Grant Recipients

We are proud of the programs and projects we have contributed to and willingly share grant recipient’s stories within our Annual Reports, found in the Grants section.

Listed below are all of the organisations that have received grants from the James N. Kirby Foundation since its inception in 1967. These recipients are in alphabetical order within each of the four relevant categories.

  • Education
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Social Welfare and The Arts

    • Access Industries (Formerly Civilian Maimed and Limbless)
    • Accessible Arts
    • Act for Kids
    • Adelaide Festival of Arts
    • After Care Foundation
    • Agape Outreach
    • Alannah and Madeline Foundation
    • Alcohol and Drug Foundation NSW
    • Andrew Hartley Trust
    • Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney
      • Archbishop of Sydney Winter Appeal
    • Anglican Retirement Villages Diocese of Sydney
    • Anglicare
      • Whirls
    • ANZAAS
    • Ararat Library Progress Association
    • Ararat Retirement Village
    • Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation
    • Arts Shoalhaven
    • Artists for Life
    • Ashfield Infants’ Home
    • Association of Sheltered Workshops of NSW
    • Asylum Seekers Centre
    • Austcare
    • Australian American Peace Conference
    • Australian Charities Fund
    • Australian Children’s Literary Board (ACLB)
    • Australian Design Council
    • Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
      • Art Reach
      • Fellowship of Australian Composers
      • National Music Camp Association Youth Orchestra
      • Patron Program of the Australian Opera
      • SA Silver Jubilee Appeal
      • Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia
    • Australian Festival of Chamber Music
    • Australian Fishing Museum
    • Australian Forces Overseas Fund
    • Australian Foundation for Disabled
    • Australian Frontier Research Fund
    • Australian Girl Guides Association
    • Australian Music Centre
    • Australian National Travel Association
    • Australian Naval Aviation Museum
    • 1992 Australian Olympic Team Fund
    • Australian Outward Bound Foundation School Building Fund
    • Australian Overseas Forces Fund
    • Australian Quadriplegic Association
    • Australian Red Cross Society
      • Glen Mervyn Program
      • Healthy Relationships and Positive Parenting
    • Australian Refugee Volunteers
    • Australian Rotary Overseas Aid Fund
      • Polio Plus
    • Australian Sports Aid Foundation
      • New South Wales Amateur Athletic Association Yachting Federation
    • Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame
    • Australian String Academy
    • Australian Theatre for Young People
    • Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial
    • Australian War Memorial
    • Australian Youth Orchestra
    • Autism Camp Australia
    • Autism MATES
    • Baden Powell Guild
      • Sir John Northcott Memorial
    • Ballet without Borders
    • Bangarra Dance Theatre
    • Baptist Inner City Ministries Youth Community Crisis Centre (Trading as HopeStreet)
    • Barnardos Australia
      • ADAPT Youth Services
      • Adolescent Early Intervention Programs
      • Early Learning and Development Project
      • Early Learning Enhancement Program
      • Find a Family
      • Penrith Children’s Family Centre
      • Primary Connect
      • Yurungi Learning Centre
    • B Miles Women’s Housing Scheme
    • Be Centre Foundation
    • Benevolent Society of Australia
      • Kirby Court Dementia Centre Bexley
    • Benjafield House Appeal – Spastic Centre of NSW
    • Berry Street Victoria
    • Biennale of Sydney
    • Birthright – Bankstown Lone Parents
    • Bondi Beach Cottage
    • Boys’ Town – Engadine
    • Bradman Foundation and Trust
    • Brisbane and Metropolitan YMCA Youth Clubs
    • Brotherhood of St Laurence
      • HIPPY Program
      • Homework Centre
    • Burnside Presbyterian Home for Children
    • Burdekin Association
    • Bush Children’s Hostels Foundation – NSW
    • Bus Stop Films
    • Buzz Dance Theatre
    • Camp Quality
    • Canberra Blind Society
    • Cancer Patients Assistance Society
    • CanTeen Australia
