Creating a healing space and keeping culture strong for the Mornington Peninsula’s growing Aboriginal population, was the driving force behind employing a gathering place coordinator for the Willum...
Read moreFund amount:
$60,000 over two years
Program area:
Vulnerable Victorians
Location:
Mornington Peninsula
Year:
2015
Australia’s economy is set to benefit significantly if we can boost the number of students pursuing further study in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). The Discovery Science and Tec...
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$75,000 over three years
Program area:
Arts, Culture and Education
Location:
Loddon Mallee
Year:
2017
A diverse and engaging program for students has resulted in an increase in Year 12 completion rates, consistently higher school attendance, and a clear preference for teenage Indigenous boys volunt...
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$90,000 over three years
Program area:
Vulnerable Victorians
Location:
Loddon
Year:
2014
A $75,000 grant over three years has funded a project giving a new voice to marginalised and disengaged students in Collingwood and Fitzroy, through the medium of film.
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$75,000 over three years
Program area:
Arts, Culture and Education
Location:
Yarra
Year:
2016
A $500,000 impact investment loan has started the ball rolling for an important social enterprise and conservation project on the Great Ocean Road near Apollo Bay.
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$500,000 over two years
Program area:
Flora and Fauna
The Helmeted Honeyeater is the Victorian State avian emblem and is critically endangered. However, a strategic habitat restoration project in the Yarra Valley is starting to net results.
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$30,000 over two years
Program area:
Flora and Fauna
In 2017, the Ross Trust provided a $10,000 grant to the Foundation for Australia’s Most Endangered Species to allow it to optimise and test a new humane trap called the Felixer; an automated feral ...
Read moreFund amount:
$10,000 for one year
Program area:
Flora and Fauna
Location:
Statewide
Residents of Pakenham, Officer, Upper Beaconsfield and the surrounding area will be able to enjoy a wonderful new recreation reserve following a gift of 47 hectares of pristine bushland to Cardinia...
Read moreProgram area:
Flora and Fauna
Year:
2013
In 2002, The R E Ross Trust partnered with Trust for Nature to purchase Neds Corner, now the state's biggest privately held conservation property, and return it to its natural state after 153 years...
Read moreProgram area:
Flora and Fauna
Year:
2002