Grants are provided for the following areas of support:

• Project funding to test, demonstrate, trial or pilot a new concept or idea that will lead to a service improvement or an advance in a major community issue
• Research funding to build understanding of an area or issue, inform program design or practice, inform policy development and philanthropic investment identify good practice or inform community behaviour
• Funding to support the initial development phase of a social enterprise.

To be eligible, the organisation must be endorsed as a deductible gift recipient. Grants are generally provided for projects delivered in the greater Melbourne area, however some grants are made in other regions of Australia based on requests by the Foundation’s charitable fund account holders.

Successful applicants will be notified in July 2013.