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Good Cycles is a social enterprise that uses bike programs to create work and training opportunities for young people.

The Productivity Commission is conducting a review of Australian philanthropy with the aim to boost donations to charities and meet the Australian Government’s goal of doubling philanthropic giving by 2030. Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation, Australia’s largest independent community foundation, has provided a submission to the Commission.

In this edition of Connect, we celebrate the launch of our centenary year and take a trip down memory lane to honour our inspiring history.

Sweet Justice trains people in the youth justice system in the practice of beekeeping, providing them with real-world, transferable skills that they can use on their release.

Justice Connect is there to help people experiencing significant disadvantage – to help people experiencing or at risk of homelessness; to help renters understand and act on their rights; and to help people and business who are struggling after floods and fires. They also help charities, providing free legal help, and much more.

Justice Connect is there to help people experiencing significant disadvantage – to help people experiencing or at risk of homelessness; to help renters understand and act on their rights; and to help people and business who are struggling after floods and fires. They also help charities, providing free legal help, and much more.

Good Cycles lives up to its name – putting motorised cycles on our roads to replace trucks and vans, while providing jobs to young people who need them.

There’s a real buzz around an innovative program that teaches young people in juvenile justice how to keep bees.

Community foundations can play a pivotal role in effecting positive, systemic social change for women and girls in our community. Beyond grantmaking with a gender lens, the Foundation's 'Philanthropy Toolbox' makes it possible.