Grant making

The Fleurieu Community Foundation is currently in its infancy and is working hard to raise funds and resources to build a substantial public fund to benefit the Fleurieu community, with the intention of making grants for the long-term benefit of the community and its members.

The Foundation will achieve its mission and objectives through its grant-making program and is committed to the development of effective, community based philanthropy in the Fleurieu.

The Foundation supports projects of public benefit to Fleurieu communities that:

• Address problems at a local level and involve the people closest to the problem
• Enable people to take responsibility for the well-being of their community
•  Ensure as many people as possible benefit from the project funded
•  Provide funding for worthwhile projects not funded or under funded by local, state or federal government programs

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) endorses the Fleurieu Community Foundation as a Tax Concession Charity (TCC) therefore projects which receive funding need to be charitable and have one or more of the following characteristics:

• Assist those who lack the resources to obtain what is necessary for a modest standard of living in the Australian community
• Advance of education
•  Have other purposes beneficial to the community such as

o    Public works and community facilities;

o    Promotion of industry,

o    Commerce and agriculture;

o    Defence and public order;

o    Improvement and protection of the environment;

o    Moral improvement

•  Have a public benefit rather than a private benefit
• Relieve poverty, sickness or distress.