      • CanTeen NSW
      • CanTeen South Australia Division
    • Carriageworks
    • CareSouth
    • Caritas Christi and Order of Malta Hospice
    • Carramar Stanthorpe Home for Senior Citizens Association
    • Carry On (Victoria) for Welfare
    • Centre for Disability Studies
    • Central Coast Emergency Accommodation Service (Coast Shelter)
    • Central Coast Kids in Need
    • Chain Reaction Foundation
    • Charles Sturt University
      • Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture
      • Mitchell Foundation
    • Child Abuse Prevention Service (CAPS)
    • Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia
    • Child Flight
    • Children’s Charity Network
    • Church of England Retirement Villages
      • Home Mission Fund
      • Nuffield Village
    • Churches of Christ in Queensland
      • Pathways Townsville
    • Churchie Foundation
    • Citizens Welfare Service Victoria
    • City of Fremantle Foundation Trust
    • City of Sydney Cultural Council
    • Civic Disability Services
    • Clothes Line
    • Communities@Work
    • Company B (Belvoir St Theatre)
    • Concern Australia (Formerly Care and Communication Concern – Welfare Services)
      • Hand Brake Turn-Central Coast
      • Under the Hood
    • Coronary Care Monitor Fund
    • Corowa and District S.H.E. Shed
    • Cottage Family Care Centre
    • Council for Integrated Deaf Education
    • Council for Social Services NSW
    • Creativity Australia
    • Crusader Union of Australia
    • Dalwood Children’s Home
    • Dandelion Support Network
    • Darlinghurst Theatre
    • DEAL Communication Centre
    • DEBRAA – Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association Australia
    • Desert Pea Media Association
    • DirtyFeet
    • Disability Services Australia
    • Drug Arm Australasia
    • Easy Care Gardening
    • Eat Up Australia
    • Edmund Rice Camps NSW
    • Edwina Foundation
    • Endeavour Foundation
    • Ensemble Offspring
    • Exodus Foundation
      • Loaves and Fishes Restaurant
    • Fair Business Fair Repairs
    • Fairhaven Services
    • Family and Community Training and Support
    • Family Life Movement of Australia
    • Far South Coast Family Support Service
    • Fighting Chance Australia
    • Fitted for Work
    • FLING Physical Theatre
    • Flying Fruit Fly Circus
    • Foodbank NSW & ACT
    • Food Ladder
    • Food Share Australia
    • Foundation for Disabled
    • Foundation for Junior Deaf Education
    • Foundation for Research Treatment Alcohol and Drugs
    • Galliard 1200 for Green Valley Young People’s Choir
    • Garie Surf Life Saving Club
    • Geelong Ethnic Communities Council
    • Girl Guides Association of NSW
    • GIVIT
    • Glebe Youth Service
    • Gondwana Voices
    • Greystanes Children’s Home – Leura
    • Hannah’s House
    • Heaps Decent
    • Hearing Matters Australia (Formerly SHHH Australia Incorporated Self Help for Hard of Hearing People)
    • Helping Hand
    • Herald Bush Fire Appeal
    • Heritage Park Bathurst Cultural Precinct
    • Holdsworth St Community Centre Woollahra
    • Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation
    • In 2 Life
    • Inala
    • Indigenous Futures Foundation
    • Inspire Foundation
    • John MacNeil Early Childhood Centre
    • Judge Rainbow Memorial Appeal
    • Just Reinvest NSW
    • Kairos Prison Ministry Australia
    • Kaldor Public Art Projects
    • Karinya House for Mothers and Babies
    • Karitane Mothercraft Society
    • Kids Giving Back
    • Kids Plus Foundation
    • KidsXpress
    • Ku-ring-gai Youth Development Services
    • Lady Hopetoun Port Jackson Marine Steam Museum Fund
    • Lady Mayoress’ Relief Fund
    • Learning Difficulties Coalition of NSW
    • Learning Links
    • Lentil as Anything
    • Leo Byrne Trust
    • Life Changing Experiences Foundation (Trading as sister2sister)
    • Life Education Centres – NSW and Victoria
    • Little Wobbly National Fitness School Building Fund
    • Lord Mayor’s Charitable Trust
      • Brisbane Flood Disaster Appeal
    • Lotus House
    • Mahboba’s Promise
    • Manly Adolescent and Young Adults Hospice (AYAH)
    • Many Rivers Microfinance
    • Melba Centre
    • Mercy Family Life Centre
