GRANT RECIPIENTS IN 2021/2022

In the 2021/22 financial year the Gandel Foundation Directors responded to the ongoing needs of the community as the impacts of COVID emergency continued to be felt. The three levels of giving by Gandel Foundation continued to be applied – Community Grants; Major Grants; and Flagship Grants, along with a Legacy Grant previously noted. 

A total of 95 grants have been provided (57 Community Grants, 37 Major & Flagship Grants and 1 Legacy Grant). The Areas of Interest remained the same, and the grant recipients are listed below in alphabetical order.

 

Community Grants

Arts and Culture

BALLARAT HEBREW CONGREGATION

Restoration and Preservation of the Ballarat Synagogue for Future Generations

FOOTSCRAY COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE

Support for Indigenous artist program Tarnuk-ut baany

JEWISH MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA – GANDEL CENTRE OF JUDAICA

Righteous Among the Nations Ceremony

THE ARTS CENTRE

Donation

THE JEWISH CULTURAL CENTRE AND NATIONAL LIBRARY, KADIMAH

  • Organisational support for festivals and programs
  • In One Voice Festival

THE WHEELER CENTRE: BOOKS, WRITING, IDEAS

Blak and Bright Festival, William Cooper Panel Event

 

Community Development

A IS FOR ATLAS

Western District Pilot

COMMUNITY SECURITY GROUP

Community Engagement Programs

EMUNAH AVIV

Purim Spiel 2022

HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CENTRE

Capacity building support

MORNINGTON PENINSULA FOUNDATION

In memory of Bails Myer

PATHWAYS MELBOURNE

Core program support

PHILANTHROPY AUSTRALIA – NEXUS

Nexus program

THE SHALOM INSTITUTE – AUJS

  • AUJS Charidy Fundraising Campaign
  • Building capacity of AUJS

THE TRUSTEE FOR JCCV CULTURAL FUND

General support for JCCV Community activities

ZIONISM VICTORIA

Patron – Yom Ha’atzmut

 

Education

AARDVARK MUSIC

Support for the music alumni program

ADELAIDE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND STEINER EDUCATION CENTRE

Holocaust Teacher Training

ANNE FRANK EXHIBITION AUSTRALIA

Anne Frank Exhibition Touring

CONCERN AUSTRALIA

Hand Brake Turn Program

COURAGE TO CARE (VIC)

30th Anniversary Program

FOUNDATION FOR RURAL & REGIONAL RENEWAL

Develop and implement a school alumni fundraising pilot for OurSchool

INDIGENOUS LITERACY FOUNDATION

Book Supply Program

MELBOURNE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022

REFUGEE MIGRANT CHILDREN CENTRE

Support for strengthening educational outcomes for refugee children, including newly-arrived Ukrainian refugees.

SAINT MARY’S CATHOLIC COLLEGE NSW KINGAROY SCHOOL LIBRARY

Support of the purchase of Eddie Jaku books for students

SYDNEY JEWISH MUSEUM

Educational programs

THE MIRABEL FOUNDATION

Support for educational re- engagement programs

THE TRUSTEE FOR THE COUNCIL FOR JEWISH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS

General Operating Support

WESTERN CHANCES

Support for the scholarships program

 

Health and Medical Research

BAYLEY HOUSE

Bayley House Arts Hub for arts and social inclusion programs

C CARE

COVID Grant: Support for food aid & food packs for the most vulnerable

CHILDREN’S CANCER INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA

General Donation

INTOUCH MULTICULTURAL CENTRE AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE

Support for the inSpire program assisting women recovering from family violence

JEWISH CARE (VICTORIA)

  • Jewish Care 2022 Annual Appeal
  • Donation
  • COVID Grant: Food Vouchers, Kosher meals, food boxes for the most vulnerable

KOALA KIDS FOUNDATION

Program support for children with cancer

MACCABI VICTORIA SPORTS FOUNDATION

All Abilities Program

OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION

General donation

ROYAL INSTITUTE FOR DEAF AND BLIND CHILDREN

Support for the playtime program for children and families affected by hearing loss

SANDRO DEMAIO FOUNDATION

Little Food Festival

SOUPER KITCHEN

COVID Grant: Support for increased food community needs for the most vulnerable

 

