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For close to 100 years, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation has made a real and lasting impact on the big challenges facing Greater Melbourne.
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Homelessness & Affordable Housing
Inclusive, Sustainable Economy & Jobs
Healthy & Climate Resilient Communities
Generous Melbourne
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Affordable housing challenge
Energy efficiency & climate resilience
Climate Change Resilience in the West
Hot spots
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Give with us
Donate
Open a Charitable Fund Account
Leave a gift in your Will
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Why We Give
Collaborate with us
High impact project collaboration
Professional advisors
Community Charitable Fund Accounts
Youth in Philanthropy
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2024 Innovation Grants
2024 Affordable Housing Challenge
2024 Next Economy Jobs Challenge
Foote Trust Donor Advised Grants
Work Integration Social Enterprise (WISE) Grant
2023 Climate Resilient Neighbourhoods Challenge
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Your donation ensures that the Foundation can continue to respond for the next 100 years.
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Foundation launches its Reconciliation Action Plan – Reflect
Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation has launched its Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan with the Foundation’s Chair Janina Gawler and CEO Peter Walton at the Foundation’s For Purpose Impact Accelerator Hub.
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Foundation awarded 2024 Victorian Social and Affordable Housing Prize
Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation has been awarded the 2024 Victorian Social and Affordable Housing Prize at the Australian Institute of Architects 2024 Victorian Honours Event.
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Community Foundations: Empowering People to Strengthen Communities
On the eve of Community Foundations Australia’s National Forum, we look at how community foundations are becoming important assets for local communities.
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What is climate justice?
Dr Karyn Bosomworth, the Foundation’s Program Manager for Healthy & Climate Resilient Communities, discusses climate justice and why it matters.
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Foundation launches its Reconciliation Action Plan – Reflect
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Foundation awarded 2024 Victorian Social and Affordable Housing Prize
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Community Foundations: Empowering People to Strengthen Communities
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Homelessness & Affordable Housing
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Blak Pearl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Creative Studio
Belgium Avenue Neighbourhood House Incorporated
Mobilising Climate Just and Resilient Communities in Melbourne's West
Jesuit Social Services Limited
Family ‘Red Bowl’ giving tradition continues
Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation’s donors Jenny and Philip Curtis established a charitable fund account with Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation in 2013 as a way to give back to their community after enjoying successful careers in law and business.
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Lower Plenty activist Lois Loftus-Hills was committed to supporting her local community. Through the Loftus-Hills Fund, her legacy continues to provide vital funding to the causes she was passionate about.
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