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Please support the following charities that are needy and deserved of your help. Supporting Australian's in need, as one day you may need their help!
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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...
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Charity Hampers enjoy the largest Gift Basket Range in Australia. Every purchase donates 10% to your selected charity*. Charity Hampers offers over 500 Gourmet gift hampers for delivery all...
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We donate 50% of our profits to ensure everyone has access to clean water and a toilet within our lifetime And with your help we'll get there. Good for the world We're B Corp certified for...
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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...
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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...
--> PO Box 511 GREYSTANES
Our aim is to support Australia's sickest kids as they battle long-term illness. With your help we can provide a Supertee (the coolest medical garment) to these children wherever they are around...
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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...
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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...
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Red Nose is Australia's leading authority on safe sleep and pregnancy and bereavement support for families affected by the death of a child. Annually 3200 Australian families experience the sudden...
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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...
--> 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...
--> 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,...
--> Level 1/2 Euneva Ave, Glen Waverley
Wavecare has been providing support to people in the City of Monash for more than 40 years, helping individuals in need of assistance due to illness, loss, grief, abuse, anxiety, depression,...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 120 Regent St Preston
The Cat Lounge at Neko HQ in Preston is a luxurious space to relax and enjoy the company of cats. No cages, just spaces for cats and kittens to be the most curious, cutest and engaging creatures...
--> 165-169 Brunswick St Fitzroy
St Mary's House of Welcome stands with the vulnerable and disadvantaged, offering support, solutions and hope. Each year, St Mary's House of Welcome serves over 42,000 meals and provides...
--> Level 1, 118 Lee Street, Carlton North
Raise Foundation is a registered Australian charity which provides mentoring programs for young people in high schools and in the community. Our mentoring programs provide a community of support...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> Lower Templestowe
Maneki Neko Cat Rescue is a registered charity operating in Victoria, Australia. Maneki Neko Cat Rescue was established in 2012 after many years of informal rescue. Maneki Neko is specifically...
--> 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...
--> Shop 24, Bendigo Bank Central, Bendigo
The OTIS Foundation is a charity dedicated to providing a national network of retreat accommodation properties at no cost to anyone who has faced the challenges of breast cancer. The hundreds of...
--> Melbourne
The Kids' Cancer Project is an independent national charity supporting childhood cancer research. Since 1993, thanks to strong community support, the charity has contributed tens of millions of...
--> 513 Bridge Road Richmond
The Conscious Closet is the retail social enterprise for not-for-profit organisation Fitted for Work. The Conscious Closet is "more than just your average" Op Shop exclusively stocking women's...
--> Melbourne
The heart & hand of Australian Music Support Act is a charity, unique in Australia, helping artists, roadies and music workers who are facing hardship due to illness, injury or some other crisis...
--> 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...
--> 10/27 Bank St, Box Hill
Established 1962, the Whitehorse Community Chest has supported local charities, welfare agencies and community groups addressing the needs of the disadvantaged in the Whitehorse community for over 50...
--> Corner Millers Rd and McArthurs Rd Altona North
UrCommunity is building community as well as promoting self-sufficiency, food security and access to free meals for the disadvantaged. This will also be through a range of inter related social...
--> 7/9 Hosier Lane Melbourne
We tackle tough problems in the front line: Youth unemployment, homelessness, mental health, alcohol and drug use, apprenticeships, training, counselling, free medical clinic, drink/drive assessment,...
--> 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...
--> 15 Brookville Road Toorak
The Margaret Pratt Foundation Heart Lung Transplant Trust is a registered charity whose aim is to encourage, develop and maintain Australia's world class expertise in the field of organ...
--> Kilsyth
The Babes Project is changing the way Australians approach crisis pregnancy by supporting women in the perinatal period. By addressing challenges and allowing space for her to create a future for...
--> 101 Ramu Parade, Heidelberg West
The SALT Foundation vision is to be partnering in our small way with those on the journey to make poverty history. With those who stand for justice and advocate basic human rights for...
--> 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...
--> Suite 6, Level 2, 902 Mt Alexander Road, Essendon
Our mission is to improve the cancer journey for all young adults living with cancer in Australia. The Warwick Cancer Foundation is the first non-profit organisation in Australia focused on...
--> 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...
--> Hawthorn
You see them every day, now it is your turn to step up and make a difference. By giving back some simple necessities that people use every day without thinking you can put some colour back into...
--> Melbourne
Haircuts for the Homeless - Free of Charge, Free of Judgement Short Back & Sidewalks, the project offering haircuts to those in need, is officially registered as a Not-For-Profit organisation....
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Maddie Riewoldt's Vision Bone marrow failure syndrome #FightLikeMaddie Maddie Riewoldt's Vision is an initiative of the Snowdome Foundation, a registered Deductible Gift Recipient with the...
--> 111 Swan Street Richmond
YGAP is an incubator for social change. We run creative fundraising and social enterprises to support youth education and leadership. At YGAP, we are entrepreneurs that change lives. Our aim is...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> Australia
The Kids' Cancer Project is an independent national charity supporting childhood cancer research. Since 1993, thanks to strong community support, the charity has contributed tens of millions of...
--> Australia
Tour de Cure exists to cover ground to cure cancer. We choose to ride a bike as our vehicle to cure cancer as it also promotes a healthy lifestyle, which is a key element of cancer...
