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APPLICATION PROCESS

 

VFFF has a two-stage grant application process

 

 

1.

  Preliminary Enquiry

 

A preliminary enquiry is designed to provide an outline of the funding request without being onerous to complete. In most cases it provides sufficient information to determine whether the request is one that VFFF can progress to a submission for Directors' consideration.

 

VFFF accepts preliminary enquiries submitted online or via email at any time throughout the year.

 

It is important that grant seekers use the format supplied and complete each section. We are unable to consider incomplete enquiries. Please limit your preliminary enquiry to two pages in length.

 

If you have any questions regarding your eligibility or the preliminary enquiry, please email VFFF at foundation@vfff.org.au or call (02) 9291 2722.


Receipt of preliminary enquiries is acknowledged by email and VFFF endeavours to notify grant seekers of the outcome of their enquiry within 21 working days. In some cases, VFFF will request further information. Please be mindful that VFFF reserves the right to seek assistance from external experts in examining and assessing preliminary enquiries.

 

 

 

2.

  Submission

 

Following a preliminary enquiry, some organisations will be requested to complete a more detailed submission (by invitation only). VFFF will provide a submission form. We require that grant seekers use this format and complete each section.

 

Apart from the completed submission, VFFF requires copies of the latest annual report, audited financial statements and TCC and/or DGR status endorsements. All documents should be submitted by email. We understand that in some cases annual reports will need to be posted.

 

We aim to be of assistance to grant seekers during the preparation of the submission and encourage organisations to contact us with any queries that arise during this process.

 

In conducting due diligence and preparing requests for consideration by the Board, VFFF will contact grant seekers to work through any concerns or questions and may also request meetings or site visits. We are grateful for grant seekers' cooperation and patience and appreciate open communication throughout this process. Please be mindful that VFFF reserves the right to seek assistance from external experts in examining and assessing submissions.

 

Submissions are considered quarterly by the VFFF Board and grant seekers will be advised of the outcome in writing within a fortnight of the relevant meeting.

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Latest Grants

  • Primary Ethics
    Seed funding to develop Primary Ethics into a self-sustaining, community-driven organisation.
  • Australian Scholarships Foundation
    Towards the operating costs of Australian Scholarships Foundation, which provides professional development opportunities for the NFP sector.
  • Centre for Non-Violence
    Establish ‘Solving the Jigsaw’ program in NSW, a school based program aiming to reduce the incidence and impact of violence and bullying in children’s lives.
  • Australian Children’s Music Foundation
    Support the delivery of a weekly music program in five schools in Taree.
  • St Andrew’s Cathedral School Foundation
    A scholarship for a Gawura Middle School student (Years 9-12).
  • Wollongong Anglican Regional Council
    Employ an Aboriginal Trainee Minister at the Shoalhaven Indigenous Church.
  • Child Abuse Prevention Service
    Employ a social worker to expand the mobile family support service.
  • Motor Neurone Disease Association of NSW
    Purchase communication aids for loan to members, to assist them communicate with their carers and maintain links with their social networks.
  • Centre for Public Christianity
    Towards a scoping study for the research project ‘What Australia Believes’.
  • New England Conservatorium
    Establish a woodwind and brass program for children in Guyra, Inverell and Warialda.
  • Milk Crate Theatre
    50th Anniversary Grants Program - Employ a Creative Facilitator to run a number of special programs.
  • Rouse Hill Regional Centre
    50th Anniversary Grants Program - Construct a sound proof cry room and an outdoor play area.
  • Beacon Foundation
    50th Anniversary Grants Program - Contract an external agency to assist in developing a brand, communications and marketing strategy to support the organisation’s short and long term strategic growth objectives.
  • Kairos Prison Ministry
    50th Anniversary Grants Program - Towards a number of activities including establishment of new programs, course revisions, updating training modules and travel costs for new CEO to visit major Kairos locations.
  • St Anthony’s Family Care
    Towards ‘Expressions of Me’, a series of culturally and linguistically diverse youth art projects with newly arrived refugee young people NSW.
  • Penrith Performing and Visual Arts
    Support the delivery of ‘On the Road’, a cultural development and arts education program, across the Lachlan Shire.
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composers’ Trust
    Towards the refurbishment and extension to the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composers’ House.
  • Women’s Community Shelters
    Towards a research project to assess the feasibility of building a federated network of women’s community shelters in NSW.
  • UWS Hawkesbury Foundation
    Exploration of ‘Payment for Ecosystem Services’ and increasing rural student participation in tertiary study across agriculture, food and environment disciplines.