GRANT RECIPIENTS IN 2013/2014
In the period under review, Gandel Foundation continued with its direction of growing and expanding the granting and providing additional support to community organisations. During the 2013-2014 financial year, the Board of Trustees of Gandel Foundation approved and paid a total of 128 grants and donations to 120 separate organisations. This included a new pilot program, Gandel Family Grants, which enabled the third generation family members to nominate causes and organisations they wished to see supported.
Below is the list of all grant recipients in 2013/14, grouped based on the level of grant and the Area of Interest, in alphabetical order.
communityassist grants (now named Community Grants)
Arts and Culture
| ARTS ACCESS VICTORIA
My Place Project |
| AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
ACO Synagogue Series 2014 |
| ARTS PROJECT AUSTRALIA
Arts Project’s Participation at the 2014 Melbourne Art Fair |
| BACK TO BACK THEATRE
Back to Back Theatre Community Programs |
| BEYOND EMPATHY
The Maven Project – an Aboriginal Creative Development Hub |
| COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA
The Art Acquisition Fund |
| HAMILTON ART GALLERY
The Gallery’s Japanese Collection |
| JEWISH HOLOCAUST CENTRE
The 30th Anniversary of the Centre |
| LAMM JEWISH LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA
Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival 2014 |
| POLYGLOT PUPPET THEATRE
Voice Lab Program (matched-funding grant) |
| ST MARTINS YOUTH ARTS CENTRE
Cultural Diversity Scholarships |
| THE ARTS CENTRE
– Melbourne Arts Walk – General annual grant |
| THE FLINDERS ART SHOW
The 47th Flinders Art Show |
| THEATRE WORKS
Theatre Works Community Connect Program |
Education
| ANNE FRANK EXHIBITION AUSTRALIA
“Anne Frank: A History for Today” Travelling Exhibition |
| ARDOCH YOUTH FOUNDATION
Giving the Best Start: Expanding Ardoch’s Early Childhood Oral Language Program (Year 3 of a 3 year grant) |
| BELL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
Storytelling and Shakespeare Urban Residency – Lynall Hall Community School |
| COUNCIL FOR JEWISH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
General annual donation |
| ILBIJERRI THEATRE COMPANY
Indigenous Culture Education Program |
| JEWISH MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA – GANDEL CENTRE OF JUDAICA
Collaborative Jewish Experience for Disadvantaged Schools – Pilot Program |
| MOUNT SCOPUS MEMORIAL COLLEGE
General donation |
| NGROO EDUCATION
Roll-out of the Pre School Program to Port Macquarie, Blacktown and Penrith (a Gandel Family Grant) |
| RISE (REFUGEE SURVIVORS AND EX-DETAINEES)
The RISE ESL Program |
| SHARING STORIES FOUNDATION
“Bunjil the Eagle” iBook Program with the Jaara Community |
| SHOLEM ALEICHEM COLLEGE
Growing Together – a Collaborative Project to Refurbish Educational Facilities |
| STAND UP: JEWISH COMMITMENT TO A BETTER WORLD
“Camp Connections” Camps, a Retreat and Scholarships (a Gandel Family Grant) |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
The Archive of Professor Germaine Greer (Year 1 of a 2 year grant) |
Health and Medical Research
| ALFRED HEALTH
Tony Charlton Chair in Oncology at The Alfred |
| AUSTIN HEALTH
The Melbourne Tay Sachs Disease Screening Program (Year 3 of a 3 year grant) |
| AUSTRALIAN CROHN’S AND COLITIS ASSOCIATION
Research – the Post-Operative Crohn’s Endoscopic Recurrence (POCER) Study (Year 3 of a 3 year grant) |
| CAMP QUALITY VICTORIA
Connect Care in Victoria |
| EMMY MONASH AGED CARE
– General donation |
| EPILEPSY ACTION AUSTRALIA
Introducing “Action Adventure” to Young Victorians with Epilepsy |
| FAMILY LIFE
Southern Peninsula Festival for Healthy Living |
| HEAR AND SAY – CENTRE FOR DEAF CHILDREN
The LENA (Language ENvironment Analysis System) Project |
| INDEPENDENCE AUSTRALIA
Strengthening Families Across Victoria |
| JEWISH CARE (VICTORIA)
– General donation – General grant towards the Annual Appeal |
| SAMARINDA AGED SERVICES
Hands in Care Program – Tackling Alzheimer’s and Dementia |
| TARALYE
General donation in support of the Loud Shirt Day |
| THE HUMOUR FOUNDATION (CLOWN DOCTORS)
The Clown Doctors Program at The Monash Medical Centre |