    • Methodist Ladies College Building Fund
    • Mid Richmond Neighbourhood Centre
    • Milk Crate Theatre
    • Mission Australia (Formerly Sydney City Mission)
      • Creative Youth Initiatives
      • Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: keeping families together
      • Hunter Mission
      • Lou’s Place
      • Triple Care Farm
    • Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People
    • Multicap
    • Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra
    • Murrurundi Rescue Squad
    • Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
      • Powerhouse Museum
    • Musica Viva Australia
    • Nadow Training Program
      • Expansion Program
    • National Centre for Childhood Grief Australia
    • National Home Mission
      • Darwin Fund
    • National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS)
    • National Safety Council of Australia
    • National Theatre
    • National Trust of Australia – NSW
      • Everglades Gardens
      • St Andrews Cathedral Restoration
    • New South Wales Wheelchair Sports Association
    • Newhaven Farm Home Society
    • Newtown Methodist Mission
    • Noahs Ark Toy Library for Handicapped Children – Cairns
    • Noahs Ark Toy Library for Children with Special Needs
    • Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia
    • Northcott Disability Services (Formerly Society for Crippled Children)
    • Northern Beaches Women’s Shelter
    • Northside Dance Studio
    • Nursing Mothers’ Association of Australia
    • Open Family Australia
    • Opera Foundation Australia
      • Capital Fund
    • Orange Sky Australia
    • Outback Theatre for Young People
    • OzHarvest
    • Paralympic Games – Sydney 2000
    • Parramatta Mission
    • Pathfinders
    • Pathways Foundation
    • Peer Support Australia
    • Peninsula Village
    • Philip Stephen Appeal
    • Point Zero Youth Services
    • PCYC – Coffs Harbour
    • PCYC – Taree
    • ProjectKindness
    • Queens Silver Jubilee – Young Australians
    • Queensland Arts Council
    • Queensland Country Women’s Association
    • Quest For Life Foundation
    • Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS)
    • Regina Coeli Community
    • ReLove
    • Riding for the Disabled Association (NSW) Goulburn
    • Riding for the Disabled Association (NSW) Tall Timbers Centre
    • Righteous Pups Australia
    • RizeUp
    • Rotary Club of Sydney
      • Benevolent Fund
      • Phythagoras
      • Rotary Court
      • Young Australians Job Appeal
      • Your City Project
    • Roundabout Canberra
    • Royal District Nursing Service (Trading as Bolton Clarke)
    • Royal New South Wales Lancers Memorial Museum
    • Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol
    • SANDS (Victoria) Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support
    • Save The Children Fund (NSW)
    • SCEGS Building Fund Sydney
    • Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW
    • Scottish Hospital
    • Scout Association of Australia
      • Australian Scout Education and Training
      • Chernobyl
    • Sculpture by the Sea
    • SecondBite
    • Senses Foundation
    • Sherwood Cliff Christian Drug Rehabilitation Centre
    • SHINE for Kids Co-Operative
    • Show Me the Way
    • Sir Hubert Schlink Memorial Trust
    • Sisters of Charity Foundation
    • Society of St Vincent De Paul State Council of NSW
      • Matthew Talbot Hostel
    • South Australian Museum Research Fund
    • South Eastern Community Connect
    • Southern Cross Kids Camp
    • Southcare Community Care
    • Special Olympics
    • Speld NSW
    • Sports Federation Foundation
    • St Barnabas Broadway School Building Fund
    • St Herbert School Memorial Trust
    • St James Church
      • St James Ethics Centre
      • Restoration Project Appeal
    • St Johns Ambulance Brigade
    • St Johns Cathedral
    • St Mary’s Cathedral Restoration
    • St Michael’s Air Force Memorial Spire Building Fund
    • St Stephen’s Sydney Music and Cultural Foundation
    • Stepping Stone House (Formerly Sydney Stepping Stone)
    • Stewart House
    • Street Side Medics
    • Subnormal Children’s Welfare Association
    • Sudden Infant Death Research Foundation
