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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
Learn about our positive social change
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Give & collaborate
Give with us
Donate
Open a Charitable Fund Account
Leave a gift in your Will
Fundraise
Why We Give
Collaborate with us
High impact project collaboration
Professional advisors
Community Charitable Fund Accounts
Youth in Philanthropy
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2024 Affordable Housing Challenge
2024 Next Economy Jobs Challenge
Foote Trust Donor Advised Grants
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2023 Climate Resilient Neighbourhoods Challenge
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The grants data that appears on this site is what has been uploaded for communication purposes and is not an exhaustive representation of all grants made by Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation. The interactive totals that appear on this page are based on the available data uploaded and the search criteria applied by the user. The Grant Year indicates when the grant was approved by the Board of Management. For the comprehensive financial outgoings and grants of each financial year, please refer to the
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Yarra Valley ECOSS - Crops for Community Gap funding
Yarra Valley ECOSS Inc
Status
Active grant
Grant Amount
$10,000
Grant Type
Proactive
Year
2022/2023
Healthy & Climate Resilient Communities
2. Greater Melbourne’s food systems are equitable, healthy sustainable and resilient.
Sustainable development goals
BCA Peer Connect Groups
Blind Citizens Australia
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Active grant
Grant Amount
$50,000
Grant Type
Proactive
Year
2022/2023
Healthy & Climate Resilient Communities
1. Communities shape regenerative and just climate change resilience.
Sustainable development goals
Creative Constellations: an Atlas of Radical Hope
Climarte Inc
Status
Active grant
Grant Amount
$50,000
Grant Type
Proactive
Year
2022/2023
Healthy & Climate Resilient Communities
1. Communities shape regenerative and just climate change resilience.
Sustainable development goals
Community-Based Companioning
Social Health Australia Ltd
Status
Active grant
Grant Amount
$50,000
Grant Type
Seed Innovation
Year
2022/2023
Healthy & Climate Resilient Communities
1. Communities shape regenerative and just climate change resilience.
Sustainable development goals
Growing the Nature Based Leadership Program
CERES Earth Limited
Status
Active grant
Grant Amount
$50,000
Grant Type
Seed Innovation
Year
2022/2023
Healthy & Climate Resilient Communities
1. Communities shape regenerative and just climate change resilience.
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$1.825 million in grants
building the capacity of the charitable sector in the 2022/2023 financial year.
Source: Annual Report 2022/2023
$12.932 million in grants distributed in the 2022/2023 financial year.
Source: Annual Report 2022/2023
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