| THE LEUKAEMIA FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA
General donation in support of the World’s Greatest Shave |
Community Development
| AUSIMED
Organisational Development – Establishment Costs |
| AUSTRALIAN JEWISH FUNDERS
Membership |
| CITY LIFE
Renovations to the Kitchen, the Café and Shower Facilities |
| COMMUNITY SECURITY GROUP
Community Engagement Program (Year 2 of a 2 year grant) |
| COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY
Shoreham’s New Fire Station |
| DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTRE VICTORIA
A New Era: Systems Integration and Upgrade for Streamlined Operations |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA)
Fit-out of New Offices and ReStore Premises at Kilsyth |
| JNF ENVIRONMENT GIFT FUND
General donation |
| MACCABI VICTORIA SPORTS FOUNDATION
Club Development Fund |
| PHILANTHROPY AUSTRALIA
Membership |
| RED DUST ROLE MODELS
Healthy Living Program Curriculum – Update |
| SOCIAL VENTURES AUSTRALIA – SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
Social Change 101 (SC101) Bendigo |
| THE SHALOM INSTITUTE
Development of the New AUJS Website |
| UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL REFUGEE RELIEF FUND
General donation |
| URBAN SEED
Urban Friends & Partners – Development of a Regular Giving Program |
Social Cohesion and Inclusion
| AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT
Jewish Bereaved Parents “Keep Fit” Project |
| AUSTRALIAN OUTWARD BOUND DEVELOPMENT FUND
Unaccompanied Minors Refugee Program |
| FITTED FOR WORK
Pilot Transition to Work Program for Migrant and Refugee Women |
| GUIDE DOGS VICTORIA
Mobility equipment for Blind and Vision-Impaired Victorians – Children’s Mobility Program |
| LIFELINE AUSTRALIA
Encouraging Use of Online Crisis Support Chat in Rural Communities (Rural Outreach and Help Seeker Awareness Trial) |
| MAWARRA CENTRE
Country Kitchen Program |
| NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (VIC)
Empowering Single Women and Effective Relationships Programs (challenge grant) |
| OPERATION STITCHES
One Eighty Youth Program – Digital Inclusion of Socially Disadvantaged Young People |
| OUTLOOK (VIC)
Outlook Community Centre Hub: Community Integration |
| THE SHEPHERD CENTRE
Overcoming geographic Barriers and Reaching Out to Support Deaf Children in Rural and Remote Locations |
| THE SOCIAL STUDIO
Social Change Through Design |
| THE TRUSTEES FOR THE JCCV CULTURAL COMMUNITY FUND
Supporting JCCV’s Community Activities |
| VICTORIAN COOPERATIVE ON CHILDREN’S SERVICES FOR ETHNIC GROUPS (VICSEG)
Keeping Youth Connected – Melton Sudanese Student Engagement and Scholarship Program |
| WOMEN’S INFORMATION SUPPORT AND HOUSING IN THE NORTH
WISHIN Wellbeing Program |
Poverty and Disadvantage
| ACCESS
Baking Social Enterprise |
| ASYLUM SEEKER CENTRE OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Employment Assistance Program |
| BANYULE HOUSING SUPPORT GROUP
Help for Families |
| CATHERINE HOUSE
Bridge to a New Future |
| COMMUNICATION RIGHTS AUSTRALIA
Specialist Education Advocate and Outreach Worker |
| DINGLEY VILLAGE COMMUNITY ADVICE BUREAU
It’s not Asking Too Much – Material Aid Program |
| GEELONG FOOD RELIEF CENTRE
Purchase of a Truck for the Food Rescue Program |
| INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE (ISS) – AUSTRALIAN BRANCH
ISS Australia – Sustainability Project (Year 3 of a 3 year grant) |
| MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA
General donation |
| MELBOURNE JEWISH CHARITY FUND
Community Relief and Social Inclusion Van |
| SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER THEATRE COMPANY
The Vulnerable Child: High Water Theatre Media Program |
| ST KILDA GATEHOUSE
St Kilda Gatehouse Emergency Support |
| ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY VICTORIA
General donation in support of the CEO Sleepout |
| STREET SWAGS
Street Swags for Homeless and At-risk People (a Gandel Family Grant) |
| THE CAREVAN FOUNDATION
Carevan Wodonga |
| THE REACH FOUNDATION
Casey Fused – Expansion of the Reach Model to Casey |
| THE SALVATION ARMY
Urban Justice Centre Program |
| TRAVELLERS AID AUSTRALIA
Medical Companion Service |
| VERY SPECIAL KIDS
