Funding Approved for Charities in 2026
Queensland
Ryan - Diabetes Australia (Queensland)
Diabetes Australia is the leading voice for the diabetes community, providing support, education and advocacy for people living with all types of diabetes. In Queensland, the organisation (formerly Diabetes Queensland, now unified with Diabetes Australia) has supported the diabetes community since 1968, connecting Queenslanders to expert advice, local services and health professionals.
Marc - Valley District Cricket Club
Founded in 1897, Valleys is one of only four remaining foundation clubs in Queensland Premier Cricket and the largest cricket club in Australia by player numbers, with around 1,400 junior and 250 senior players. Test cricketers including Matthew Hayden, Allan Border and Usman Khawaja have all played for the club.
Jason - Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club
Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club represents the Brisbane coastal suburbs of Wynnum and Manly in Queensland Premier Cricket. Founded in 1961, the club fields male, female and junior teams and claimed the Queensland Premier Cricket Club Championship in the 2025/26 season.
Robert - Angelina CASK Neurological Research Foundation - (ACNRF)
ACNRF is a not-for-profit dedicated to finding a treatment and ultimately a cure for CASK gene disorder, an ultra-rare genetic condition affecting fewer than 300 known families worldwide. Founded by the parents of Angelina, who was diagnosed with CASK at age three, the foundation funds international research – including a current project at the University of Queensland – and works alongside a global coalition of CASK charities.
New South Wales
Kookaburra Kids (Archana & Saurav)
The Australian Kookaburra Kids Foundation supports young people aged 8-18 living in families affected by mental illness. Through free camps, activity days and online Connect sessions, the foundation delivers evidence-based mental health education in a peer-support setting, helping children build resilience and the confidence to seek help when they need it.
Andrew Heaven - Bush Children’s Education Foundation (BCEF)
BCEF has supported isolated and financially disadvantaged children in regional and remote NSW for 60 years, providing bursaries – particularly for boarding school costs – so that distance and drought don’t stand between a child and their education. The foundation has supported more than 3,000 students since 1965.
David - Books in Homes Australia
Books in Homes Australia provides books-of-choice to children in remote, disadvantaged and low-socioeconomic communities, helping build early literacy skills and a lifelong love of reading. Since 2001 the charity has distributed more than 3 million new books to children through schools and communities across the country.
Jonathan - Destiny Haven
Destiny Haven is a residential rehabilitation program in the Hunter Valley, NSW, supporting women overcoming life-controlling challenges such as addiction, eating disorders, self-harm and trauma. The program combines professional counselling with practical life-skills training, helping women rebuild toward independence.
Scott - Lifeline
Lifeline provides all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention services, including phone, text and online crisis chat. It’s one of Australia’s most trusted community services, supporting people through their most difficult moments.
Victoria
Belinda - Smart Happy Money
Smart Happy Money is a Melbourne based financial advice practice offering financial planning, mortgage brokering and money coaching, with a focus on making financial advice more approachable and personal. The team supports the community through an annual charity gala in partnership with Youth Law Australia, alongside ongoing environmental and social impact initiatives.
Michael - Committee for Greater Shepparton
The Committee for Greater Shepparton (C4GS) is an apolitical, not-for-profit organisation established in 2013, bringing together more than 100 business, public and community organisations from across the Goulburn Valley – including Shepparton, Mooroopna, Tatura, Cobram and Kyabram. C4GS works to drive positive change for the region through networking, advocacy and community initiatives, including its Community Connector Program.
Scott - Money Playbook
Money Playbook is an Australian financial education program delivering interactive, curriculum-aligned money management lessons to school students nationally, through a simulation app, e-learning portal and workbook. The program aims to equip young people with practical financial skills and strategies to build wealth and live financially stress-free.
Jessica Byrne - Big Group Hug & Very Special Kids
Big Group Hug is a volunteer-driven charity based in Melbourne’s north and west, providing new and pre-loved essentials – clothing, nappies, prams, toys and more – to vulnerable families with children from newborn to 16 years old. The charity has supported over 8,300 Victorian families this year alone.
Very Special Kids
Very Special Kids provides holistic palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and tailored support for their families through life, death and bereavement. As Victoria’s only children’s hospice, it has supported families across the state for 40 years.
Paul - Centre of Jewish Artists
The Centre of Jewish Artists (COJA) is the peak body for Jewish artists and arts workers in Australia. It supports and advocates for Jewish artists across all art forms and career stages, helping them build culturally, mentally and financially sustainable creative careers, while celebrating the diversity of Jewish and intersectional identities in contemporary Australian Arts.
Peter Burke - Wombat’s Wish
Wombat’s Wish is Victoria’s only specialist service supporting children and young people through the death of a parent or carer – around 1 in 20 children experience this before age 18. The charity provides free weekend grief camps, one-on-one and group counselling, and family support days across the state.
South Australia
David - Grange Surf Life Saving Club
Grange SLSC is a volunteer surf lifesaving club patrolling a stretch of Adelaide coastline, running Tiny Tot, Nipper and Youth programs that build water safety skills and community spirit from childhood through to qualified adult lifesavers.