Skip to main content

2020 Community Grants

2020 Community Grants

Well done to all our 2020 Community Grant winners.

This year, we donated $400,000 to 18 amazing community organisations making a positive impact both in Australia and overseas.

 

See winners in the following categories:

Planet   People   Animals

 

Planet

CommGrants_Environs-Thumb-1636513212276.jpg
Environs Kimberley
The Kimberley’s Fitzroy is one of the world’s last great free-flowing rivers. National Heritage listed for its natural and cultural values, it's the last global stronghold of the Freshwater Sawfish whose lineage has existed for 60 million years.
CommGrants_PosChangeForMarineLife-Thumb-1636513216623.jpg
Positive Change For Marine Life
Positive Change For Marine Life is developing a whole-of-catchment approach to how we manage our waterways.
CommGrants_RainforestRescue-Thumb-1636513217201.jpg
Rainforest Rescue
Rainforest Rescue's project will work to return fifteen hectares of once stripped sugarcane fields back to rainforest.
CommGrants_BowerReuse-Thumb-1636513211696.jpg
The Bower Reuse & Repair Centre
This project provides recycled furniture to people moving into supported accommodation or community housing.
CommGrants_PlantingSeeds-Thumb-1636513216121.jpg
Planting Seeds
The Refuge ‘B’ project will train 20 refugees to create habitats for native Australian birds, bees and bats.
CommGrants_Seed-Thumb-1636513217607.jpg
Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network
SEED Mob's goal is to empower Aboriginal young people to protect country and build communities powered by renewables.

People

CommGrants_LoveMercy-Thumb-1636513214758.jpg
Love Mercy Foundation
Love Mercy will create an emergency response fund to safeguard vulnerable communities in Northern Uganda.
CommGrants_FreeToFeed-Thumb-1636513212717.jpg
Free To Feed
Free to Feed's 'Brave Meals' are home-delivered meals made through the employment of refugees and people seeking asylum.
CommGrants_FreeToShine-Thumb-1636513213332.jpg
Free To Shine
Free To Shine will provide 600 Social Work Visits to school aged most at risk of being trafficked in Cambodia.
CommGrants_Ishar-Thumb-1636513214211.jpg
Ishar Multicultural Women's Health Services
A program supporting and empowering refugee and migrant women who are experiencing family and domestic violence.
CommGrants_WeCare-Thumb-1636513209083.jpg
We Care Connect
We Care Connect collects good quality, pre-loved children’s and baby items to give free to young families in need.
CommGrants_MelbFoodHub-Thumb-1636513215586.jpg
Melbourne Food Hub & Sustain
Sustain's urban food justice project will create a flourishing, vibrant urban farm in the heart of Preston, Melbourne.

Animals

CommGrants_WildlifeAsia-Thumb-1636513209787.jpg
Wildlife Asia
Wildlife Asia's project will provide support of the highly effective Wildlife Patrol Teams to protect every rhino.
CommGrants_BangalowKoalas-Thumb-1636513210818.jpg
Bangalow Koalas
Bangalow Koalas aims to protect and save vulnerable koala populations in the Northern Rivers of NSW.
CommGrants_BorneoOrang-Thumb-1636513211302.jpg
Borneo Orangutan Survival Australia
BOS Australia is on a mission to protect Bornean orangutans and their habitat.
CommGrants_GreyhoundRescue-Thumb-1636513213773.jpg
Greyhound Rescue
Greyhound Rescue’s program will see greyhounds homed safely while enriching the lives of those in aged care.
CommGrants_WOTCH-Thumb-1636513210302.jpg
WOTCH
WOTCH’s will use thermal imaging cameras and on-ground wildlife surveys to protect threatened species habitat.
CommGrants_Mandurah-Thumb-1636671170155.jpg
Mandurah Wildlife Rescue
Mandurah Wildlife Rescue's will upgrade facilities in their ICU and the quarantine rooms to care for native wildlife.

Other grant recipients