Sydney Community Foundation

Sydney Community Foundation Sydney Community Foundation, a local way to give. We positively impact the lives of people in Sydney by connecting funding to communities in need.

We know Sydney and the community changemakers in our neighbourhoods. Sydney is Australia's leading economic, cultural and social hub. Yet among its five million people, a great social divide exists – extreme economic disadvantage and exclusion lives alongside wealth and prosperity. The most disadvantaged are Sydney’s young people at risk, women and children in need, the aged, Indigenous and cultur

ally diverse communities. Sydney Community Foundation pools donations from those who want to make a lasting difference to the lives of the people in their community. We use that pool to provide grants to fund innovative, community-led initiatives that respond to some of Sydney’s most pressing challenges. By giving through the Sydney Community Foundation, donors combine their gifts to build a growing and permanent endowment, a gift which continues to give over time, for the benefit of the Sydney community.

270 people walked into Parliament House today with one shared conviction: that NSW can halve women’s imprisonment by 203...
04/06/2026

270 people walked into Parliament House today with one shared conviction: that NSW can halve women’s imprisonment by 2030 — and that the time to act is now.

This is not a funding problem — it is a political will problem. The solutions exist. The programs work. What we need now is the decision to invest.

Keeping Women Out of Prison (KWOOP) Coalition’s 10th Annual Parliamentary Breakfast — MC’d by Miriam Corowa and co-hosted by The Hon. Jodie Harrison and The Hon Natasha Maclaren-Jones MLC — was our largest yet. We were honoured by the presence of Excellencythe Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Chief Justice Andrew Bell AC, Justice Dina Yehia, and 19 Members of NSW Parliament including Ministers The Hon. Anoulack Chanthivong MP, The Hon. Yasmin Catley, The Hon. Kate Washington MP, The Hon. Penny Sharpe, and The Hon. Jihad Dib.

Aunty Jo Selfe opened with a Welcome to Country, centring truth: justice reform cannot be separated from its colonial context.

Justice Yehia said it plainly — we know what works. Now we need policy reform, non-siloed investment, and shared responsibility to make it happen. Lived experience must lead the way.

A huge thank you to everyone in attendance. The momentum built today represents the power of collaboration within this space.

Read more about KWOOP a key impact fund of Sydney Community Foundation: https://aapnews.aap.com.au/news/jailing-is-failing-call-for-more-diversion-programs

Financial stress doesn't just affect our wallets — it pulls us away from each other.When people are stretched thin, comm...
03/06/2026

Financial stress doesn't just affect our wallets — it pulls us away from each other.

When people are stretched thin, community frays. The connections, the trust, the sense of belonging that make a neighbourhood feel like home — all of it comes under pressure.

That's why the work of organisations like Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, The Social Outfit, and Plate it Forward matters so much. They're holding the threads together: keeping people housed, fed, and employed so that community can actually thrive.

This year, Sydney Community Foundation's Love Where You Live campaign is backing all three — with every dollar donated matched.

Because loving where you live means making sure everyone gets to.
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03/06/2026

WE’RE HALFWAY THERE 🥳 Thank you to everyone who has donated so far, together we have raised an incredible $155,054 towards The Social Outfit, Plate it Forward and Newtown Neighbourhood Centre!

We need your help to reach our $300,000 target, with every donation doubled by Sydney Community Foundation we want to make sure we unlock all of the matched funding available for these amazing organisations! So donate what you can, share this post and tell your friends! If you love where you live, this is your chance to show it💛

Click link to donate https://scf-love-where-you-live.raiselysite.com

02/06/2026

Meet The Social Outfit: a Newtown fashion label and accredited social enterprise training and employing women from refugee and migrant backgrounds in clothing design, production and retail.

1,350 women trained. 125 women employed. $2 million in wages paid.�
CEO Amy Low says it best: when you donate to Love Where You Live, you’re funding those incredible first jobs and first experiences that welcome women into community.�
And right now, that work matters more than ever. In a challenging economic climate: where the discourse around migrants is getting harder: these women are feeling the pressure. The Social Outfit relies entirely on donations to keep their programs running.

Your $200 becomes $400. Every dollar matched until 30 June.�
💛 Donate now: https://scf-love-where-you-live.raiselysite.com/

Our $300,000 target isn't just a fundraising goal. It's a statement about the kind of city we want to live in. A city wh...
01/06/2026

Our $300,000 target isn't just a fundraising goal. It's a statement about the kind of city we want to live in. A city where people show up for each other. Where community isn't just a word: it's something we actively build, together.

When you donate to our Love Where You Live campaign, you're giving to three organisations holding Sydney together — Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, Plate It Forward and The Social Outfit — and every dollar you give is doubled.
https://scf-love-where-you-live.raiselysite.com/

Every dollar raised for our Love Where You Live campaign is split evenly across three local organisations doing remarkab...
01/06/2026

Every dollar raised for our Love Where You Live campaign is split evenly across three local organisations doing remarkable work in our community.

From meals to emergency accommodation to paid work experience, your donation funds three incredible local organisations doing essential work every day.

Donate before 30 June and we'll double it. 💛

https://scf-love-where-you-live.raiselysite.com/

Less than 5 weeks. That's all we have left to raise $300,000 for three Sydney organisations doing the most important wor...
29/05/2026

Less than 5 weeks. That's all we have left to raise $300,000 for three Sydney organisations doing the most important work in our community.

The good news? You don't have to give a lot to make a big difference.

Here's how you can show up right now 👇

💛 Donate: every dollar is doubled until 30 June
📲 Share this post: one share puts this in front of someone who might give
💬 Tell a friend: because word of mouth changes everything

Give $25, unlock $50. Give $50, unlock $100.

Love where you live? Now's the time to show it. 💛

👉 Donate now: https://scf-love-where-you-live.raiselysite.com/

28/05/2026

At the beginning of May, we launched the ‘Love Where You Live?’ campaign in one of Newtown’s very special buildings.

The space at Dickson Street has been part of this community for 110 years. A heritage church. A former yoga studio. A home for playgroups, choirs, and generations of inner west life. 

This extraordinary space was gifted to Sydney Community Foundation at no cost. And it felt like the most fitting place in the world to launch a campaign about loving where you live.
Because this is exactly what Love Where You Live is about - the places, the people and the history that make a neighbourhood worth fighting for.

We’re raising $300,000 for three local organisations carrying that same spirit forward. And every dollar donated is doubled until 30 June. 

Come and be part of it -  link in bio.

Sydney is a city built on belonging, and right now, three local organisations are doing amazing work to keep it that way...
27/05/2026

Sydney is a city built on belonging, and right now, three local organisations are doing amazing work to keep it that way.

Love Where You Live is Sydney Community Foundation's campaign to raise $300,000 for Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, Social Outfit and Plate It Forward Plate It Forward.

Every dollar you donate is matched dollar for dollar. Give $50, unlock $100. Give $200, unlock $400. Your generosity goes twice as far - but only until 30 June.

We're just getting started. Will you show up for the city you love? 💛

Donate now: https://scf-love-where-you-live.raiselysite.com/

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35-39 Dickson Street, Newtown
Sydney, NSW
2042

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