| 2020 | 2019 | |
| HEALTH | $ | $ |
| Australian Mitochondrial Disease Foundation | ||
| Towards supporting a registered telehealth nurse to use the Mito helpline to help patients navigate the health system and connect them with the best suited services. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Black Dog Institute | ||
| Future Proofing aims to prevent depression and anxiety in young people. This ground-breaking initiative will engage 20,000 Year-8 students across 400 schools in NSW. Funding will be used to engage parents, teachers, students through schools visits, support communities in remote NSW and ensure stronger participation in the study. | 15,000 | – |
| Central Coast Kids In Need | ||
| To provide assistance with hospital support accommodation expenses to Central Coast families of children with cancer and/or other prolonged illnesses who have to leave the local area to receive specialist support in Sydney and Newcastle Hospitals. | 7,500 | – |
| Central Coast Outreach Services | ||
| Towards reconnecting the aged and frail. Senior accommodation, support and safety is the rural and isolated communities program that provides immediate support to seniors and elderly who are homeless, at risk of becoming homeless, residing in unaffordable accommodation and in particular those who have been devastated by family or friends who have relieved them of their savings, their furniture, their trust and their quality of life. | 7,500 | – |
| Cerebral Palsy Alliance | ||
| Towards providing Telepractice ‘starter packs’ containing items such as iPads, webcams, data-packs, and other equipment used in therapy sessions. Starter packs will be prepared by CPA and sent to families followings a needs-based assessment. | 10,000 | – |
| Gunawirra | ||
| This project seeks to develop a visiting service to Aboriginal mothers at the pre-natal stage. We have trained an Aboriginal Social Worker to help the mothers communicate with the infant in the womb and after birth. The home visiting project will nurture the mothers to emotionally bond with the infant and facilitate their attendance at the support groups for pregnant and new mothers. | 15,000 | – |
| Heart Research Institute | ||
| This project will benefit Aboriginal Australians at risk of stiff heart failure. It has the potential to bring novel treatments for stiff heart failure to the people that need them quickly, extending their lives, and improving their quality of life. | 12,260 | 10,000 |
| Lifeline Macarthur | ||
| Towards mental health first aid which is a two-day course teaching adults how to assist other adults who are experiencing a mental health crisis or developing a mental health problem. This training is intended to supplement the current courses in Mental Health First Aid. | 10,000 | – |
| North Foundation | ||
| Towards light therapy to treat mitochondrial disease. This project will research the effects of light therapy as a treatment option for patients with mitochondrial disease. If successful, this could develop a new and innovative treatment for patients. | 40,000 | – |
| Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (South Eastern Section) | ||
| Towards the purchase of equipment (an Afinion Analyser) for chronic disease diagnosis/management. The equipment will enable mobile screening, monitoring and management of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and kidney disease. | 10,000 | – |
| Top Blokes Foundation | ||
| Towards the Top Blokes Foundation (TBF) mentoring program. TBF is a social education organisation that improves young men’s mental health, emotional resilience and community engagement by delivering 3-6 month peer-led mentoring programs for young males aged 10-24. The programs focus on risk-taking behaviours, peer pressure and mental health. | 25,000 | – |
| OTHER | – | 167,500 |
| TOTAL HEALTH | 162,260 | 187,500 |
| 2020 | 2019 | |
| EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY | $ | $ |
| ABCN Scholarship Foundation | ||
| Towards mentoring financial scholarships for disadvantaged youth. Accelerate breaks down educational barriers for disadvantaged youth. Without education and support, the ability for young people to pursue a fulfilling career is significantly diminished and today’s disadvantage may continue into adulthood and onto the next generation. Funding will support 3 NSW scholars in Year 1. | 11,760 | – |
| Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering | ||
| Funding will be used to provide class sets of specialized STEM equipment and curriculum resources to disadvantaged Australian secondary schools with high indigenous populations. Teachers will be supported through workshops, curriculum resources, mentors, online and phone support. | 15,000 | 10,000 |
| Berry Street | ||
| The Berry Street Education – Collective Leadership Program (BSECLP) builds upon the national success of the original model focusing on training senior education staff and those in leadership roles such as; Principals, Assistant Principals, Lead Teachers and Leaders of Wellbeing. | 25,000 | – |
| Brotherhood of St Laurence | ||
| Towards the HIPPY Age three Demonstration Project in NSW. As a pilot of innovative practice based on evidence that: ‘earlier the better to change children’s lives’ it will sit both separately and extend the continuum of learning for the most disadvantaged/vulnerable families in the community. HIPPY Age Three Demonstration Project will empower parents, grandparents and other carers to be the child’s first teacher. | 25,000 | – |
