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Able Australia
--> 413 Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills
Able Australia is a leading provider of disability services for adults and community supports for seniors. Our vision is to enable the people we support to live the life they choose. Our...

Alkira Centre
--> 3 Thurston Street Box Hill
Alkira is a for-purpose organisation that is all about community access and inclusion for people who have a disability. We are committed to providing a positive experience and partnering with the...

Angel Flight Australia
--> Australia
Angel Flight is a charity which coordinates non-emergency flights to assist country people to access specialist medical treatment that would otherwise be unavailable to them because of vast distance...

Anglicare Victoria
--> Melbourne
Anglicare Victoria provides support to 70,000 children, young people and families every year. Through a range of services, we work towards strengthening families and communities so they can...

Australian Charities
--> PO Box 83, Narre Warren Narre Warren
The leading portal and source of information on the Australian charitable sector. CAF Australia is an Australian not for profit organisation whose mission is to increase the flow of funds to the...

Australian Community Foundation
--> Level 6, 126 Wellington Parade East Melbourne
The Australian Community Foundation (ACF) aims to generate and distribute philanthropic resources to charitable organisations to help build happy and resilient communities. Australian Communities...

Australian Justice Inc.
--> Suite 3, Level 8, 179 Queen Street Melbourne
The purpose of Australian Justice Inc. is to seek justice for people in need. Australian Justice Inc. can provide grants towards payment of legal costs for people in need who have been refused...

Australian Multicultural Community Services
--> 44-56 Hampstead Road Maidstone
For many of our clients migration is a key influence on their life and most of them will have faced some - if not many - challenges in adjusting to life in Australia. For some elderly people this...

Australian Red Cross
--> Australia
Australian Red Cross is building a better society based on people helping people. Relief in times of crisis, care when it's needed most and commitment when others turn away. Red Cross is...

Australian Red Cross Blood Service
--> 417 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Australian Red Cross Blood Service Do something special, GIVE Call 13 14 95 today to donate blood and save three lives. For many people blood donors are their lifeline. Currently 1 in 3...

Avalon Centre
--> 1936 Malvern Road Malvern East
The Avalon Centre was founded in 1987 with a focus on meeting unmet needs. Avalon is run entirely by Volunteers and survives solely on tax deductible donations and grants. Avalon's aim is to help...

Backpacks 4 VIC Kids
--> 86 Camms Rd Cranbourne
Our purpose is to aid children going into foster care and to aid foster care families. Often children are placed quickly into foster care without much more than what they are wearing at the time. We...

Bailee Ada Foundation
--> Melbourne
The Bailee Ada Foundation was set up after Bailee Ada Choate passed away at 11 months old with a rare genetic disorder - Congenital Disorder of Glycosalation (CDG). Bailee Ada Foundation raises...

Baptcare
--> 1193 Toorak Road Camberwell
Baptcare is a not-for-profit organisation and provider of high quality care and support in youth, family and disability services, residential aged care and community aged care services. Since 1945...

Barnardos Australia
--> Melbourne
For over 120 years Barnardos has been at the forefront of child welfare service provision and has embraced a tradition of innovation and holistic approach in our quest to find real, permanent...

Beehive Foundation
--> 13 Cleveland Close Narre Warren North
The Beehive Foundation is a non-for profit organisation that delivers free structured programs to help our youth build resilience, self esteem & confidence through life skills that build coping...

Berry Street
--> 1 Salisbury Street Richmond
Berry Street helps children, young people & families recover from the devastating effects of violence, abuse & neglect. Berry Street Victoria has been protecting and caring for children and...

Bicycles for Humanity
--> Melbourne
Bicycles for Humanity is a world wide organisation focused on making a difference through the re-distribution of dis-used bikes. We take that old bike from the back of your garage and give it a...

Bobby Goldsmith Foundation
--> . Melbourne
The Bobby Goldsmith Foundation (BGF) is Australia's oldest AIDS charity and has provided financial and practical support for men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS for seventeen years....

Bravehearts
--> Melbourne
Bravehearts was founded by Hetty Johnston during Child Protection Week, September 1997. Bravehearts Inc. operates under an Article of Association, is operated by a Board of Management and is...

