Funding

We are grateful for having obtained the following grants in the past, which enable us to keep the foundation going and to help those with a hand difference or an acquired hand injury, as well as their families and friends.

2024

• The Sentinel Foundation – Special Project Grant $10,000

2023

• The Sentinel Foundation – Special Project Grant $5,000

2021

• The Sentinel Foundation – Special Project Grant $6,000

2020

• NDIA ILC Individual Capacity Building Program – an Australian Government initiative $100,000

2019

• Department of Health & Human Services $8,600
• Mazda Foundation $2,750
• Calvary Community Council Grants $3,710
• Transurban $1,400
• The Sentinel Foundation – Special Project Grant $5,000

2018

• City of Melbourne $5,675

2017

• Lottery West $3,658
• Caulfield Park Community Bank Branch (Bendigo Bank) $500
• Sentinel Foundation $4,000 Special Project Grant
• Telstra Kids Fund $1,200
• Tobin Brothers Foundation Award $2,800

2016

• Sentinel Foundation $3,000 Special Project Grant
• Department of Human Services (Victoria) $8,600
• Tobin Brothers Foundation  $2,800 Parent/Grandparent Workshop with Patron Kate Doughty

2015

• The Jack Brockhoff Foundation $8,206 Mentoring Program
• Sentinel Foundation $5,000 Special Project Grant
• The Australian Communities Foundation $80,000 Special Project Grant
• ANZ Australia Staff Foundation Grant $4,974 Aussie Hands ‘Kindergarten and Starter School Kit’

2014

• City of Melbourne $10,000
• Sentinel Foundation $6,000 Special Project Grant

2013

• Sentinel Foundation $8,000 Special Project Grant
• NAB $2,000
• Telstra Kids Fund $1,200
• Department of Human Services (Victoria) $3,750

2012

• Department of Human Services (Victoria) $3,500
• Sentinel Foundation $8,000 Special Project Grant
• Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Karingal Branch VIC) $2,000
• Australian Government – Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs $2,400

2011

• Sentinel Foundation $5,000 Special Project Grant

2010

• Department of Planning and Community Development (Victoria) $3,500
• Sentinel Foundation $10,000 Special Project Grant
• Telstra Kids Fund $1,200

2009

• The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Fund $2,800
• Department Of Planning And Community Development $3,500

2008

• The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Fund $2,130
• Department of Planning And Community Development $5,000

2007

• The Jack Brockhoff Foundation $5,000
• Department Of Human Services $5,500
• The Genetic Support Network Of Victoria $60
• Australian Government Department Of Community And Indigenous Affairs $1,500 (Small Equipment Grant)
• The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Fund $1,692

2006

• Department Of Human Services (Victoria) $5,500
• The Genetic Support Network Of Victoria $100
• The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Fund $3,000

2005

• The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Fund $2,000

2004

• The Jack Brockhoff Foundation $1,500
• The Genetic Support Network Of Victoria $200
• Australian Government – Department Of Family And Community Services $3,280.80 (Small Equipment Grant)
• Department Of Human Services $2,500
• The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Fund $2,000

2003

• The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Fund $2,000