GANDEL FOUNDATION ALLOCATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY SECTOR’S RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY – phase three
The Board of Directors of Gandel Foundation recently allocated grants and support for the third phase of funding in support of charities working to address the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 emergency.
In this third phase Gandel Foundation has allocated a total of $1.34 million in grants to 21 organisations.
Some of the key issues addressed in the third phase include:
- General operating support to assist organisations in delivering on their core mission;
- Support for educational needs of Indigenous and vulnerable and disadvantaged students;
- Food security in the community;
- Addressing the mental health needs in the community;
- Developing employment pathways for at-risk groups; and
- Supporting a range of needs of refugees and asylum seekers.
Below is a full list of grant recipients with a brief description of the funded activity.
COVID-19 Grant Recipients in June 2021 (in alphabetical order):
1. Organisation: 100 Story Building
Purpose: digitisation of the Early Harvest student-led literacy and editorial program, with the associated ‘digital studio’ development
2. Organisation: Access
Purpose: general operating support to meet the growth in demand for their services
3. Organisation: Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Steiner Education Centre
Purpose: general operating support to strengthen their educational activities and school connections
4. Organisation: Arts Centre Melbourne
Purpose: in support of the Arts Wellbeing Collective
5. Organisation: Australian Schools Plus
Purpose: support for the ‘recovery for COVID-affected schools’ initiative in the south-east of Melbourne
6. Organisation: CareerSeekers
Purpose: support for internship and employment program, creating jobs for humanitarian visa entrants
7. Organisation: Council of Single Mothers and their Children
Purpose: support for COVID-recovery employment pathways and coaching
8. Organisation FareShare
Purpose: Support for increase in food assistance to the most vulnerable
9. Organisation: Foodbank Victoria
Purpose: Support for increase in food assistance to the most vulnerable
10. Organisation: Ganbina
Purpose: general operating support for their programs helping Indigenous students
11. Organisation: Good Cycles
Purpose: support for the future social enterprise Hub that will generate employment opportunities for youth at risk
12. Organisation: Hatzolah
Purpose: general operating support to deliver medical services in the community
13. Organisation: Jewish Children’s Aid Society
Purpose: support for students with special needs who need educational assistance at school
14. Organisation: Melbourne City Mission
Purpose: general operating support to deliver services to young people at risk of homelessness
15. Organisation: Melbourne Jewish Charity Fund
Purpose: general operating support to deliver food and other assistance to vulnerable families
16. Organisation: National Disability Services
Purpose: support for the ‘career and school to work transition’ pilot program for students with a disability
17. Organisation: Oz Harvest
Purpose: Support for increase in food assistance to the most vulnerable
18. Organisation: Refugee Legal
Purpose: general operating support to deliver legal services to asylum seekers, including through their Fast-Track Clinic program
19. Organisation: Smiling Mind
Purpose: support to develop and deliver a new model of self-care for primary school children, the digital learning project
20. Organisation: St Kilda Gatehouse
Purpose: support for the growing needs of the Young Women’s Project
21. Organisation: UJEB
Purpose: general operating support to help re-establish their in-school programs and learning
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Note:
Funding allocated in the first phase (April 2020): $1.27M
Funding allocated in the second phase (December 2020): $1.115M
UPDATE ON GANDEL FOUNDATION COMMUNITY GRANTS (June 2021)
Gandel Foundation is committed to supporting the Australian community and the not-for-profit sector through the ongoing difficulties and challenges posed by the COVID-19 emergency.
As a result, the general Community Grants program of Gandel Foundation remains temporarily closed for applications. This decision was made with the aim of concentrating our efforts on the COVID-19 response, which currently still continues.
This situation is under review all the time, as the COVID situation remains uncertain. Nevertheless, Directors of Gandel Foundation continue to retain flexibility to respond to some smaller scale grant requests, related to COVID-19 or otherwise, through direct communication with our past, current and potential future grant partners.