Breast Cancer Network Australia
--> 293 Camberwell Road, Camberwell
Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) works to ensure that women diagnosed with breast cancer, and their families, receive the very best information, treatment, care and support possible. BCNA is...

Brotherhood of St Laurence
--> 67 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Child poverty diminishes our society and hurts those who experience it. It goes against our value of giving everyone a fair go. Children living in poverty are more likely to: have low levels...

Camcare
--> 51 St Johns Avenue, Camberwell
Camcare is a not-for-profit, community based organisation that has operated in Boroondara for over thirty years. Camcare focuses on meeting a range of support needs which result from adversities...

Camp Quality
--> Australia
Camp Quality is a non profit organisation that is committed to bringing hope and happiness to every child living with cancer, their families and communities through ongoing quality recreational,...

Cancer Council
--> Australia
As Australias peak national non-government cancer control organisation, Cancer Council Australia advises the Australian Government and other bodies on practices and policies to help prevent, detect...

Cancer Council Victoria
--> 615 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
The Cancer Council Victoria is a public institution created by an Act of Parliament. It has a central location in Melbourne and employs a staff of about 350. It houses three research...

Care Connect
--> Level 1, 204-206 Gipps Street Abbotsford
Care Connect is a major community care provider that supports people to live healthy, independent lives at home and in the community. With offices in NSW, QLD and VIC, Care Connect supports...

Casey Tutungi Appeal
--> Melbourne
Casey Tutungi is a young local footballer struck down in his prime while playing the game he loved. Casey, born and bred in Lorne suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury on Saturday 22nd June...

CatholicCare
--> Melbourne
For over 75 years CatholicCare has worked on behalf of the Catholic Church in Melbourne and Geelong to build on the vision of 'life to the full' for families, individuals and communities in all their...

Cathy Freeman Foundation
--> Australia
We support Indigenous students to achieve their potential in school. Helping Indigenous children experience their full potential in school and beyond. The Cathy Freeman Foundation programs...

Challenge | supporting kids with cancer
--> 529-535 King St West Melbourne
Challenge is a non-profit organisation which was established in 1983 to provide children living with cancer and other life-threatening blood disorders with the opportunity to put their illness aside...

Chicks for Charity
--> Wantirna
Chicks for Charity raise community awareness through uniting women from all walks of life. Chicks for Charity encourage all women to harness the power of 'giving back'. Organized fund raising...

Children's Tumour Foundation
--> Melbourne
The Children's Tumour Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing information, resources and support services to children, their families and adults living with...

Childrens Charity Network
--> 170 Forrest Road, Lara
Childrens Charity Network is a Victorian based not-for-profit organisation, which acts as an umbrella for different programs/initiatives. Its main aim is to build, foster and nurture confidence and...

CoGround Coffee
--> Corner Brunswick Road and Black Street Brunswick
CO-GROUND COFFEE NEW LOCATION! Corner of Brunswick Rd & Black St. Brunswick 7am - 3pm, Wednesday - Sunday Co-Ground Coffee is open Wednesday - Sunday, 7am - 3pm. Come down and treat...

Cottage by the Sea
--> 29 Flinders Street Queenscliff
Cottage by the Sea is a community charity fundraising service caring for Australian children and families in need. We are one of the oldest Australian charities operating since 1890 and provide...

Cottage by the Sea
--> 29 Flinders Street Queenscliff
Cottage by the Sea is a community charity fundraising service caring for Australian children and families in need. We are one of the oldest Australian charities operating since 1890 and provide...

Crepes for Change
--> Melbourne
Crepes for Change | 100% of the profits toward youth homelessness in Australia. There are over 40,000 young people sleeping rough in Australia EVERY night. It's hard to believe, but it's true. And...

Crohn's & Colitis Australia
--> Level 1, 462 Burwood Rd Hawthorn
Crohn's and Colitis Australia (CCA) is the peak national body representing more than 75,000 Australians living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). CCA supports the Crohn's and colitis...

Cure EB - Epidermolysis Bullosa
--> Australia
The worst disease you've never heard of. be part of the cure for eb... Epidermolysis Bullosa Explained Epidermolysis Bullosa, a group of rare genetic disorders, impacts the skin, the body's...

