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 Last week, Michelle our Executive Officer was in the Northern Rivers, Bundjalung Country, at Forum Week 2024, hosted by Community Foundations Australia. Forum Week is an incredible event that brings together leaders in community philanthropy, policymakers, funders, and innovators to explore Horizons—past, present, and future—and strengthen the foundations of our communities. Michelle co-facilitated two sessions on Tuesday, […]

Celebrating the book launch of Growing and Learning in Rural Communities! Today, the Gippsland Community Foundation proudly joined the launch of the revised edition of Growing and Learning in Rural Communities by Dr. Helen Sheil at the Lakes Entrance Library. This invaluable resource empowers rural communities by sharing stories of collaboration, local knowledge, and community-led

Big news for Gippsland! We’re excited to announce that the Gippsland Community Foundation, originally formed as the East Gippsland Community Foundation in response to the devastating 2019-2020 Victorian Black Summer bushfires, is now expanding its reach across the wider Gippsland region! With the generous support of $8.8 million from the Victorian Bushfire Appeal—a partnership between

Gippsland Community Foundation’s inaugural $7,000 Business Scholarship, in partnership with Dyer’s Distribution, has been awarded to Gippsland student, Ruby Dillon.  Further information can be found in the attached media release. EGCF04_BS_Scholarship Awarded_MR_V3_08.04.2024 (2) Seeking business sponsors for our 2024 scholarship program. Lock in a scholarship recipient to part time employment in your business whilst they

 East Gippsland Community Foundation Board of Directors met this month to discuss our strategic plan for 2024.As well as planning the growth and direction of the foundation for years to come, they also assessed and awarded funds to more than FIFTY community projects!Ranging from community asset upgrades, to agricultural partnerships, to events, to Study Scholarships.The broad

The East Gippsland Community Foundation (EGCF) was set up by the Victorian Government and the Community Enterprise Foundation to distribute $8.8M of Australian Disaster Relief Funds donated by the public to help people affected by the Black Summer Fires in 2019-2020. In just under two years, EGCF successfully disbursed 40% of the funds through open

We are delighted to announce that we have signed off a Project Partnership with the Mallacoota & District Recovery Association to advance one of their priority community-led projects.    The sum of $50,000 has been provided by the East Gippsland Community Foundation to ensure the East Gippsland Timber Milling Project gets under way in the

Join our social media platforms to stay up to date with the enquiry and application process for funding opportunities launching in March 2023. facebook:https://www.facebook.com/eastgippslandcommunityfoundation/ instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loveeastgippsland/ linkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/east-gippsland-community-foundation website: www.gippslandcf.org.au 

The East Gippsland Community Foundation have partnered with TAFE Gippsland to deliver an East Gippsland Youth Leadership Series in 2023.  Expressions of interest are open from 14th November 2022 to late January 2023. https://www.tafegippsland.edu.au/about/youthleadership