| Camp Quality Limited | ||
| Camp Quality has commenced work on a major redevelopment of the Primary School Education Program. This funding will assist with the scoping of the technology enablement, which will augment and enhance the program for all children impacted by cancer in both an educational setting and in-hospital. | 5,000 | – |
| Country Education Foundation of Australia | ||
| The ‘Volunteering Made Easy’ project will build on significant enhancements and upgrades made to the Country Education Foundation of Australia’s (CEF) information technology infrastructure in recent years to make volunteering for CEF easy and attractive. | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Documentary Australia Foundation | ||
| This grant will be used to aid in the development, distribution, support and evaluation of educational resources for TAFEs, based on the documentary Backtrack Boys. Education resources will be developed for use in youth and social work studies in TAFE. | 7,500 | – |
| Engineering Aid Australia | ||
| Engineering Aid Australia ( EAA) raises funds for, promotes and conducts each year two Indigenous Australian Engineering Schools (IAES). The aim of the IAES program is to encourage and inspire the Indigenous students to complete High School and go on to be become a Professional Engineer with a Degree in Engineering. | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Harding Miller Education Foundation | ||
| The HMEF provides scholarships for disadvantaged, high potential girls at government schools. Scholarships cover Years 9-12 and provide support to fulfil their potential, complete school and go on to further study. This funding is for 17 scholarships for indigenous, remotely located and disadvantaged, bright students in NSW. | 14,500 | 14,450 |
| Karrkad Kanjdji Trust | ||
| The Nawarddeken Academy is an independent, bicultural school located in the remote Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area (IPA). The Academy provides education to Bininj (Indigenous) children, helping families to live and work in the Kabulwarnamyo community. In 2020, the Academy is focused on strengthening its Indigenous Language and Culture (ILC) curriculum. Underpinning this would be the development of an Indigenous seasonal calendar based on the environment of the Arnhem Plateau. | 25,000 | – |
| Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra Inc | ||
| Over 12 months a weekly 2 hour workshop will be implemented with elders from the Karenni (Burmese) community teaching young people how to use traditional methods of weaving to make clothes, scarves and bags that are culturally significant to their community. | 15,000 | – |
| OzHarvest Limited | ||
| The Nourish Program provides hospitality focused education, mentoring and employment pathways for at-risk youth aged 16-25. This support will give 7 Sydney youth the opportunity to join this 18-week program and graduate with a Certificate II in Kitchen Operations. Funding will contribute to training, assessment and certification; supplies; and kitchen equipment. | 7,500 | – |
| Phoenix House Youth Services | ||
| Funding towards ‘Alternative Pathway to Education’. The primary target group is “at risk” young people who have been disengaged from education and not in employment. Many of these young people are affected by a number of factors including: family breakdown, drug and or alcohol abuse, mental health issues, domestic violence and homelessness. | 25,000 | – |
| Raise Foundation | ||
| Funding towards the ‘In School Mentoring Program’ which is a youth mentoring program for 15 at-risk students. Each student has personal reasons for disengaging from learning and these often include issues like eating disorders, bullying and disconnected families. | 15,000 | – |
| Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children | ||
| Funding towards ‘Resources for Children with Vision Loss’. RIDBC wants to invest in 3D printing to produce resources for children are blind or have significant vision impairment. Using the technology braille books, picture books and teaching materials can be made with greater flexibility in colour, height and size. | 13,060 | 10,000 |
| SDN Child & Family Services Pty Limited | ||
| Towards SDN’s pioneering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Early Childhood Scholarships to help to reduce financial barriers for Aboriginal families to access quality education for their children in the formative years before school. | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| Sir David Martin Foundation | ||
| Triple Care Farm – funding will be towards enabling best practice treatment for youth drug and alcohol addiction. Specifically towards funding the individually tailored, Vocation and Educational training program for each student during their 12 week stay. | 15,000 | – |
| Sydney Heritage Fleet | ||
| To restore to operating condition the 1927 Steamship John Oxley, one of the few remaining examples of Australian coastal steamers of that era. | 7,500 | – |
| Sydney Story Factory | ||
| ‘Deepening Creative Writing Impacts’ with one Liverpool primary school who participated in our ‘Changing Communities Through Creative Writing’ program. Each term, the Storytellers and volunteer writing tutors will deliver weekly hour-long workshops for 2 classes of up to 25 students each; deepening impacts for students and continuing to build their self-confidence, writing & literacy skills to help improve educational outcomes. | 15,000 | 50,000 |