General donation |
| VISIONARY IMAGES
X Site Creative Pilot Program |
| WAYSIDE CHAPEL FOUNDATION
Homeware Care Packages and Commercial Dryers Supporting Homeless (a Gandel Family Grant) |
| WINGS OF CARE (KANFEI CHESED)
Eco-Therapy Project |
| WOMBAT HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES
Wombat Transport Support |
| WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES VICTORIA
Voices Against Violence Research Project |
Communitybuild and Strengthening Communities grants (now named Major and Flagship grants)
Arts & Culture
| FOOTSCRAY COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE
Support for The Arts West Alliance Project (a Partnership Grant) |
| MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MSO European Tour 2014 |
Education
| ASYLUM SEEKER RESOURCE CENTRE
WISE (Worldly, Independent, Sufficient, Empowered) Women Project (Year 1 of a 3 year grant) |
| BERRY STREET VICTORIA
Berry Street Hume Pathways Project |
| BROTHERHOOD OF ST LAURENCE
Linked Into Learning Project (Year 1 of a 3 year grant) |
| COUNCIL FOR JEWISH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
Expansion of UJEB Programs – The Bentleigh Learning Centre (Year 2 of a 3 year grant) |
| HANDS ON LEARNING AUSTRALIA
Expanding the Hands on Learning Program in northern and western regions of Melbourne (Year 2 of a 3 year grant) |
| JEWISH HOLOCAUST CENTRE
Children’s Education Program for the Middle Years of Learning |
| SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE
Auditorium and the Associated Education Program for School Students and the General Public |
| STAND UP: JEWISH COMMITMENT TO A BETTER WORLD
Stand Up ABC (And Be Counted) Program (Year 1 of a 3 year grant) |
Health and Medical Research
| CABRINI HEALTH
Capital Works Grant (Year 3 of a 5 year grant) |
| CHEVRA HATZOLAH MELBOURNE
“Start The Heart” Program for the Provision of Public Access Defibrillators (Year 2 of a 2 year grant) |
| EMMY MONASH AGED CARE
Grant for the Capital Appeal (Year 1 of a 5 year grant) |
| NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA (VICTORIAN DIVISION)
Promoting Cardiovascular Health to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities |
| NATIONAL STROKE FOUNDATION
The Health Professional Portal |
| NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA
A Multifaceted Intervention Using iPad Technology to Prevent Falls, Reduce Fear of Falling and Increase Physical Activity in Older People: a Double-blind, Randomised Controlled Trial (challenge grant) |
| ROYAL DISTRICT NURSING SERVICE (RDNS)
Extension of the RDNS Homeless Persons Program to Frankston (Year 2 of a 3 year grant) |
| SANE AUSTRALIA
A Comprehensive Online Platform for Mental Health (Year 1 of a 3 year grant) |
| ST VINCENT’S HOSPITAL MELBOURNE
Development of the Smart Heart Necklace: Revolutionising Ambulatory Cardiac Monitors |
| YOORALLA SOCIETY OF VICTORIA
Bringing Ageing-in-Place Technologies to Regional Victoria (Year 1 of a 2 year grant) |
Youth at Risk
| AUSTRALIAN CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION
Tuning Into Change – A Listening Program Designed to Re-activate Children’s Neural Circuits to Support their Recovery from Violence-related Trauma (Year 2 of a 3 year grant) |
| CENTRE FOR MULTICULTURAL YOUTH
Shout Out Program – Enabling Young Migrants and Refugees to Speak Out for Themselves |
| EVOLVE
Young Men’s Program (Year 2 of a 2 year grant) |
| YSAS
UNITE Program (Year 1 of a 2 year grant) |
Jewish Identity and Leadership
| B’NAI B’RITH ANTI-DEFAMATION COMMISSION
The 2014 Annual ADC Gandel Oration |
| UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL REFUGEE RELIEF FUND
General annual grant |
| ZIONIST FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA
Taglit Birthright Program |
Indigenous Programs
| GANBINA
Jobs 4U2 – Education, Training and Employment Program (Year 2 of a 2 year grant) |
| ONE DISEASE AT A TIME
Expansion of the East Arnhem Scabies Control Program (Year 2 of a 2 year grant) |
| SNAICC
Strengthening Transition to School Program – Stage Two |
| WHITELION
The Bundji Bundji Tiddass Program Supporting Young At-risk Women (Year 1 of a 3 year grant) |
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