    • Sunshine Coast Recreational and Educational Park Assoc
    • Sunshine Special Development School
    • Supported Accommodation and Homelessness Services Shoalhaven Illawarra (SAHSSI)
    • Surf Life Saving New South Wales
    • Surfers Paradise Rotary Patriotic Fund
    • Sydney Dance Company
    • Sydney Legacy Appeals Fund
    • Sydney Male Choir
    • Sydney Maritime Museum
    • Sydney Metropolitan YMCA Youth Club
      • South Bankstown Centre
      • Youth Centre Appeal
    • Sydney Savage Cultural Development Mem Fund
    • Sydney Symphony Orchestra
    • Sydney Theatre Company
    • Sydney Women’s Fund
    • Sydney Writers’ Festival
    • Sydney Youth Orchestras
    • Symphony For Life Foundation
    • Taldumande Youth Services
    • Tamworth Regional Conservatorium of Music
    • Tantrum Theatre Co-operative
    • Tasdance
    • Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
    • Technical Aid for Disabled (TAD)
      • Capital Fund
      • Custom Design Aids
      • TAD House – reaching new heights
      • Support for Seniors Project
      • Warehouses
    • Theatre of Image
    • The Australian Ballet
      • First Impressions
    • The Australian Ballet School
    • The Footpath Library
    • The Horn of Africa Relief and Development Agency
    • The Marmalade Foundation (Lou’s Place)
    • The Men’s Table
    • The Mirabel Foundation
    • The Pyjama Foundation
    • The Salvation Army Community Services
      • Bush Fire Relief Appeal
      • Carinya Cottage Women’s Accommodation
      • Darwin Relief Fund
      • Macquarie Fields After School Program
      • Oasis Youth Centre
      • Red Shield Appeal
      • Refrigerator
      • Training College
      • The Alternative Education Program
      • Youth Network
    • The Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation
    • The Smith Family
    • The Society of St Hilarion
    • The Stella Prize
    • The Sydney Festival
    • The Sydney Fringe Festival
    • The Ted Noffs Foundation
    • The Thomas J Barnardo Society
    • The Thorndale Foundation
    • The Trustee for the Brighter Future for Kids Foundation
    • The Trustee For The Byron Bay Community Benefit Fund
    • The Trustee for Friends of Autism
    • The Trustee for Lifeshapers Family Services Trust Fund
    • The Trustee for the Hunter Community Benevolent Trust
    • The Trustee for Top Blokes Foundation
    • The Warrior Woman Foundation
    • Torch Bearers for Legacy
    • Toy Lending Library
    • Tuggerah Lakes Blue Light
    • United Protestant Association of NSW
      • Heidon Park Lodge Fairfield
    • UnitingCare
    • Yarramar Aged Care Services Victoria
    • University of Adelaide
      • Centenary Appeal
    • University of Melbourne
      • Archives Centre
      • Australian NHMRC Twin Registry
      • Cook Society
    • Very Special Kids – Victoria
    • Vision Australia (Formerly Royal Blind Society)
    • Volunteer Bureau of NSW – Action Centre
    • Wagga Wagga Meals On Wheels
    • Wayside Chapel Foundation
    • Wayside Foundation
      • Nomad Project
    • We Care Community Services
    • Weldon Centre
    • Welfare Rights Centre
    • Wellington PCYC
    • Wentworth Community Housing
    • Werribee Baptist Church and Wyndham Community Benevolent Foundation
      • Basecamp3030
    • West Australian Ballet
      • Adopt a School Program
    • Wesley Community Services
    • Wesley Mission
      • Dalmar Child and Family Care
      • Drug Arms
      • Lifeline
    • Western Sydney Orchestra Project
    • Westrek Foundation
    • WestWords
    • Wheelchair Sports Association of SA
    • Wheelchair Sports New South Wales
    • Wheeling and Able
    • Windgap Foundation
    • Women and Children First
    • Women’s and Girls Emergency Centre
    • World Vision of Australia
      • Kampuchea Relief Appeal
    • Young Media Australia
    • Youth Care Foundation
    • Youth Insearch
    • YOTS – Youth off the Streets
    • YWCA of Sydney
      • Big Sister Big Brother
      • Mt Druitt Project
    • YWCA of Darwin
    • Zoe’s Place
    • Zonta Club of Sydney
Newhaven station manager Josef Schofield and ranger Christine El
Photo by Joseph Byford
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