Deadline: 24-Aug-20
The Victorian Women’s Trust is seeking applications for its Sub Funds to provide small grants to eligible organizations for innovative programs for Victorian women and girls that directly address the purposes of each Sub Fund.
The Victorian Women’s Trust was established in recognition of the role of women in shaping Victoria. They conduct research and advocacy for women, and every year they provide grants to projects that help women and girls thrive. Since 1985, they have seen community projects take shape, grow and change lives — all through the power of targeted grant-making.
Grant Amount
- Grants can range from $2,000 to $10,000 depending on the Sub Fund.
Types of Sub Fund
FLEUR SPITZER SUB FUND
Supports projects that:
- increase the literacy, educational opportunity and empowerment of women and girls; or
- identify and address barriers that deny older women safety, security and dignity.
CON IRWIN SUB FUND
Supports innovative social justice projects that offer circuit breaking solutions to:
- discrimination;
- violence against women and children; and
- inequality of educational opportunity.
CHRISTINE FRIDAY & KATHLEEN POOLEY SUB FUND
Seeks applications from:
- Aboriginal community organisations for projects addressing the education, health needs and housing of Aboriginal women and girls in Victoria.
HUMANITAS SUB FUND
Seeks applications from:
- Women from African countries living in Victoria, including those who are refugees or asylum seekers, enabling them to avail themselves of educational, employment and other economic opportunities in Australia.
JAN WEBSTER AND SUE PETERSON SUB FUND
Supports project that works with:
- women exiting prison;
- educational and leadership opportunities for Aboriginal women; and
- pathways for women out of homelessness.
LOULA RODOPOULOS SUB FUND
Makes grants to:
- assist women recovering from mental illness or other difficult circumstances; or
- support and enable programs which encourage young and established female writers.
FAY MARLES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SUB FUND
Supports projects that provide:
- leadership training to increase young women’s working knowledge of equal opportunity legislation, structures and processes;
- research that strengthens knowledge of loopholes and gaps in equal opportunity legislation, with a view to system improvement and policy change; and
- education and engagement on equal opportunity issues in workplaces, organisations and in the broader community.
ESSIE BURBRIDGE SUB FUND
Supports projects that:
- provide leadership and achievement in cross-cultural understanding, and strategies for combating racism;
- promote values critical to a vibrant and non-racist society;
- build bridges between European, Middle-Eastern and Asian cultures; or
- advance tolerance, compassion and understanding in the community.
PRUE MYER SUB FUND
Supports projects for immigrants, refugees and disadvantaged girls and young women that:
- provide them with positive mentoring opportunities;
- improve their academic and educational outcomes; and
- encourage their engagement and participation in political life.
ALMA & ALBERT TIVENDALE SUB FUND
The Alma and Albert Tivendale Sub Fund will fund projects which:
- Support girls who are disadvantaged in overcoming barriers to participation in physical activities such as sport and dance; and
- foster imaginative community models to assist women and their families experiencing financial hardship due to health and medical crises.
JEAN MCCAUGHEY SOCIAL JUSTICE SUB FUND
Supports research projects that relate to women in the areas of:
- homelessness;
- poverty and family well-being; and
- strengthening local communities.
RUTH OWENS & KEVIN LYNCH SUB FUND
The Ruth Owens and Kevin Lynch Sub Fund will support grassroots projects that address and enhance educational and employment opportunities for:
- single women as parents; and
- refugee and migrant women.
JOAN HUDSON SUB FUND
Supports projects that provide:
- positive and effective community supports for mothers and their children;
- new and/or improved opportunities for respite care for mothers of children with high-need disabilities; or
- practical support for young women from less advantaged backgrounds to access educational and academic opportunities.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Victorian Women’s Benevolent Trust cannot fund individuals.
- Grant applicants must be endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office for Item 1, Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR), and either Tax Concession Charity (TCC) or can prove that they would be charitable but for their connection with government (usually established by a letter from the ATO). Applicants must provide a copy of these endorsements, or a letter from the ATO, at the time of application.
- Eligibility is strictly limited to groups that operate for charitable purposes and either provide relief of poverty, sickness, suffering, distress, misfortune, destitution or helplessness amongst Victorian women or operate for purposes beneficial to Victorian women.
- Projects must address the needs of women and girls living in Victoria.
- VWBT is open to funding the project of an eligible organisation in partnership with another organisation.
- VWBT does not provide matching or shortfall funding for government funded projects, infrastructure or operational costs.
For more information, visit https://www.vwt.org.au/applying-for-a-grant/