Cystic Fibrosis Victoria
--> Melbourne
Cystic Fibrosis Victoria (CFV) was founded in 1974 by a group of parents of children with CF and became an Incorporated Association in 1984. To promote research, increase awareness of Cystic...

Down Syndrome Victoria
--> 552 Victoria Street North Melbourne
Down Syndrome Victoria is the statewide peak membership organisation representing people with Down syndrome and their families. It is a not-for-profit organisation established in 1978 to provide...

Dragons Abreast Australia
--> Community Hub @ The Dock, 912 Collins St, Docklands
We encourage wellness, fitness, & fun for breast cancer survivors through the sport of dragon boating Founded over 25 years ago on the principles of participation, awareness and inclusiveness,...

Eat Up Australia: Feeds School Kids
--> Australia
It's hard to believe, but there are many young Aussies who go to school each day without any lunch. And without food, concentration is compromised. Which means learning is compromised. Which means...

eviDent Foundation
--> Level 3, 10 Yarra Street South Yarra
eviDent Foundation was established in 2011 as a health-promotion charity supporting Australia's only Dental Practice Based Research Network (DPBRN). It is an initiative of the Australian Dental...

Extended Families Australia
--> 1, 95 Bell St, Coburg
Extended Families provide friendship and support to a child who has a disability. Volunteers spend time with a child on a regular basis-either in the family's home, the volunteer's home or in a...

Family Life
--> Hampton
Every family deserves to live in a safe and supportive community. Everything we do supports this through our family and individual support services, community strengthening programs, a network of...

FareShare | Rescuing Food - Fighting Hunger
--> 1-7 South Audley Street Abbotsford
FareShare rescues food and helps fight hunger to everyday Melburnian's. Since 2001 we have given away healthy, nutritious meals to the hungry and the homeless in Victoria, using food donated by...

Father Bob Maguire Foundation
--> 91 Victoria Avenue, Albert Park
The Father Bob Maguire Foundation is a Melbourne-based registered charity providing food relief, social inclusion, educational support and a range of associated services so that no one is left...

Feast Foundation
--> Melbourne
Throughout their global travels, renowned Chef and TV presenter Barry Vera and his business partner / TV producer Michael Dickinson, have been able to experience the need for support that different...

Feed Appeal
--> Australia
We're Feed. And we exist to feed Australians in need. Every year around 4 million Australians including 1 in 5 children wonder where their next meal is coming from. Hunger is a community issue...

Feed Geelong | FareShare
--> Geelong
Feed Geelong raises awareness of Geelongs Food Crisis. All funds raised through the Feed Geelong Appeal will directly assist with the distribution of food to those most in need within...

Fight Cancer Foundation
--> 1d Royal Parade Parkville
The Fight Cancer Foundation is a registered charity dedicated to providing care, treatment and support for people with leukaemia and other forms of cancer and funds research into better treatment...

Fight Parkinson's
--> 587 Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills
Fight Parkinson's is the new name of Parkinson's Victoria and is a leading source of specialised health information, advice and services for people living with Parkinson's or Atypical Parkinson's...

Finnan's Gift
--> Melbourne
Finnan's Gift is a fundraising project set up by Alisa Camplin and her husband Oliver Warner. Launched in May 2011, Finnan's Gift will raise much needed funds for state-of-the-art equipment in the...

Fitted for Work
--> 513 Bridge Road Richmond
Fitted for Work's vision is financial independence for women and our mission is to help women experiencing disadvantage get work and keep it. Every day our trained staff and volunteers help women...

Foodbank Victoria
--> 4/2 Somerville Road Yarraville
Foodbank Victoria is an independent not-for-profit organisation with more than 80 years' food relief experience. We are the state's oldest and largest organisation of our kind. Our aim is to...

Fred Hollows Foundation
--> 52 Barry Street, Carlton
We are an international development organisation working towards eliminating avoidable blindness and improving Indigenous Australian health. The Foundation works in more than 25 countries and has...

