The Ross Trust is helping a leading conservation organisation to continue its work of creating a healthier, more biodiverse, and resilient Port Phillip Bay through marine restoration.
Read moreFund amount:
$180,000
Program area:
Biodiversity Conservation
Location:
Southern Peninsula
Year:
2022
The Ross Trust is supporting an Indigenous social enterprise that is committed to Aboriginal food sovereignty, which is achieved through a diverse business model that includes traditional food grow...
Read moreFund amount:
$106,000
Program area:
Biodiversity Conservation
Location:
East Gippsland
Year:
2022
The Ross Trust is joining seven other philanthropic funders and 11 major universities to support a new body that will advocate for Australia’s biodiversity.
Read moreFund amount:
$400,000
Program area:
Biodiversity Conservation
Location:
Statewide
Year:
2022
The Ross Trust is supporting a unique project that aims to improve the understanding of ‘gnammas’, which have been water sources and sometimes sacred features for Aboriginal people for more than 60...
Read moreFund amount:
$40,000
Program area:
Biodiversity Conservation
Location:
Hume
Year:
2022
Cats, foxes, goats and more: Reporting on Australia’s invasive species Australia has one of the worst animal extinction records in the world, due mainly to invasive species. And the threa...
Read moreFund amount:
$45,000
Program area:
Biodiversity Conservation
Location:
Statewide
Year:
2021
BirdLife Australia has been a voice for birds for more than a century, protecting birds and their habitats through research, conservation programs and advocacy. Since 2017, BirdLife has facilitated...
Read moreFund amount:
$225,000
Program area:
Biodiversity Conservation
Location:
Eastern Metro
Year:
2021
The Ross Trust is pleased to be supporting Sustainable Farms, an initiative that has been conducting wildlife surveys on farms for more than 20 years to determine how plants and animals respond to ...
Read moreFund amount:
$300,000
Program area:
Biodiversity Conservation
Location:
Statewide
Year:
2021
The Ross Trust is thrilled to be playing a vital role in the Great Australian Platypus Search, which has begun in Victoria as one of the largest citizen scientist projects in the world.
Read moreFund amount:
200,000
Program area:
Biodiversity Conservation
Location:
Statewide
Year:
2021-2022
The Yarra is the first name that usually springs to mind when people think of a Melbourne waterway. But there is another important and much-loved river – the Maribyrnong, which at 160km long i...
Read moreFund amount:
$120,000 over three years
Program area:
Biodiversity Conservation
Location:
Maribyrnong River
Year:
2021
The new national independent policy centre Watertrust Australia Ltd has begun operations, thanks to a unique coalition of philanthropic funders, including The Ross Trust.
Read moreFund amount:
$1,000,000
Program area:
Biodiversity Conservation
Location:
Canberra
Year:
2021