
BeyondHousing
Program: Community
A practical targeted education program develops resilience to prevent homelessness
As a testamentary trust, HMSTrust is governed by the Will of our benefactress, Helen Macpherson Schutt (née Smith), under both Victorian and Commonwealth law.
The following eligibility criteria reflect HMSTrust’s policy, taking into account both its legal obligations and the spirit of the Will.
Organisations must be registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). Click this link to check your organisation’s ACNC registration.
NOTE: HMSTrust does not require your charity to have DGR endorsement.
HMSTrust will only fund:
– a charity based in Victoria and operating solely within Victoria; or
– a charity operating both inside and outside Victoria, if its head office is in Victoria.
– If your ACNC registered charity has its head office outside of Victoria it is not eligible to apply.
Applications will only be considered for projects that:
HMSTrust will not consider the following:
(1) Auspicing refers to the practice of an ineligible organisation (one that it not a charity) applying to HMSTrust via an eligible organisation which acts as the auspice. Auspicing arrangements are excluded under HMSTrust’s guidelines. The organisation applying to HMSTrust must be the organisation that will run the project or program for which a grant is being sought.
There are limitations on the number and frequency of grant applications that can be submitted by any one organisation:
Program: Community
A practical targeted education program develops resilience to prevent homelessness
Program: Community
Building the parenting skills of disadvantaged new mothers through targeted postnatal support
Program: Arts and Culture
Creating a musical Acknowledgement of Country in Victoria’s Indigenous languages
Program: Health
Enabling women in regional Victoria with complex mental health illness to access the same level of specialist care as their metropolitan sisters
Program: Education
Improving gender equality in the workforce across the Central Highlands