Reichstein Foundation Grant Recipients, 2017 & 2018

Organisation Project Year Grant Issue Description

Australian Advancing Supporting greater effectiveness in Environmental Sustaining Supporter 2017 $9,500 Environmental charitable giving to environmental and Grantmakers Donation Sustainability conservation groups Network Mobilising farmers and rural communities Community organiser in QLD opposed to mines that threaten project: Farmers Advancing groundwater tables; building public Australian Farmers protecting precious 2017 $15,000 Environmental support for renewables; and assisting FCA for Climate Action groundwater; and Regular Sustainability to develop organisational infrastructure to Donor Program establish and manage a regular donor program Advancing Supporting renewable energy in North Australian Solar Powering North Queensland through communications 2017 $1,865 Environmental Council Queensland Summit Sustainability costs to promote the Powering North Queensland Summit Advancing Encouraging public support for strong Climate Council of policy action on climate change by Communications hub 2017 $30,000 Environmental Australia Sustainability increasing the quality of media coverage of the state of the climate Contributing to the post-production costs Documentary Advancing for a documentary about difficulties faced Our Power: The Australia 2017 $5,000 Environmental by communities in the La Trobe Valley due Hazelwood Mine Fire Foundation Sustainability to 1990s electricity privatisation and the 2014 Hazelwood mine fire Preventing the risk of damage to Environmental Protect the May 2017 Advancing groundwater and prime agricultural land Defenders Office Acland Mine Expansion 2017 $2,000 Environmental posed by a proposal to expand the New QLD Court win Sustainability Hope Coal mine near Acland, NSW, through an environmental legal case Building the organising capacity of Advancing communities in the La Trobe Valley by Environmental Capacity Building 2017 $2,000 Environmental supporting Wendy Farmer to participating Justice Victoria Sustainability in the 2018 Change Agency Community Organising Fellowship A contribution to the collective Advancing philanthropic effort to stop excessive tree- Purves Stop Tree Clearing 2017 $30,000 Environmental clearing in Australia following the 2016 Environmental Fund Sustainability repeal of laws in QLD and NSW governing land use Building the skills and leadership of Seed’s Seed Indigenous Building organisational Advancing volunteer network through leadership Youth Climate capacity of Seed and our 2017 $20,000 Environmental training, skills-based workshops, Network staff team Sustainability strengthening relationships across Seed & AYCC Advancing Supporting the creation of a mini-grid to Totally Renewable connect houses with solar-power in 2017 $20,000 Environmental Yackandandah Sustainability Yackandandah and surrounding communities Reducing the harm Advocating for better regulation of Alliance for caused by poker Reducing Economic the gambling industry to reduce its 2017 $50,000 Gambling Reform machines through better Inequality negative impacts on people, families and regulation communities Association of Reducing Economic Supporting the campaign for justice for 2017 Employees with $50,000 Inequality people with disability working in the Disabilities Australian Disability Enterprise sector Boosting DRC’s advocacy for accessible public transport in Victoria through Disability Resource DRC Accessible Public Reducing Economic 2017 $10,000 funding for two consultation forums in Centre Transport Project Inequality regional Victoria to inform Government policy channels and DRC's policy advocacy Supporting Yorta Yorta leader Paul Briggs Fellowship for Paul Briggs salary Reducing Economic to continue his significant contribution to Indigenous 2017 $5,000 contribution Inequality State and national community Leadership empowerment initiatives Reducing Economic A contribution to out of pocket expenses 2017 Job Watch Access to justice support $225.70 Inequality enabling access to justice for an economically disadvantaged client Core support for CAP’s work to build the Centre for Australian Safeguarding Core Support 2017 $30,000 advocacy capacity of progressive Progress Democracy Australian civil society organisations Highlighting the importance of Philanthropy The Power of Funding Safeguarding philanthropic funding of advocacy in 2017 $10,000 Australia Advocacy Democracy partnership with The Myer Foundation and Sidney Myer Fund Advocacy and Rights Centre Ltd Increasing public understanding and incorporating Social Justice and the engagement around justice issues and the Talking