Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of its Thrive Grants.
The Thrive Grants Program acknowledges the importance of smaller, grass-roots charitable organisations and supports their organisational capacity building.
The multi-year grants dispersed total $1.2 million and have been provided to enhance the leadership, management, operational or change management capacity of charitable organisations to demonstrably improve their ability to achieve their mission.
The 2017/2018 Thrive Grant Round will open later this year.
2016/2017 Thrive Grant Recipients
Education & Employment | Organisation | Grant | Project Name |
| Scarf Community Organisation Limited | $40,000 | Strengthening Scarf |
| Western Chances | $30,000 | Maximising ICT Efficiencies to Strengthen Service Delivery and Build Long Term Sustainability |
| Banksia Gardens Association Incorporated | $80,000 over two years | Project REAL: Re-Engagement in Education and Learning |
| Fitted for Work Limited | $120,000 over three years | Fitted for the Future |
Environment & Sustainability | Organisation | Grant | Project Name |
| AYCC Gift Fund | $6,000 | Leadership Transition and Change-Management in Youth-led Organisations |
| Climate Council of Australia Fund | $80,000 over three years | Climate Council Digital Infrastructure and Website Upgrade |
| Environment Victoria Trust | $29,000 | Developing a new organisational strategy for Environment Victoria to meet our environment challenges |
| Friends of the Earth (Australia) Fund | $120,000 over three years | Earthworker: Eureka’s Future Social Enterprise |
| Merri Creek Environment Fund | $45,000 over three years | Strong Way Forward: Recharge the 40 year effort to restore Merri Creek through a revitalised Geographic Information System |
| Yarra Riverkeeper Association Public Fund | $60,000 over three years | A sustainable Association for a sustainable Yarra |
Healthy & Resilient Communities | Organisation | Grant | Project Name |
| 3MBS-FM Development Fund | $112,000 over three years
| Stage 3 – Technical Upgrade Project |
| Melbourne Fringe Fund | $76,000 over three years
| Melbourne Fringe: Increasing Access and Inclusion for Artists with Disabilities 2017 - 2020 |
| Weave Movement Theatre Inc Donation Account | $42,000
| Weave NDIS Adoption |
| The DEA Fund | $75,000 over two years | To fund a Melbourne Based Public Health Trained Executive Officer |
Homelessness & Affordable Housing | Organisation | Grant | Project Name |
| Glenloch Inc | $95,000 over three years | Executive Director for Glenloch Inc. |
| Benwerren | $95,000 over three years | Benwerren: Capacity Building for its Future |
| Collins Street Baptist Benevolent Society Inc | $110,000 over three years | Urban Seed Financial Sustainability Capacity Building Project |
| The Ladder Project Foundation | $50,000 over two years | Ladder Capacity Building – Fundraising & Communications |