Free To Feed | Fitzroy North
--> 205-211 QUEENS PARADE, Fitzroy North
Supporting refugees + people seeking asylum through shared food experiences & employment Free to Feed is a social enterprise creating empowering employment opportunities for people seeking asylum...

Free To Feed | Northcote
--> 539 High St, Northcote
Supporting refugees + people seeking asylum through shared food experiences & employment Free to Feed is a social enterprise creating empowering employment opportunities for people seeking asylum...

Friends for Good
--> Australia
Friends for Good is a national not-for-profit organisation that focuses specifically on loneliness and social isolation. We raise awareness of loneliness as a significant issue in the community...

Frontyard Youth Services
--> 19 King Street Melbourne
Frontyard helps young people who are homeless or in need of support. It is now the biggest service centre of its type in Melbourne's central business district, containing eight co-located...

Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund
--> Traralgon
The Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund has been supporting Gippslanders after Natural Disasters for more than 30 years. The Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund is a registered charitable organisation...

GiveNow
--> 51 Stanley St, West Melbourne
GiveNow.com.au is Australia's most user-friendly giving portal - a place where you can put your dollars to work to start building the kind of world you want to live in. The site is designed to...

Good Friday Appeal: Royal Children's Hospital
--> Level 4, 50 Flemington Road Parkville
Good Friday Appeal is the official charity organising the Royal Children's Hospital's Good Friday Appeal event broadcast on Channel Seven. The Good Friday Appeal is a unique fundraising activity...

Good Friday Appeal: Royal Children's Hospital
--> Level 4 50 Flemington Road Parkville
Good Friday Appeal is the official charity organising the Royal Children's Hospital's Good Friday Appeal event broadcast on Channel Seven. The Good Friday Appeal is a unique fundraising activity...

GordonCare
--> 1125 Nepean Highway, Highett
Our mission is to enhance life outcomes for children and families through the provision of quality services that are innovative, accessible and responsive to the changing needs of our community,...

Green Collect
--> Unit 12/75a Ashley St, Braybrook
Green Collect works with organisations & communities to enable circularity, reuse and the best environmental outcome for all kinds of items. Our organisation enables circular economy, keeping...

Greenfleet
--> Australia
Greenfleet is a leading not-for-profit environmental organisation on a mission to protect our climate by restoring our forests. We plant native biodiverse forests to offset carbon emissions on...

Hawthorn Community Chest
--> PO Box 231, Hawthorn
HELPING OUR COMMUNITY Since 1958, the Hawthorn Community Chest has raised and distributed funds to charitable organisations and not-for-profit groups providing health, welfare, education and...

headspace | National Youth Mental Health Foundation
--> Australia
headspace centres and services operate across Australia, in metro, regional and rural areas, supporting young Australians and their families to be mentally healthy and engaged in their...

Heart Foundation of Australia
--> Melbourne
We fund lifesaving heart research, and work to improve heart disease prevention and care for all Australians We're fighting the single biggest killer of Australians - heart disease. The Heart...

Heart Foundation of Australia
--> Australia
We fund lifesaving heart research, and work to improve heart disease prevention and care for all Australians We're fighting the single biggest killer of Australians - heart disease. The Heart...

Heart Research Australia
--> Melbourne
Research Today. A cure Tomorrow. Heart Research Australia raises funds for research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and associated medical conditions. Our goal...

HeartKids
--> Suite 310, Level 3, 55 Flemington Road North Melbourne
HeartKids is a support group for families of children with heart disease, be it congenital (born with) or acquired. We started as voluntary group of parents and individuals dealing with and...

HomeGround
--> Melbourne
HomeGround's vision is to end homelessness in Melbourne. Our mission is to get people housed and to keep people housed. We do this by providing housing and support services across Melbourne,...

Huntington's Victoria
--> 16 Wakefield St Hawthorn
Huntington's Victoria (HV) is a not for profit organisation funded by the Victorian Government and public sources. We are the only specialist service in Victoria to support and assist people affected...

Isabella and Marcus Paediatric Brainstem Tumour Fund
--> Mordialloc
Isabella and Marcus lost their lives to a little known brain tumour called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). This tumour occurs in the brainstem, most frequently in children between the...