Justice 2017 2017 $1,200 Loddon Campaspe Law place of the law and justice in a free Community Legal society in regional Victoria Centre Supporting community outreach and Australians for Marriage Survey YES Social Justice and the 2017 $31,500 public awareness to help underpin the Equality Ltd campaign Law Marriage Equality Survey YES campaign Supporting organisational infrastructure Australians for Maintaining Campaign Social Justice and the 2017 $25,000 and staff to underpin the YES campaign Equality Ltd Capability Through 2017 Law for marriage equality Supporting an in-depth workshop led by Federation of Black Lives Matter Social Justice and the grass-roots Aboriginal activists and Community Legal 2017 $1,050 Organising Exchange Law organisers of colour with three North Centres American Black Lives Matter delegates Flemington and Supporting outstanding changemaker Kensington Jill Reichstein Award for Social Justice and the 2017 $12,000 Anthony Kelly to participate in the Community Legal Social Change 2017 Law Australian Progress US Study Trip Centre Islamic Council of Anti-terror laws: What do Social Justice and the Grant returned (project not able to be 2017 -$6,200 Victoria I do? Law implemented as originally proposed) Participation in RISE: Refugees Australian Progress Social Justice and the Building the digital fundraising skills of Survivors and Ex- 2017 $1,200 Digital Fundraising Law RISE through access to training detainees Fellowship Bringing three North American Black Lives Sydney Peace Social Justice and the Matter delegates to Melbourne to attend 2017 Foundation Black Lives Matter $8,000 Law workshops with local grass-roots activists University of Sydney and organisers of colour in partnership with the Sydney Peace Foundation Supporting the growth of philanthropic Founding member Social Justice and the funding for LGBTQIA+ support in Australia The Channel 2017 $1,000 donation Law through founding membership of a new giving circle tilde Melbourne Supporting the capacity of trans and Trans & Gender Social Justice and the gender diverse people and their allies to Filmmaking workshop 2 2017 $5,000 Diverse Film Festival Law represent their stories through a Inc filmmaking workshop Australian Advancing Supporting greater effectiveness in Environmental Grant and membership 2018 $18,954.55 Environmental charitable giving to environmental and Grantmakers Sustainability conservation groups Network Advancing Campaign groundwork to ensure UNESCO Australian Marine Saving the Greatest Reef 2018 $9,000 Environmental and the World Heritage Committee have a Conservation Society 2018 Sustainability strong focus on climate change. Advancing Encourage public support for strong policy Climate Council of Climate Media Centre action on climate change by increasing the 2018 $30,000 Environmental Australia 2018-19 Sustainability quality of media coverage of the state of the climate. Preventing environmental damage from a Protecting Westernport Advancing proposed gas terminal and pipeline in Environment and stopping polluting 2018 $5,000 Environmental Westernport Bay through advocacy for a Victoria fossil fuel projects Sustainability strong environmental impact assessment process Protecting the future retirement incomes Advancing of superannuation fund members by Environmental REST Super case 2018 $5,000 Environmental ensuring that superannuation funds are Justice Australia Sustainability managing climate change risks appropriately and transparently Advancing Second contribution to the collective Purves Stop Tree Clearing 2018 $30,000 Environmental philanthropic effort to stop excessive tree- Environmental Fund Sustainability clearing in Australia following the 2016 repeal of laws in QLD and NSW governing land use. Advocating for better regulation of Alliance for Poker Machine Harm Reducing Economic the gambling industry to reduce its 2018 $50,000 Gambling Reform Reduction Inequality negative impacts on people, families and communities Supporting Anglicare's efforts to remove Poker Machine Reform Reducing Economic Anglicare Tasmania 2018 $25,000 poker machines from hotels and clubs in Advocacy Inequality Tasmania Association of Reducing Economic Supporting the campaign for justice for 2018 Employees with Wage Justice $30,000 Inequality people with disability working in the Disabilities Australian Disability Enterprise sector Supporting the findings of a roundtable on A Fair Go for All Reducing Economic inequality in Australia to be published and Australia 21 Australians Report 2018 $3,000 Inequality distributed to policy makers and members Distribution of parliament Supporting a campaign to raise the rate of