The 2011 Ross Trust Annual Report available to download
Natural Disaster Recovery Community Grants Program
In February 2011 the Trustees of the Ross Trust made a commitment of $100,000 to the Foundation for Regional and Rural Renewal (FRRR) for the 2011 National Natural Disaster Community Recovery Grants Program.
The grant was made for the purpose of supporting communities to rebuild and recover in the medium to long term from the 2010 - 2011 Victorian floods. Information on the program, including granting guidelines will be available at www.frrr.org.au.
Recovery from 2009 Victorian bushfires
Following the 2009 Victorian bushfires, the Ross Trust, joined with 22 other philanthropic trusts and individuals to contribute to the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR)'s collaborative Repair Restore Renew (RRR) Grants Program.
The Trustees made a commitment of $100,000 which was used to support community recovery efforts across all 31 affected community recovery areas. The organisations and projects supported by the Ross Trust grant were:
Berry Street Victoria - $30,000
Festival for Healthy Living
CFA Limestone Brigade - $7,000
Community Kitchen
Community Association for Woods Point - $20,000
Community Hall Restoration Project
Eildon Primary School - $3,000
Drums for Health and Healing
Healesville Living and Learning Centre - $10,000
Cooking Classes
Kinglake Ranges Men's Shed $30,000
Refurbishment and Fit-Out
For more information on the RRR program, the types of projects supported and ongoing support available to affected communities see www.frrr.org.au.
The Ross Trust reports on the findings of 2007 grant recipients survey
As part of The RE Ross Trust's ongoing commitment to transparency, accountability and continuous improvement, the Trust, requested feedback from its grant recipients on its application processes and the experiences organisations have in dealing with the Trust. The results from this survey, conducted in 2007 are available to read here.
Ross Trust establishes new Prospectus Development Grant Program.
The Ross Trust acknowledges that most not-for-profit organisations must seek their funding from a diverse range of sources - government and philanthropic grants, commercial business sponsorships and donations from businesses and individuals. One of the aims of the Ross Trust is to help not-for-profit organisations improve their capacity to source the funds they need to meet high priority community needs.
In February 2008, the Trust decided to institute a Prospectus Development Grants Program to assist organisations to use the Framework to prepare a prospectus. Please consult the Ross Trust Guidelines which are downloadable from this site.
New publication.
In November 2007 the Ross Trust, The Myer Foundation, The Sidney Myer Fund and The Ian Potter Foundation hosted an International Philanthropy Collaboration for Chief Executives and Trustees of their own foundations and some foundations from Canada, Europe, New Zealand and England.
The publication from that Collaboration, Conversations about Possibilities - Themes and reflections from the International Philanthropy Collaboration, authored by Rosemary Addis and Catherine Brown, is now available for downloading from this site.