our role
Australian Community Philanthropy has been established to particularly tackle seed funding support and building the profile of community foundations within the community. The Healthy Vital Signs for Communities is our first flagship project. ACP is collaborating with Community Foundations of Canada on the Vital Signs project.
Australian Community Philanthropy was incorporated in late 2007 and endorsed as a Charitable Organisation by the Australian Tax Office in March 2008. Its initial business plan identifies projects which respond to core funding and profile building.
The objects of the organisation are:- To build the capacity of community foundations within Australia through providing networking, learning opportunities, fellowships, peer support programs, tax reforms and other services;
- To help create the optimum operating environment for the growth of community foundations in Australia; and
- To provide a focus point for consultation between the community foundation movement and external stakeholders, such as government, philanthropic donors and national and international partner organisations.