Education is society’s great leveller, and any improvement in education goes a long way toward equalling opportunity
Bill Gates
Founder of Microsoft
The Initiate Action Community Fund has been established to support educational initiatives and causes that work to break the cycle of disadvantage in the community. Established by Phillip and Mercedes Slater the IACF is a sub-fund of the Australian Communities Foundation (ACF).
We finance the fund by donating a percentage of annual profits.
Sacred Heart Mission
The Journey to Social Inclusion (J2SI) program is a relationship based approach to supporting people to exit long-term homelessness.
Raise the Rate
The campaign to Raise the Rate for Good is key to reducing poverty and inequality in Australia. The goal of the Raise the Rate campaign is to fix our social security safety net for good so that it keeps people out of poverty.
The Funding Network
The Funding Network works to build the capacity of grassroots non-profit organizations, by helping to democratize giving and facilitating greater community engagement.
Rainbow Families
The voice for and champion of LGBTQ+ families and prospective parents in Victoria. Volunteer-powered they are here to advocate for, empower and celebrate the love and support that every individual is entitled to.
Transgender Victoria
TGV is Victoria’s leading body for trans and gender diverse advocacy. They work to achieve justice, equity and inclusive service provision for trans and gender diverse people, their partners, families and friends.
Sacred Heart Mission
The Journey to Social Inclusion (J2SI) program is a relationship based approach to supporting people to exit long-term homelessness.
The Funding Network
The Funding Network works to build the capacity of grassroots non-profit organizations, by helping to democratize giving and facilitating greater community engagement.
Dress for Success
The mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.
Word Travels
A not for profit arts organisation, who support performing writers to use their skills to engage and inspire the broader community. Word Travels goes where there is the most need, and brings the mic.
Sacred Heart Mission
The Journey to Social Inclusion (J2SI) program is a relationship based approach to supporting people to exit long-term homelessness.
The Funding Network
The Funding Network works to build the capacity of grassroots non-profit organizations, by helping to democratize giving and facilitating greater community engagement.
Satellite Foundation
Satellite Foundation seeks to contribute to changing outcomes for children and young people where a parent has a mental illness to futures of hope and possibility.
Eat Up Australia
With the generous help and lunch-making skills of a dedicated army of volunteers, Eat Up makes and deliver thousands of lunches a month to schools around Australia.
St Kilda Gatehouse
Through providing a place of belonging and engagement Gatehouse helps individuals address issues such as family violence, drug addiction, homelessness, poverty, mental health and social isolation.
Big West Festival HOUSE Project
HOUSE is a prototype low-cost dwelling for social services housing.
100 Story Building
100 Story Building’s mission is to provide opportunities for the most marginalised children and young people in our community to build the literacy skills, confidence and sense of belonging that are fundamental to future success.
The Social Studio
The Social Studio is a fashion label, cafe and social enterprise that celebrates the style and skills of diverse cultures in Australia. The Social Studio exists to provide education and skills, and to promote the rich creativity of our refugee communities.
The Weenthunga Health Network
Weenthunga is a First Australian led organization welcoming Australians and First Australians in health roles and encouraging collaboration to contribute to the better health and well being of Victorian First Australians and thei communities.
New Stars Association
Basketball for Young Offenders Program
New Stars Basketball Association is an education, sport and life skills program run by a small, dedicated team who work with over 300 self-referred, at risk young people each week. They operate in a modest community centre in Springvale on barely the whiff of an oily rag and are scoring major outcomes with young people who would otherwise be at high risk of becoming involved with the juvenile justice system.
Kiva
Kiva is a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty, leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions.
In 2012 we chose to support 27 female entrepreneurs across 12 third-world countries.
In keeping with our community fund focus on education and our corporate focus on inventory management loans were made to assist with:
- Higher education
- Working capital to purchase inventory for resale
- Raw materials for small scale manufacturers and farmers
- Spare parts purchases
- And even to improve logistics through the purchase of a motorbike!
Cara
Cara is a not for profit community service organisation providing specialist accommodation, care and support for vulnerable children and young women who are unable to live at home or with their family.
Grants from the Initiate Action Community Fund in 2011 enabled Cara to provide educational support to young women and parenting teenagers.
Western Chances
Western Chances has a vision to see young people achieve their full potential. To achieve this the organisation assists motivated young people by providing scholarships, opportunity programs and ongoing support.
Grants from the Initiate Action Community Fund in 2011 enabled Western Chances to provide three scholarships supporting further education.