Newstart and other allowances by at Australian Council Reducing Economic least $75 per week, and index it to Raise The Rate 2018 $10,000 On Social Services Inequality wage movements, as the most affordable, efficient and important response to Australia’s poverty rate Renewing Rupanyup Supporting a new model for community Retailing: Stage 3 - Reducing Economic Enterprise Rupanyup 2018 $12,000 retailing in Rupanyup with implications for Detailed planning, design Inequality many other small rural towns and negotiations Fellowship for Supporting Yorta Yorta leader Paul Briggs Indigenous Paul Briggs salary Reducing Economic to continue his significant contribution to 2018 $5,000 Leadership 2017-19 contribution Inequality State and national community Yr 2 empowerment initiatives Support to bring Professor Joseph Stiglitz Sydney Peace Reducing Economic to Melbourne to meet with 2018 Foundation Professor Joseph Stiglitz $8,000 Inequality philanthropists and local changemakers in University of Sydney partnership with the Sydney Peace Foundation Coordination, administration and communications work for a campaign to Australian Safeguarding stop laws proposed by the Conservation Hands off our charities 2018 $5,000 Democracy Commonwealth Government that would Foundation have a chilling effect on issue based advocacy by charities Sara El-Amine Visit: How A series of workshops and speeches to Centre for Australian Philanthropy can Support Safeguarding inspire donors about the potential of 2018 $3,296 Progress Advocacy, Capacity Democracy advocacy to be a force for progressive Building, and Organizing social change Core support for CAP’s work to build the Centre for Australian Safeguarding Core Support 2018-19 2018 $30,000 advocacy capacity of progressive Progress Democracy Australian civil society organisations The Civic Journalism Safeguarding Developing a strategic plan for a campaign 2018 The Conversation Initiative: Developing a $5,000 Democracy in support of the future of civic journalism Strategic Blueprint in Australia Advocacy and Rights Centre Ltd Increasing public understanding and incorporating Social Justice and the engagement around justice issues and the Talking Justice 2018 2018 $1,200 Loddon Campaspe Law place of the law and justice in a free Community Legal society in regional Victoria Centre Commissioning a report from Jumbunna Brotherhood of St Journey to Give Stand Social Justice and the 2018 $10,000 Institute for Indigenous Education and Laurence and Respect Law Research at the University of Technology Sydney to inform a collective of philanthropic funders about how best to advance Indigenous rights and empowerment Supporting Change the Record to conduct Change the Record Social Justice and the strategy and campaign planning through Djirra Inc 2018 $1,200 Strategic Plan review Law support for their strategic plan review process Bringing a more informed perspective to the public conversation around ‘race’ and Federation of ‘law and order’ through support for young Supporting African Young Social Justice and the Community Legal 2018 $20,000 people, organisers and spokespeople from People Law Centres African backgrounds to participate in workshops, events and media engagements on their own terms Flemington and Supporting young people and police to Kensington Social Justice and the reduce discrimination and to advocate for Without Suspicion 2.0 2018 $50,000 Community Legal Law greater police accountability and Centre transparency Human Rights Law Indigenous Rights Unit Social Justice and the Supporting the Indigenous Rights Unit to 2018 $30,000 Resource Centre Ltd. 2015-18 Year 3 Law respond to Aboriginal people’s legal needs Social Justice and the Advocating to improve rehabilitation and 2018 Jesuit Social Services Youth Justice Advocacy $30,000 Law reintegration options in Victoria’s youth justice system; and to reduce recidivism Supporting the growth of philanthropic The Channel Social Justice and the funding for LGBTQIA+ support in Australia Yearly donation 2018 $1,000 Subfund Law through membership of The Channel giving circle A 3-day gathering of all Woor-Dungin's Aboriginal partners, including a workshop Aboriginal On-Country Social Justice and the Woor-Dungin 2018 $1,000 with philanthropic representatives to Gathering Law promote effective and culturally respectful partnerships

In-kind support We are proud to support the Australian Women Donors Network by providing office space and facilities at the Reichstein Foundation office. We benefit from this close proximity to the AWDN team, especially the chance to learn from their important work to introduce a gender lens into philanthropic giving.