Northern Rivers Community Foundation

Thank YOU to the 220+ donors, grant recipients, supporters and friends who joined us last night to celebrate 20 years of community giving. It was an inspiring and uplifting event and such a joy to bring everyone together in the one space. As a community foundation, connection is our superpower! Together, we've catalysed real grassroots change in the Northern Rivers, and this year's Community Grants funding of $327,401 is supporting 21 wonderful local organisations. Swipe right to read the announcement. Thank you to our donors and funding partners who make this work possible. We couldn't do it without you! Here's to the next 20 years of community-led impact! Sam Henderson Johan Simone Kortenhorst Sandra Duncan Ian Bird #communityphilanthropy #communityfoundation #givewhereyoulive

We've received some really beautiful feedback and a lot of love for our 20 Years of Giving video: From Little Things Big Things Grow. At the heart of a community foundation are the people who support it, and we're so grateful to John Bennett, Leina Broughton, John Callanan, Annie Chapelle, Lynda Dean OAM, George Lewin and Janét Moyle, who shared their stories as part of this project. An equally big thank you to our featured grant partners: Australian Seabird and Turtle Rescue, Chris Binge and Northern United Rugby League Football Club, Maximo Bottaro and ReForest Now, Daniele Constance, Tara Coughlan and Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre, Amanda Philp and Australian Turtle & Seabird Rescue, Carmen Stewart from It Takes a Town, Story Dogs, Clown Doctors – The Humour Foundation and Plan C. Your work is what creates the positive change in our Northern Rivers communities. Finally, thank you to Sharkey, Ash and Brenna from Value Imagery for being hands down the best crew to do months of intrepid filming and editing with, and to the talented TAFE crews at Kingscliff and Lismore. If you haven't had a chance to watch the video yet, we urge you to grab a cuppa and gift yourself 13 minutes of uplifting community content. You won't regret it. Watch it here: https://lnkd.in/gjweFwMN

We've been chuffed to host more than 120 of our community foundation colleagues from Australia and across the world, here on Bundjalung Country this week. Across four-action packed days we've exchanged ideas, shared knowledge and workshopped strategies to grow community-led change. Several NRCF team members including Amy Colli Sandra Duncan and our beloved bequest ambassadors, John Bennett and Paul Jameson, presented sessions to share insights from our successful Women's Giving Circle and bequest program. It's been wonderful to share our beautiful part of the country and the work of several local grassroots organisations including Jagun Alliance, Shedding, Australian Seabird and Turtle Rescue, and Resilient Lismore who each hosted field trips. Thank you Ian Bird and Community Foundations Australia and all our community foundation peers who made the journey to the Northern Rivers - we've loved having you here. Sam Henderson Nicole Richards Johan Simone Kortenhorst

Amazing to be involved as a Community Foundation partner in this a groundbreaking initiative to transform philanthropic investment in Australia of a $170 million Challenge for Australian investment advisors 

APPLY NOW! Grassroots groups and not-for-profits across the Northern Rivers are invited to apply for the Northern Rivers Community Foundation’s (NRCF) 20th Annual Community Grant Round. NRCF’s Community Grants support not-for-profit community groups and organisations that strengthen and enhance our regional communities by addressing social disadvantage and environmental sustainability. A total funding pool of $300,000 is available this year across two grant streams: Local Impact Grants: Up to $15,000 per grant Small grants supporting grassroots organisations to strengthen and enhance our regional communities. Resilience and Regeneration Grants: Up to $25,000 per grant Supporting community recovery from and preparation for natural disasters emergencies. The focus of the grant stream is to support resilience and regeneration of our communities. 👉 View the grant guidelines and apply here: https://lnkd.in/gb2mfriT 🗓 Applications close 4 October 2024. Thank you to our inspiring community of givers and program partners who make these grants possible! #communityphilanthropy #grants #northernrivers Sam Henderson Kiri Dicker Johan Simone Kortenhorst Jennifer Smith Sandra Duncan

We're counting down the days until colleagues from community foundations across Australia join us here on beautiful Bundjalung country. It's the first time the biennial gathering of community foundations has come to our part of the country and we're excited to be co-hosting the 2024 Forum with Community Foundations Australia.

Our FREE grant writing workshops across the Northern Rivers start next week! With six locations to choose from, come along and learn tips about seeking and securing funding for your community projects. We'll run you through the basics of crafting great proposals and answer the grant writing questions that keep you up at night. Grant writing beginners welcome! Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your skills and boost your chances of receiving funding from different government and philanthropic sources. Places are limited for each workshop so book your spot today! Register here: https://lnkd.in/gRX-Pzqw #grantwriting #communityphilanthropy #communityfoundations

Community Foundation people are our kind of people! Great to reconnect with our peers, learn, share ideas and celebrate the growth and impact of community foundations at the Philanthropy Australia conference in Adelaide. New DGR reforms will make impactful giving even more accessible through community foundations like ours. Sam Henderson Ian Bird Maree Sidey Ben Rodgers

MEET THE TEAM: We've welcomed some new faces to our team recently, including Sandra Duncan who's heading up our donor engagement and Nicole Richards who's supercharging our storytelling & comms. If you've been in the philanthropy sector for a while, they might look familiar, with both having spent decades using their skills to help grow giving with organisations based in Syd & Melb. Both have deep roots in the Northern Rivers - one of them even comes from here. If you haven't met the rest of the team, let us introduce you to Kiri Dicker who heads up Impact & Grants, Amy Colli our Women’s Giving Circle coordinator extraordinaire and our intrepid CEO, Sam Henderson. Special shout out to our longest-serving team members: our finance whizz, Juanita Keen aka 'JK' and our grants guru Jen Smith who were off doing other terrific things the day this pic was taken. 🌟 We've got ambitious plans at the Northern Rivers Community Foundation and this powerhouse team of talented, smiling folk is going to help us get there. Watch this space! 📷 by Prue Aja Steedman

Applications are OPEN for NRCF's 2024/25 Empowering Women and Girls grant. A total funding pool of $50,000 is available for grassroots initiatives that empower local women and girls to overcome inequality and disadvantage. Applications are invited from grassroots not-for-profit organisations with programs or projects benefiting women and girls in any of the seven LGAs of the Northern Rivers (Byron, Ballina, Tweed, Lismore, Kyogle, Richmond Valley, Clarence Valley). The Empowering Women & Girls grant provides seed funding to pilot new initiatives or enable existing programs and services to pivot, scale or build an evidence base. Funds for the Empowering Women & Girls grant have been raised by local women in the Northern Rivers through the NRCF Women's Giving Circle. ⏰ Applications close 5pm, 16 August 2024 📝 Apply or learn more: https://lnkd.in/g8ebu3Tr #womenandgirlsempowerment #CommunityPhilanthropy #givingcircles