Geelong Community Foundation News

May 1 2013

2013 Annual Newsletter

The Geelong Community Foundation annual newsletterhas been published.

June 1 2012

The Geelong Community Foundation grants for 2012 have been announced. Thirty-nine diverse projects and programs have shared in $550,000 covering a range of community needs and interests such as education, training, research, community wellbeing and support for the aged, families, health, youth and the arts. Some of the 39 broad reaching organisations to benefit include Samaritan...

February 1 2012

Doug Aiton writes about Foundation Chair, Val Lawrence

Geelong Community Foundation Chairperson, Val Lawrence OAM, has been recognised for her outstanding community contributions in an article by Doug Aiton. Read the article here.

September 1 2011

Welcome Leigh Wallace

Leigh Wallace OAM has joined the Geelong Community Foundation as Development Manager. Previously the Philanthropy Director of the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation in Melbourne, he holds the first Master of Social Science Degree (Philanthropy and Social Investment) from Swinburne University (2007) and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2010 Queen’s...

June 1 2011

Our region’s most worthy to share in half a million dollars

Thirty diverse community projects and programs have shared in $500,000 thanks to the Geelong Community Foundation’s 2011 grants program. The local programs funded aim to benefit the most disadvantaged in our region, helping to create a stronger, more resilient community. Grants cover a range of community needs and interests such as education, training, research, community...