Westpac Foundation
Tier 3 project summary
Capacity building grants to help strengthen the not-for-profit sector as outlined in the Foundation's grant structure.
AGSM
AGSM developed in partnership with the Aurora Project, a program for executives of Native Title Representative Bodies (NTRB) across Australia. The program incorporates business management training specifically tailored to management and leadership in an indigenous context.
Artsupport Australia
Artsupport Australia works with over 350 arts organisations that deliver arts based projects for communities experiencing specific social problems including youth, mental health, unemployment, cultural displacement, substance abuse and family breakdown. The Westpac Foundation provided support for the establishment of a web based resource for Artsupport Australia.
The Centre for Volunteering
This project seeks to identify core critical factors that make employee volunteering programs successful for corporate and not-for-profit organisations. Once these factors are identified, findings will be used to create resources and training packages to better assist the not-for-profit sector.
University of Western Sydney
With support from the Westpac Foundation, The University of Western Sydney developed a research and capacity building project which aimed to enhance the co-operation between community organisations and their corporate funders. It helped develop a clearer understanding of the relationship between small and local community based organisations.
Cumberland Industries Limited
Cumberland Industries Limited provides employment and training to 530 people with a disability throughout Western Sydney. One of the key objectives of The Social Enterprise Centre is to create an environment for Australia's smaller not-for-profit organisations to share a common resource of office administration, training and conference needs. The Centre also provides employment and training in hospitality to people with a disability.
Fundraising Institute Australia
The FIA's Library Resource Centre provides both personal and organisational professional fundraising development. The library physically houses over 1,000 titles of direct relevance to professional fundraisers. The objective of this project is the establishment of an electronic distribution system through online borrowing, enabling the library to better service the not-for-profit sector as a national depository for all Australian and international fundraising publications.
FAR Social Enterprise
Not-for-profit organisations are increasingly reporting difficulty in attracting and retaining appropriately skilled staff. The Alchemy project aims to help build a robust, transparent, accountable and sustainable not-for-profit sector through the design and development of an innovative and sustainable solution to the skills and leadership shortage within the sector.
