Spring St).

Helen Macpherson Smith Trust
27 Windsor Place
Melbourne Victoria 3000

Phone: (03) 9999 3000
General enquiries: info@hmstrust.org.au
Grants enquiries: grants@hmstrust.org.au