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Our Community Impact

$11M
Funds Distributed

1,092
Organisations Supported

84,492
SleepSafe Kits Donated

290,766
SmartMeals Provided
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Recently Funded Projects
End of Year appeal generates $67,000 in grants
$67,000 has been distributed through 13 Making-a-Home grants. This funding is ensuring that vulnerable people are supported with all parts of a safe and secure home, from a roof over their heads, to food for their children, or financial help to keep paying bills households and for grassroots homelessness services. All of this has been made possible through our End of Year appeal with public, corporate, and philanthropic donation efforts. Read more about the impact here.
$14,600 for hospitality training and employment programs
TipJar has kicked off 2023 with several grants totalling $14,600 that are helping to create and sustain hospitality job training opportunities for vulnerable and at-risk people. These programs are helping change the story for people who face barriers to employment and financial security. With vulnerable cohorts experiencing ongoing effects of the pandemic and associated economic challenges these grants are helping people gain financial security. Read more here.
Support for LGBTIQA+ communities facing homelessness
Violence, family rejection, discrimination, and trauma in these communities drive the over-representation of LGBTIQA+ people among those who are homeless. We need to invest in more specialised services and workers who can support housing pathways for LGBTIQ+ people to ensure they are safe and secure. Our monthly fundraising in February helped support 60 people across 3 programs – read more here.
Interested in receiving support? Here is what you need to know…
StreetSmart plays a unique role in the homelessness sector providing funding and support for smaller community-based and grassroots homelessness and community services. These front-line services are under-resourced, have limited fundraising capacity and find making formal applications for funding challenging. We support these organisations to plug funding gaps, support core programs and enable them to innovate and test new ideas.
We are able to fund both non-DGR and DGR organisations. Our focus is the support of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. We ask larger organisations (over $2 million + annual turnover) to contact us to discuss appropriateness of an application.
Please read our full grant making guidelines below for further information and contact details.