Poverty and Disadvantage

CHRISTIE CENTRE

Equipment for the GrowAbility social enterprise

CONSCIOUS CREATIVE – HOMIE

General support

JEWISH BEREAVED PARENTS

Support for the core program

SUNRAYSIA COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE

Refurbishment of the HomeBase space for the vulnerable youth

THE COMMUNITY GROCER

Support for food boxes

WELLSPRINGS FOR WOMEN

Upgrade for the children’s Playroom at Dandenong and the Bounce Back Program at Hampton Park

 

Social Cohesion and Inclusion

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN JEWRY

ECAJ Programs

FLYING FOX

Disability Camps

REFUGEE LEGAL

Volunteer Support

THE TRUSTEE FOR THE AUBURN ROAD CENTRE LIBRARY

Pillars of Light Event

WILLUM WARRAIN ABORIGINAL ASSOCIATION

Support for the new cultural space

YOUTH ACTIVATING YOUTH

Girls Leadership Program

 

Major and Flagship Grants

Arts and Culture

ART GALLERY OF NSW

Sydney Modern – Kusama sculpture

JEWISH MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA – GANDEL CENTRE OF JUDAICA

  • Principal Partner, HELMUT Exhibition 2022
  • Capacity building support
  • (Year 1 of a 3-year grant)

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Now, Forever Future Fund

 

Education

COURAGE TO CARE (VIC)

Social Justice Programs

(Year 1 of a 3-year grant)

DUNGALA KAIELA FOUNDATION – EDUCATION

Homework Club Program

GANBINA

JOBS4U2 Program

GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY

Holocaust Education Program for the Latvia documentary

MELBOURNE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM

Children’s Holocaust Museum and Hide & Seek Program

(Year 1 of a 5-year grant)

SMILING MIND

Mental fitness and resilience innovation lab

(Year 1 of a 3-year grant)

SOCIAL TRADERS

Vision 2030

(Year 1 of a 4-year grant)

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

Scholarship in the name of Ben Cowen

 

Health and Medical Research

ACCESS

Matching grant in support of disability programs

ALFRED HEALTH

Purchase of equipment and training – Gandel Foundation Intestinal Ultrasound Centre of Excellence

AUSTRALIANS FOR MENTAL HEALTH

Advocating for increased investment in mental health

AUSTRALIAN MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY SERVICE

Millennium House

AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY

Ukraine Humanitarian Response

C CARE

Personalised Pantry Pack Program

(Year 3 of a 3-year grant)

EMMY MONASH AGED CARE

Core operational support

FARESHARE

COVID Grant: Expanding the cooked meals program for the most vulnerable

FOODBANK VICTORIA

COVID Grant: Matching grant for the Christmas Appeal – enabling 1 million extra meals

JDRF AUSTRALIA

General organisational support

LODDON CAMPASPE MULTICULTURAL SERVICES

COVID Grant: Essential and culturally appropriate food assistance for multicultural families in the Loddon Campaspe region

SECONDBITE

COVID Grant: Support for the ‘Farmgate’ program and a hydraulic tailgate

UNISON HOUSING

Make Room Project to address rough sleeping in the cbd

THE AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE

Ukraine Humanitarian Response

THE FIRST STEP PROGRAM

Full Time Fundraising Manager

(Year 3 of a 3-year grant)

VICTORIAN ABORIGINAL CHILD CARE AGENCY

  • COVID Grant: Food support for vulnerable families in regional Vic. (Ovens Murray and Gippsland) and outer Metro areas
  • (Year 3 of a 3-year grant)

  • Bringing Up Aboriginal Babies at Home (BUABAH)

 

Indigenous Programs

THE TORCH

Capacity building and support for the post-release program

(Year 1 of a 2-year grant)

 

Jewish Identity and Leadership

AUSTRALIAN SPORTS FOUNDATION CHARITABLE FUND – HAKOAH CLUB

Hakoah Jewish Community Centre

(Year 1 of a 3-year grant)

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (VICTORIA)

The JAM Project

UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL REFUGEE RELIEF FUND

Refugee Relief Fund

STAND UP: JEWISH COMMITMENT TO A BETTER WORLD

Social Justice Programs

(Year 1 of a 3-year grant)

 

Youth at Risk

ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY VICTORIA

CEO Sleepout 2022

YMCA VICTORIA

Rebuild & Green Collect ‘Choose Your Career Program’

YOUTHLAW

Stand up for our rights project – for children & young people in residential care in the Grampians Region

 

Legacy Grant

HADASSAH AUSTRALIA CHARITY

Gandel Rehabilitation Centre

(Year 1 of a 7-year grant)

 

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