Greater Shepparton Foundation’s annual ‘Margaret Attwood Grant Round’ is now open, offering grants of up to $10,000 to local community organisations for place-based projects.
The Margaret Attwood Grant Round is community strengthening — it seeks to support small grass roots projects that deliver big impact for our community.
The key focus areas where support will be considered include: Parenting and Early Education, Social Inclusion, Housing, Safe Families, Employment, Economic Engagement, Ageing well and the Cost-of-Living Crisis.
Over the past nine years Greater Shepparton Foundation, and its predecessor organisation Goulburn Valley Community Fund, has opened grant rounds annually to fund community projects that align with its vision for inclusive, interconnected communities where everybody has equal opportunity to participate.
During this time, with the incredible support of community, we have been able to distribute more than $1 million in funds to community organisations across Greater Shepparton, supporting projects in the sectors of arts and culture, education, training and employment, equipment and infrastructure and social and community wellbeing.
In the spirit of Margaret Attwood’s generous contributions to the Shepparton community, Greater Shepparton Foundation is honoured to provide this annual grant round in her name.
Margaret May Attwood was a generous, humble, community-minded lady, a pioneer of philanthropic giving in the Greater Shepparton community.
She understood the value of collective giving to build local capacity and support those in greatest need.
You can read more about Margaret Attwood on the ‘Grants’ page of the GSF website.
Online applications are now open and will close at 5pm on Monday, March 31.
If you work for a local organisation that is looking to provide a place-based solution to meet community need, you are encouraged to read the grant guidelines to determine if you are eligible to apply.
Grant guidelines can be found on the ‘Grants’ page of the GSF website greatershepparton.foundation.
Alternatively, should you wish to discuss your project, please email info@greatershepparton.foundation
Successful applicants will be announced in May, and funds made available prior to the end of the financial year.
Funds received must be expended and acquitted by June 30, 2026.
Applications will be reviewed by and recommendations made by an independent grant advisory committee.
We are now seeking expressions of interest to join this voluntary committee; therefore, if you are a passionate local looking for an opportunity to expand your knowledge in the not-for-profit sector, or just interested in understanding more about community grant making, we would like to hear from you.
The committee is a ‘light touch’ committee that makes recommendations to the Greater Shepparton Foundation board for community projects to be funded.
If this sounds like an opportunity you would be interested to know more about, please email info@greatershepparton.foundation by March 21.
Until next time.
Amanda McCulloch
Greater Shepparton Foundation executive officer