| The Mirabel Foundation Inc | ||
| The Bridging the Gap Education Program will meet the unique educational needs of young people who have been orphaned or abandoned as a result of parental drug use in the Hunter region of NSW. This program will assist young people to reach their full education potential through the provision of tutoring, educational support and school advocacy. | 15,000 | – |
| Tweed Valley Early Childhood Intervention Service Ltd t/as Shaping Outcomes | ||
| First Steps will provide free one on one contact & support services to 35 families who are first finding out about or coming to terms with their child’s disability. | 14,875 | – |
| University of New South Wales | ||
| The Sir Rupert Myers Sustainability Award – this fund supports start-ups that show exceptional potential with much-needed early stage funding to accelerate their growth. ‘The Sir Rupert Myers Sustainability Award’ is to be awarded to a start-up that demonstrates commitment to ‘Environmental, Social, Governance’. | 40,000 | – |
| Women’s Community Shelters | ||
| The Walk the Talk educational program educates and engages high school students around the issues of domestic and family violence, respectful relationships, gender bias, gender equality and seeks to convert the knowledge and learning into action – with students adopting their local shelter to provide support via fundraising, in kind contributions, raised awareness and other assistance. This funding will assist to extend their program into more schools across NSW | 15,000 | – |
| Youth Off the Streets | ||
| “Step Up” Alternative Education Program; will benefit disadvantaged youth to allow YOT’s to continue providing a flexible and supportive learning environment where disadvantaged young people can pursue further education, training and employment post-school. | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| OTHER | – | 252,804 |
| TOTAL EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY | 383,695 | 394,254 |
| 2020 | 2019 | |
| ENVIRONMENT | $ | $ |
| Australian Wildlife Conservancy | ||
| Feral predators (cats/foxes) are the greatest threat to native Australian wildlife, killing millions of animals every night. There is currently no solution to controlling feral cats on a landscape scale. AWC is a leader in feral predator management/research and is conducting a significant research project to better understand these threats, improve control methods and drive a sustainable increase in native wildlife abundance. This grant will support the final phase of the project including development of a novel statistical method to more accurately determine feral predator density. | 15,000 | 10,000 |
| Beyond Zero Emissions Inc | ||
| Beyond Zero Emissions’ ‘Working together for a smart, clean Hunter’ project will empower communities to create their own vision for a renewable, diversified and resilient Hunter Valley. They will work with community and draw on their existing research, and community of volunteer researchers and pro bono experts, to bring the best minds and solutions to this project. | 40,000 | – |
| Climateworks Australia | ||
| Funding towards the establishment phase for modelling zero emissions. To establish a targeted advisory group of transport sector leaders (a Strategic Advisory Group and/or a Technical Advisory Group) to build consensus on the scenarios to be considered. This is modelled on the process taken to define scenarios for the Climateworks Decarbonisation Futures research. | 20,000 | – |
| EDO NSW (Environmental Defenders Office Ltd | ||
| Funding towards ‘Reforming our Native Vegetation Laws’. EDO wants to design, develop & publish a blueprint (underpinned by the best available science) for the effective, sustainable management of native vegetation in NSW. The blueprint will become a report (working title: “10 ways to fix NSW vegetation laws for healthy, resilient landscapes”). | 10,000 | – |
| Foundation for Australia’s Most Endangered Species Ltd | ||
| Funding towards teaching kids to save Aussie Critters. The aim of this project is to build awareness of Australia’s endangered species and the impact of climate change on our wildlife amongst primary school students. Based around Threatened Species Day (7 September) this project will provide free fun and educational activities and resources for students to develop understanding, empathy and appreciation to ultimately take action to save our native species from extinction. | 7,500 | – |
| Rainforest Rescue | ||
| To purchase and provide subsequent protection of Lot 27 Cape Tribulation Rd, Daintree. Covered with intact tropical lowland rainforest and containing high levels of biodiversity, the project aim is to secure this property, adding it to our expanding Cape Kimberley Wildlife Corridor. | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Taronga Conservation Society Australia | ||
| Funding will enable genetic and stable isotope analysis to be conducted on 215 green turtle samples collected from NSW waters to investigate natal origins and identify important foraging habitats on the NSW coast. | 10,000 | – |
| The Trustee for the Sydney Institute of Marine Science | ||
