Information about Grants
Each year the Foundation makes available approximately $240,000. This is used to provide grants and donations to the hospitals, aged care facilities and community services provided by the Presbyterian and Uniting Churches. Each church receives an equal amount for distribution.
Grants are determined by the Board of Trustees annually, usually in May, and paid early in the next financial year.
In following the objectives set out in our Trust Deed, each year the St Andrew’s Foundation makes approximately ten individual grants of amounts between $5,000 and $100,000 – totalling over $240,000 this year – to health care and community service organisations and projects associated with the Presbyterian Church of Victoria and the Uniting Church in Australia Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, or to other community service programmes of organisations with similar objectives. We seek to support projects that are innovative in their approach to many of the social needs evident today.
Applying for Grants
Please see our Guidelines for Grants document. If you believe your organisation is eligible, use the Application Form provided.
Applications for Grants close 31 March each year.
Use our Reporting Template to let us know how your project went.
Recent Grants
Examples of grants in the last year include:
Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre to provide care, support, and aid for asylum seekers.
Hotham Mission for its "WomEmpower” program running in the inner north of Melbourne
Kirkbrae Presbyterian Homes to help create a more connected Retirement Living Community through Men’s Shed, kitchen garden works and general building works.
Prison Fellowship for their in-prison visits and post-release support program.
Presbyterian Ladies College “Jindi Worabak” scholarship program for girls of indigenous Australian background
Stable One for supported accommodation program on the pathway out of homelessness
Uniting Wodonga to support the Meals without Barriers program, educating disadvantaged students on cooking and practical experience in hospitality
Yarra St Pastors supporting volunteers to go onto the streets at night and engage with people and offer practical assistance
