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Case studies

Tier one – significant grants of up to three years' duration
Tier two – grants of one and up to two years' duration
Tier three – capacity building grants
Past/Continued funding

Program	Description	Life Long Learning	Youth Leadership	At risk Youth	Financial Inclusion
Tier one– significant grants of up to three years' duration
The Song Room	Provides music and performing arts programs to engage disadvantaged young people
Beyond Empathy	Uses the arts to change the lives of young people experiencing hardship
WorkVentures	Seeks to enhance social & economic prospects by bridging digital divide in indigenous communities
Tier two – grants of one and up to two years' duration
Jesuit Social Services	Multidisciplinary art space that is highly successful at engaging 'at risk' young people and developing interest and skills in art and new media
Aboriginal Employment Strategy	Supporting indigenous communities through better employment outcomes, increased employment and retention
Boystown	Small scale social enterprises to provide highly disadvantaged young people with employability skills, training and paid work opportunities
Company B	Theatre production program for disadvantaged rural and remote secondary students
Future Employment Opportunities (Tradestart)	Gives young people who've become disengaged a chance to build skills in a range of trades
Glendyne Education and Training Centre	Alternate school program for youth excluded from mainstream schools
Inspire Foundation	Programs to support early intervention, participation and skills development with potential suicide risk 16-25 year olds
Mission Australia – No Limits	Youth led enterprise action program to provide alternative education/learning for young people at risk
Odyssey House Victoria	Financial counselling project to change the way people recovering from drug problems approach financial issues
Prison Fellowship Australia	Supportive and developmental programs to meet the needs of young people (who have or have had a parent in prison) and assist them toward their potential
Reconciliation Australia	Online cultural awareness training program for financial institutions and other organisations
The Salvation Army Youthlink – Café Horizons	Aims to provide disadvantaged young people aged 15-24 with qualifications, practical experience and life skills for personal development
Tier three
Artsupport Australia	Develop the functionality of their artsupport website to increase the services it provides to NFP arts organisations
AGSM	Business management training specifically tailored to management and leadership in an Indigenous context which in turn will build the capacity of NTRB and other Indigenous organisations
The Centre for Volunteering	Identifying core critical factors that make employee volunteering programs successful
University of Western Sydney	Research into co-operation between community organisations and their corporate funders
Past/Continued funding
Daystar Foundation	Support for school children in disadvantaged communities
Mission Australia – Pathways to Prevention	Brings existing support services together to identify and fill gaps in service provision for children between 0-13
YWCA	Engaging the collaboration between the various support organisations within the community
Mayumarri	Safe, affordable healing program for survivors of childhood abuse and trauma
Chutzpah	Innovative educational initiative designed to engage at risk youth in the world of business
Wunan Foundation – Job Pathways	Provides pathways to employment for young people in the East Kimberly and beyond
Charles Darwin University Foundation – Art Stories	Family focused, arts based approach to literacy and language learning for young people 3-8 years old in five Northern Territory communities
BighART	Non-welfare, task focused, long term arts/media/culture driven project with marginalised people

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