GALFA at the Australian LGBTI Awards
GALFA was thrilled to be the charity for the raffle at the recent Australan LGBTI Awards in Sydney. GALFA Board member Fiona Wilkie led the charge with eight enthusiastic volunteers. They raised over $16,000 and had lots of conversations about our work. Thanks to Silke Bader, Managing Director, Australian LGBTI Awards, Fiona and all of […]
Myer-GALFA grant round latest recipient – Melba Support Services
Melba Support Services was the recipient of the latest Sidney Myer Fund-GALFA grant round focusing on LGBTI people living with disability. The $15,000 grant was given in December 2017. Melba Support Services, based in Lilydale in Melbourne’s outer east, will work with Sexuality, Equality, Disability partners to run 12 full-day workshops for disability support workers […]
Equal Marriage Philanthropic support
GALFA has signed a Statement in Support of Marriage Equality led by Ruth Johnstone, The Caledonia Foundation Kirsty Allen, The Myer Foundation John Spierings, Reichstein Foundation Several philanthropic trusts, foundations and networks signed the statement in support of marriage equality showing that many in Australia’s philanthropic community are willing to publicly state their support. The […]
GALFA LGBTQ Homelessness Project Final Report Launch Event
The final report was the culmination of 18 months’ research at the University of Melbourne and Swinburne University of Technology. It was officially launched with 80 people present at Allens law firm, who kindly hosted the event. This study has produced important new evidence about the pathways to homelessness that are unique to LGBTQ Australians. […]
The Channel first grant round
Congratulations to Georgia Matthews and The Channel – GALFA’s first sub-fund, on the successful completion of their first grant round. The two recipients were: Document Australian Foundation for ‘A Clever Label’ – $10,000 A documentary exposing the influence of the Australian Chrirstian Lobby on our democracy and how this impacts on LGBTQIA+ people. Lara Gerrand […]
The Small Grants Program first recipients
GALFA has received several applications for small grants of up to $500 since the program launch in April this year. The Small grants committee led by GALFA Board member Catherine Fitzgerald has given six grants so far to a diverse range of recipients: Bisexual+ Community Perth Aboriginal LGBTI Awareness Day, Southern Cross, WA Pride March […]
GALFA has received a Victorian Government grant
We are very pleased to have been granted $54,000 over two years by the Victorian Government through the LGBTI community Grants scheme. This will enable us to contract a marketing and communications officer part-time to develop our capacity in this area. We will be advertising this position via our website and through other philanthropic channels […]
GALFA launch event in Sydney 8 April
Around 50 people attended the launch on a sunny afternoon at the M Contemporary Gallery. This was designed to introduce GALFA to prospective donors and supporters in NSW. Our Patron, Emeritus Professor Dennis Altman inspired us to become generous financially, to match the long history of generosity in action for the LGBTI communities. Fiona Wilkie, […]
Bequest to GALFA from the Estate of Patrick Foley
The estate of Patrick Foley has released a bequest to GALFA, which we have now received in full. We are very grateful to Patrick‘s partner, Anthony, for meeting with us and allowing us to make this bequest public. Patrick Foley‘s generosity to GALFA is greatly appreciated and will enable GALFA to support projects that will […]
Dennis Altman becomes a GALFA Patron
We are thrilled to announce that Dennis Altman has accepted our invitation to become GALFA Patron. He has already supported GALFA through a generous donation to the homelessness project via the Assia Altman Fund, and has spoken at one of our Melbourne events about the importance of philanthropy by and for the LGBTI communities. He […]
The Channel becomes the first GALFA sub-fund
The Channel is a giving circle specifically for LGBTIQA causes. It is designed to encourage individuals to donate small amounts to a pooled fund, and then together to decide on a specific community program to donate to. The Channel was established by Georgia Mathews and launched in 2016. Initially Ian Gould and Ruth McNair met […]
LGBTI Homelessness project update
The GALFA LGBTI homelessness project has completed the homelessness services interviews and secondary data analysis of Journeys Home, and is now in the midst of interviews with LGBTI people who have experienced homelessness. We have received a $20,000 grant from Community Sector Banking to develop and pilot a trans model of care within homelessness services. […]
