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Useful Information

ACT Government Grants Portal

This portal provides information and online application for more than 22 grant programs. The website is aimed at helping the community turn good ideas into great activities.

Australian Taxation Office (ATO) – Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status

DGRs are funds or organisations that are entitled to receive tax deductible gifts. This means that donors can claim income tax deductions for gifts to DGRs in their income tax returns. To apply for DGR status see the Australian Tax Office website.

Our Community

Our Community provides advice and tools for Australia’s community groups, the general public, business and government.

Public Trustee for the ACT

The Public Trustee for the ACT is a Territory Authority whose purpose is to deliver to the ACT community a full range of quality trustee and related services.

Canberra Region Foundations

The Snow Foundation

The Snow Foundation is the creation of brothers Terry Snow and George Snow who established the foundation in 1991 to benefit the disadvantaged community in Canberra and beyond to enable individuals and organisations to introduce positive change.

Beyond Bank Australia

The Beyond Bank Australia Foundation Ltd. raises and distributes charitable funds within the community, and was launched in August 2007. The trust manages two funds: The Community Gift Fund and the Community Support Fund.

John James Foundation

The John James Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation. The Foundation is an independent broad based healthcare charity providing a range of programs and assistance to the people of Canberra and beyond.

Aspen Foundation

The Aspen Foundation was created by Canberra-based Aspen Medical co-founder Glenn Keys in 2010. The Aspen Foundation aligns its support to initiatives which will make a practical and immediate difference to the lives of people living in remote and medically challenged communities.

Research Organisations

Asia-Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy

The Asia‐Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy (ACSIP) is committed to promoting and advancing social investment and philanthropy in Australia and throughout the Asia‐Pacific Region. ACSIP, at the Swinburne Centre for Social Impact, is itself part of the wider cross‐university collaboration known as the Centre for Social Impact (CSI), in the Swinburne Business School.

Australian Journal on Volunteering

The Australian Journal on Volunteering is the only Australian refereed journal that publishes articles exclusively on volunteering.

Queensland University of Technology’s Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies

The Centre publishes working papers and makes these available to the philanthropic and nonprofit communities and other interested parties at a small cost.

Community Foundations Gateway

A joint project of Philanthropy Australia, the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal and Community Foundations of Australasia Inc, the Community Foundation Gateway is a comprehensive source of information for those involved in, researching, or interested in becoming involved in community foundations in Australia.