The Inner North Community Foundation is an independent community foundation based in Melbourne’s Inner North, established in 2007. Since 2007, we have awarded more than $4.8 million in grants to more than 500 community projects across 30 suburbs in the municipalities of Darebin, Moreland and Yarra.
The Foundation partners with donors and community groups to facilitate grants and provide services that enable people to make a difference to the community we all share. To achieve our vision, we:
- invest in local nonprofit organisations through grants and other support
- connect donors to local community groups by managing a donor network for people to contribute small and large donations
- build partnerships to expand community leadership across our region.
Find out more about our history here.
What is a community foundation?
A community foundation is an independent philanthropic organisation that enables local donors to contribute cash, trusts, gift-in-wills or property to create endowments that benefit the community in perpetuity.
A Community Foundation is an not-for-profit incorporated body with the following characteristics:
- it is charitable (ie is registered with the Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission);
- it engages in community building activities and makes grants, usually for a defined geographic region
- the directors and members are connected to the relevant geographic region ;
- it is able to support a broad range of charitable purposes;
- and it is supported by a number of donors.