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Mazon Australia is currently seeking submissions for grants.To apply contact us.

funding policy

funding areas

Mazon Australia provides both general support and project-specific grants. While grants cover a period of one year, Mazon Australia welcomes requests for renewed funding and also makes multi-year grants to select grantees.

funding priorities and philosophy

We recognise that the causes of hunger in this country are varied and that most people in Australia who are in need of food are not starving, but rather lack adequate nutrition to sustain a healthy lifestyle. We therefore consider applications from all groups or organisations that are in some way working to alleviate hunger.

Recognising the multiple dimensions of hunger and the range of causes, we require all grantees, from the smallest soup kitchen to the largest food bank, to demonstrate a strong commitment to doing more than distributing food.

Grants are provided to many organisations serving the Jewish poor. However, in keeping with the best of Jewish tradition, we respond to all who are in need. Applications from organisations that proselytize, impose any sort of religious requirement or discriminate in any way against clients are not considered.

what mazon australia does not fund

Although we recognize their importance, we are not able to fund the following types of programs:

• organisations that have a substantial direct relationship with the public, meaning that they are so well known nationally or in their community that they have significant direct access to additional funding. We reserve the right to determine which organisations fall into this category;
• organisations that charge individuals for food;
• government entities or professional associations;
• job-training programs;
• organisations whose principal function is grantmaking;
• capital campaigns;

Mazon Australia also does not:
• provide grants to individuals;
• accept proposals from organisations that do not follow our application procedures;
• provide renewed funding to past grantees that have not met our reporting requirements or satisfactorily completed the terms of past grants;
• accept more than one proposal at a time from the same organization.

Please foward funding submissions to Nick Seemann