Caring for
our community

Your donation ensures that the Foundation can continue to respond to community need, today and in years to come.

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We encourage charitable individuals and philanthropic organisations to partner with us to fund strategic social change and environmental projects.

Caring for Carers

Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation continues funding research projects into the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the community.

Social Sector Wellbeing and Resilience Hub set to respond to burnout

Funding from Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation will help The Xfactor Collective Foundation start to take action to address the almost normalised sense of burnout and mental ill-health across the social sector.

Leaving tracks for others to follow

Dr Catherine Brown OAM discusses Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation approach to philanthropy: being an early/first funder, and taking informed risks in the hope that we will leave tracks for others to follow in the future.

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Caring for Carers

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Social Sector Wellbeing and Resilience Hub set to respond to burnout

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Leaving tracks for others to follow

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Strategic community giving since 1923

For close to 100 years, Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation, together with generous donors and bequestors, has supported the Greater Melbourne community.

Your generosity can create real, lasting impact.

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