Stronger Together
Port Phillip Community Foundation is an independent funding platform, connector, and resource to bring donors behind social innovation at a local level to benefit our community in perpetuity.
Local solutions are needed to local problems.
A strong civil society is needed more than ever.
Our purpose:
The area of Port Phillip is home to over 112,000 people living in some of our Australia's most affluent suburbs yet:
An estimated 10,000 local people live in poverty
We host one of the largest food banks in the state
Housing, income and education disparities are growing
The gulf between the generations, and their relative opportunities, health and security, is widening
Our local area
Port Phillip has the know-how and resources to make change.
Case for change
Port Phillip Community Foundation is a facilitator, a catalyst and an incubator for social change at a local level.
How we work
PPCF is founded on a collaborative approach. A key aim of the foundation is to make grants to local organizations, providing the support that is needed to ensure our local community can thrive.
Port Phillip Community Foundation is joining an esteemed cohort of community foundations in Victoria making in their community, driven by their community.
Community Foundations Australia
The Movement
Port Phillip Community Foundation joins a growing movement of over 2,220 community foundations from across the globe.
There are 38 community foundations in Australia with 80% located in rural and regional areas. The first to be established in Australia was the Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation in 1923.
Port Phillip Community Foundation is the first community foundation to be established in Victoria since 2016.