| This project will advance coral aquaculture practices for the purpose of NSW reef restoration, and further SIMS expertise in habitat restoration. Two facets of coral aquaculture will be examined 1) How seawater can be manipulated to enhance coral growth and 2) How living in an aquarium changes the coral and affects the survival of these aquacultured corals when released back in the wild. There is a critical need for this research as the effectiveness of these aquaculture efforts in NSW reef restoration are currently unknown. | 30,000 | – |
| OTHER | – | 86,530 |
| TOTAL ENVIRONMENT | 147,500 | 111,530 |
| 2020 | 2019 | |
| SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS | $ | $ |
| Assistance Dogs Australia Limited | ||
| To purchase 6 puppies, who will go on to assist Australian’s in need of physical or mental support. To meet training capacity, Assistance Dogs Australia is required to acquire 60 healthy, intelligent and good tempered puppies annually. To meet this figure, Assistance Dogs Australia has established an internal breeding program in addition to external puppy acquisition. | 15,000 | – |
| Australian Refugee Volunteers Inc | ||
| Funding towards ARV’s Kids Program, which caters to children from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds, aged 6 to 11, in Sydney. The Kids Program runs monthly activity for the children, who are picked up from their homes, provided lunch, and supervised for the day, before being taken back home again in the afternoon. | 8,600 | 8,600 |
| Australian Theatre for Young People | ||
| Funding towards a detailed, multi-week unit of work for students in years 4-6 based on ATYP’s 2018 production of Charlie Pilgrim (or A Beginner’s Guide to Time Travel), an original play for 10-13 year-old performers. This unit of work will contain stimulating activities with a creative arts focus and will take students into the world of the play and allow them to explore the theatre making process. The unit of work will be available for download on ATYP On Demand. | 10,000 | – |
| Bangarra Dance Theatre | ||
| Bangarra Dance Theatre will roll out their youth engagement program- Rekindling. Rekindling is a program that transforms the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth across Australia. Through intergenerational activities and collaborative learning, young people and their communities re-ignite a passion for traditional knowledge and practices, whilst establishing contemporary learning pathways that ensure Indigenous culture is shared and continued. | 10,000 | – |
| Barnardos Australia | ||
| The Aboriginal Early Start program welcomes over 100 pre-school children and their families every year, across almost 20 rural-remote locations in NSW such as Binnaway, Gulgong, Cobar and Nyngan. Families experiencing isolation or other issues engage in activities run by qualified Aboriginal education workers in order to build relationships, skills, confidence, capacity and strong sense of culture and community. Families socialise in a safe environment focused on learning and play. Funding will go towards resources such as books, equipment, art supplies, toys, food and facilitators. | 12,000 | 5,000 |
| Endeavour Foundation | ||
| Endeavour Foundation’s Seven Hills facility has developed a niche offering as a pharmaceutical packaging site providing meaningful, stable employment for more than 90 people with intellectual disability. Pharmaceutical packaging accounts for 70% of the site’s current workload. This funding is to replace an aging packaging machine which has been in use for more than two decades. | 10,000 | – |
| Gondwana Choirs | ||
| Gondwana National Choral School is the leading destination for young musicians from across Australia to develop their performance skills and access the highest level of musical training. Each January, 300 young singers, composers and conductors undertake intensive rehearsals, electives and performances led by Australia’s leading artists. Funding will go towards providing National Choral School bursaries. | 15,000 | 10,000 |
| Holdsworth St Community Centre Woollahra Inc | ||
| Drama at Holdsworth is a series of drama workshops, in partnership with Sydney Theatre Company, for people living with intellectual disability. Drama at Holdsworth focuses on dramatic skills such as movement, verbal and non-verbal expression, creative communication, developing ideas, storytelling and teamwork to deliver a shared project. | 10,000 | 15,000 |
| Inala | ||
| St Michael’s Refurbishment project. This funding is to contribute to the refurbishment of one of the buildings for the purpose of becoming a new, specialised day service for aging individuals living with disability. These funds will assist in the renovation of all bathrooms to allow the needs of the individuals attending the day service to be catered for properly. It will also provide a safe environment for support staff to work with individuals, while ensuring individuals can be comfortably and safely supported in a dignified way. | 15,000 | – |
| Infants’ Home Ashfield | ||
| This funding will support the delivery of the free Fathers’ and Children’s Community Playgroup, which runs fortnightly for two hours on Saturday mornings during school terms for male parents and carers and their children from birth to school age. The playgroup is run by an early childhood teacher and an assistant, with at least two visits per term by staff from the allied health team (comprising speech therapists, occupational therapists and social workers). | 13,564 | – |
| Karinya House Home for Mothers and Babies Inc | ||
