not-for-profits
You can use the categories to the right to explore particular topics. You’ll also find inspiring stories about some of the wonderful things community groups do with that funding. We also share a selection of media stories, where FRRR or a member of our staff has been featured. For any media enquiries, email Julie Weldon or call 0423 110 802.
Capacity building program for NFPs kicks off in regional Victoria
16 Apr 2025 – Work in the three Victorian communities partnering with FRRR on the Investing in Rural Community Futures Victoria program will soon be getting underway.
Three community partners set for five-year $5M capacity building program
19 Mar 2025 – Swan Hill, Maryborough and Colac have been selected as partners in a $5M not-for-profit sector capacity building program.
Funding injection for NFPs will benefit Bay & Basin community
18 Mar 2025 – Two projects in the Bay and Basin area will receive $78,000 in grants through the IRCF program, supported by Bendigo Bank’s Community Enterprise Foundation.
Report confirms NFPs far stronger five years on
05 Dec 2024 – Significant impacts and lessons of a five-year pilot program aimed at building collective NFP sector capability revealed in FRRR report.
Funding boost for Leeton not-for-profits
17 Dec 2021 – FRRR, in partnership with the VFFF, has awarded another $286,318 in grants to four Leeton NFPs to continue to build their capacity.
Reflections from the rural heartland: transitioning from relief agency to community ally
13 Dec 2021 – Having worked at a community level for 5 years now, most recently as a Program Coordinator and Community Development Officer for Blackall Tambo Regional Council, Jaimee-Lee Prow has experienced first-hand…
Grants provide ongoing support for Junee and Nambucca Valley not-for-profits
01 Nov 2021 – Funding announced by FRRR today, is helping local community groups in Junee and Nambucca Valley to carry on their operations, despite multiple disruptions, by funding staff, developing efficient processes and…
Make your voice heard in the Heartbeat of Rural Australia study
30 Aug 2021 – FRRR is calling on leaders of not-for-profit organisations and community groups across remote, rural and regional Australia to tell it like it is in the Foundation’s inaugural Heartbeat of Rural…
Targeted support for Nowra’s not-for-profits
25 May 2021 – FRRR is inviting NFPs in the Nowra region to take part in an upcoming series of workshops to plan how the IRCF program can support them.
Free grantseeker workshop for WA community groups
11 Mar 2021 – Update: WA Grantseeker Workshop recording is available to watch.