Jacobs Well
--> PO Box 680 Glen Waverley
Jacob's Well hopes to break the poverty cycle by sinking fresh water wells in villages, establishing a health clinic, adult literacy classes, work skills training, small start up loans, and providing...

John So, He's My Bro
--> . Melbourne
$4 from every 'John So, He's My Bro' CD sale is donated to the Lord Mayor's Charitable Fund, known as Melbourne's 'defender of the powerless, unpopular and poor'. The single by The Music Men will...

Karma Currency Foundation
--> Level 1, 6 Charles St South Melbourne
Instead of giving platters, socks, photo frames and other useless gifts Karma Currency allows companies and individuals to give the gift of tax deductible Charity Gift Vouchers. This Charitable...

Kathleen Keegel Children's Fund
--> Melbourne
Kathleen Keegel Children's Fund (KKCF) manages a boys' home, a kindergarten, an agricultural project and currently initiating a training facility in Sri Lanka. Kathleen's daughter Olivia and her...

KIDS Foundation
--> Wendouree
A charity for children with traumatic life-altering injuries, burns, and rare genetic conditions that affect appearances and capabilities. Our purpose is to help differently abled children and...

Kids Under Cover
--> 383 Swan St, Richmond
Kids Under Cover believes every young person has a right to a safe and secure place to call home and a sound education. We work to make that belief a reality. Kids Under Cover supports...

Kids with Cancer Foundation
--> Geelong
Kids with Cancer Foundation is totally non-profit. All profits raised from the raffles and donations are donated back to the State from which the funds originated. Kids with Cancer...

Kids with Cancer Foundation
--> Melbourne
Kids with Cancer Foundation is totally non-profit. All profits raised from the raffles and donations are donated back to the State from which the funds originated. Kids with Cancer Foundation...

Kind Cuts for Kids
--> Moorabbin
Kind Cuts for Kids is an Australian based organisation that exists to provide specialist medical care for children in developing countries around the world. Kind Cuts is a non-government,...

Kiva | YOU can change someone's life
--> Australia
Kiva is a global nonprofit that helps people lift themselves out of poverty by expanding access to financial opportunity. Through its platform, anyone can lend as little as $25 to support small...

Kiva | YOU can change someone's life
--> Australia
Kiva is a global nonprofit that helps people lift themselves out of poverty by expanding access to financial opportunity. Through its platform anyone can lend as little as $25 to support small...

knit one give one
--> Caulfield
The knit one give one (KOGO) army knits garments for charity. kogo supplies approximately 80 different organisations that fall into the following broad categories: -:- Crisis accommodation -:-...

Legacy
--> Australia
Legacy, supporting the families of our veterans. We are there for the partners and the children of those who gave their lives or their health for our country. We provide the essential social,...

Les Twentyman Foundation
--> Footscray
The 20th Man Fund believes every young person deserves a future free of poverty abuse violence discrimination and isolation. Working across Greater Melbourne our dedicated team supports hundreds...

Leukaemia Foundation
--> Level 1, 340 Bell Street Preston
The Leukaemia Foundation is the only national not for profit organisation dedicated to the care and cure of patients and families living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood...

Leukaemia Foundation
--> Australia
The Leukaemia Foundation is the only national not for profit organisation dedicated to the care and cure of patients and families living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood...

Life's Little Treasures Foundation
--> Level 1, 203 Riversdale Road Hawthorn
The Life's Little Treasures Foundation is Australia's foremost charity dedicated to providing support, friendship and information, specifically tailored for families of children born premature or...

Lighthouse Foundation
--> 13 Adolph Street, Richmond
Lighthouse Foundation Giving Homeless Kids a Future The Problem: In Australia, over 105,000 people are homeless on any given night. Around half of them are under 24 years of age. The...

Little Sisters of the Poor
--> 112B St George's Road, Northcote
The Little Sisters of the Poor arrived in Melbourne on 5 November 1884 and quickly set to work caring for elderly and destitute citizens from a terrace house in Victoria Parade, Fitzroy. A few...

Love Your Sister
--> Australia
Love Your Sister is a million-strong village of everyday Aussies committed to vanquishing cancer with hard science and the best new technologies. Love Your Sister supports treatment for ALL...