| Final phase of a three year capacity building project: Complete full compliance of all governance frameworks, including evidence, within the online Standards and Performance Pathways (SPP) system. This funding will partly support engagement of an Executive Officer to support the final implementation phase. | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Kids Giving Back | ||
| This funding is towards the Youth ChangeMaker Program. This initiative connects 14-18 year olds to volunteering experiences within a program framework responsive to the needs of teenagers offering choice, flexibility, diversity, ownership and a sense of belonging. | 50,000 | 12,500 |
| Lentil as Anything Newtown | ||
| This project will fit out a dedicated training kitchen at Lentil as Anything (LAA) Newtown to provide hospitality training to job insecure and socially excluded people and to provide post-training employment opportunities in the restaurant or in catering. This grant will ensure the capacity and quality of the new kitchen is sustainable and maintains its impact over time. | 10,000 | – |
| Milk Crate Theatre | ||
| Milk Crate Theatre begins the creative development of the new performance work, Tiny Universe – exploring the delineation between inner and outer “universes” – what we present to the world, and what is actually happening behind closed doors. | 50,000 | 10,000 |
| Mission Australia | ||
| Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (GRG) Illawarra (Nowra/Ulladulla/Shellharbour), supports grandparents (GPs) who have become the fulltime custodian for their grandchildren (GC), often in very desperate circumstances. They are often socially isolated, totally overwhelmed & financially struggling. GRG helps the GPs to cope with their new role by providing social support groups, counselling, financial advice, parenting classes, respite weekends, homework club, holiday programs, case worker support, connection to other support services & help to navigate legal & other challenges. | 15,000 | – |
| Monkey Baa Theatre Company | ||
| Having expanded the number of young participants in the creative process, they are now deepening their engagement with the low SES communities in which they have been working. At the heart of their latest work, THE DARKLINGS, is the relationship between grandparent and child. This will form the basis of six inter-generational creative discovery workshops they will undertake with Bankstown West PS and Darcy Road PS in 2020. 60 x 10 year olds and their grandparents will take part in these workshops with a team of professional artists and led by Creative Director Eva Di Cesare. | 15,000 | 25,000 |
| Northern Beaches Women’s Shelter | ||
| Funding is towards the disability access and safety upgrade to the women’s shelter. The properties they rent to provide shelter and safety for their residents, are currently not equipped to welcome and support women who require special access due to disability. | 15,000 | – |
| Open Support (previously Sisters of Charity Outreach) | ||
| Funding is towards providing safe housing for women and children. Funding will be used to expand their service to provide transitional (4–18 mths) housing and wrap-around support for these families, particularly mothers & children who, because of their visa conditions, have no access to income/benefits. | 15,000 | – |
| Redkite | ||
| Cancer journey program NSW. This program provides vital emotional, financial and education support to children and young people with cancer, and their families. | 10,000 | 5,000 |
| Taree Police & Community Youth Club (PYCY) | ||
| Heart to Heart is an art based welfare program, with a target group of teenage girls aged 12-16, who present with various risk factors. Each program runs for 8 weeks, with a 3 hour program session on 8 consecutive Fridays. Each session involves the girls engaging in art/painting based meditation, & exercises in mindfulness, as well as deep speak support discussions with program mentors. | 15,000 | – |
| The Alannah and Madeline Foundation | ||
| The Alannah & Madeline Foundation provide support and comfort for vulnerable children entering emergency accommodation by providing each child with a Buddy Bag. Each Buddy Bag contains new, basic essentials including toothbrush and toothpaste, pyjamas, socks, underwear, and a teddy bear. This funding will provide 200 children in NSW with Buddy Bags. | 10,000 | – |
| The Girls and Boys Brigade | ||
| The Children’s Program is for children aged 5-12 for out of school hours care and vacation care, and to participate in a variety of programs that facilitate their emotional, social and cognitive development. We provide education and support services required to enhance each child’s long term wellbeing. This is done in an inclusive and respectful environment. Included in the Children’s Program is an after-school homework program; Vacation care during school holidays, and; Outdoor adventure camps. | 15,000 | 10,000 |
| The Marmalade Foundation Limited | ||
| Consistent monthly supervision for the 5 staff members of Lou’s place. Supervision consists of a supervisor that acts as a bridge between the staff member and Lou’s place. It works to develop skills, knowledge and clear thinking to assist staff members in their roles. It also provides sound advice, emotional support and well-being. | 12,000 | – |
| OTHER | – | 214,770 |
| TOTAL SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ARTS | 366,164 | 330,870 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 1,059,619 | 1,024,154 |