--> Albion
The Pyjama Foundation was founded in 2004 to give children in foster care the opportunity to change the direction of their lives with learning life skills and confidence. Alarmed at the statistics...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 738 Waverley Rd Malvern East
OzHarvest collects excess food and delivers it, free of charge, to organizations that feed disadvantaged men, women and children in our community. Every day in our city, thousands of kilos of...
--> 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...
--> 1283 Malvern Road Malvern
Noah's Ark is a not-for-profit community organisation providing early childhood intervention and inclusion support services to children with disabilities and other additional needs. We are the...
--> 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...
--> Melbourne
Established in 2006, the Summer Foundation is committed to growing a movement that will resolve the issue of young people living in nursing homes. Supporting, informing and empowering people with...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 18 Robertson Street, Kensington
McAuley Community Services for Women provides much needed services for women and their children who are escaping family violence, and for women who are homeless. Following in the footsteps of...
--> Mount Martha
Purple Soup provides challenging, activity based programs for children and their families affected by serious illness. These adventures are designed to rebuild confidence, self esteem, trust and...
--> Melbourne
Pathways Australia guide to Victoria's not-for-profit organisations The 'Guide to Australia's Not-For-Profit Organisations' is the most comprehensive and used directory of its type ever...
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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,...
--> Sydney
Multiple Sclerosis Society has been supporting and helping people with multiple sclerosis (MS) since 1956. Through an extensive network of centres, branches, support groups and health services,...
--> 144 High Street, Prahran
The Song Room is a national not-for-profit organisation that brightens the futures of Australia's most disadvantaged children with tailored, high-quality music and arts programs, delivered in...
--> Australia
Salvation Army Salvos Stores let you shop for quality second hand clothing at a price just right for the economic times. As an added incentive, when you shop at Salvos Stores you are helping...
--> Yagoona
Muslim Aid Australia | MAA International, is an international relief & development agency that believes in supporting & assisting the world's poorest & most needy communities regardless of race,...
--> Melbourne
Ready Set (managed by Wear for Success) was established as Wear for Success in 2011 by a group of dedicated individuals, many of who are still involved. They recognised that helping people...
--> 111 Boundary Road North Melbourne
Muscular Dystrophy Australia (MDA) was established in 1984 as a support group for families who were affected by Muscular Dystrophy (MD). The growth of MDA has been commensurate with the societal...
--> St Leonards
The McGrath Foundation was co-founded by Jane McGrath and her cricketing husband Glenn after Janes diagnosis and initial recovery from breast cancer. While being treated for a secondary cancer in...
--> Australia
Save the Children is Australia's leading independent emergency relief and development organisation for children. Save the Children is committed to creating a world where every child has a safe &...
--> 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...
--> Sydney
The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) is the national body for prostate cancer in Australia. The PCFA plays a vital role in the fight against prostate cancer and devotes all of it...
--> Australia
Holding it together when your child's life is in question can feel impossible. Redkite provides the practical, emotional and financial support for families who have a child with cancer aged 18 or...
--> 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...
--> Melbourne
The Gutsy Challenge is the largest national healthy eating activity for children in Australia. It is a cancer fundraiser that challenges children to eating 2 fruit and 4 veg a day for 1...
--> 18 St Heliers Street Abbotsford
Scope is one of the largest providers of services to people with a disability in Victoria, and one of the largest not-for-profit organisations in Australia. Our mission is to support people with a...
--> 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...
--> Melbourne
The Y-House Foundation is a non-profit, charitable institution set up to benefit the growing needs of young people living in aged care. The Y-House Foundation is committed to raising funds for the...
--> 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...
--> 115B Ferrars Street, South Melbourne
We are committed to encouraging people experiencing disadvantage to become actively involved in sport, recreation and arts programs to ensure positive health outcomes throughout the...
--> 335 Swan St, Richmond
The Myeloma Foundation of Australia is passionate about assisting and improving the quality of life of Australians living with myeloma. MY Foundation understands the myeloma experience and...
--> 155 Roden Street West Melbourne
Whitelion is a non-profit community organisation that provides youth-focused gender and culturally specific services in several areas which include; mentoring, employment, role modeling, specialist...
--> Melbourne
Australia's largest charitable foundation supporting young adults aged 18 to 40 on their cancer journey. PHONE: 1300 705 280...
--> 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...
--> 37 Taunton St Doncaster East
Doncaster Salvation Army centre services the needs of the very large City of Manningham. We commenced 'replanting' three years ago, this is being slowly achieved through a 'community development'...
--> 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...
--> Building 2, 1st Floor, 88 Ricketts Road Mount Waverley
TRY delivers a brighter future through learning and community programmes... for those who TRY! TRY Australia is a charity based in Mount Waverley that focuses on the needs of children, youth,...
--> 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,...
--> 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...
--> 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...
--> 400 Epsom Road, Flemington
RDAV is a grass roots volunteer based organisation which has 36 centres, 1200 riders, 1100 volunteers and 200 coaches across Victoria. We are proud to have offered our services for 40 years in...
--> 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...
--> Australia
The National Breast Cancer Foundation is the leading community-funded organisation in Australia raising money for research into the prevention and cure of breast cancer. We are privileged to work...
--> Brighton
Created in Melbourne, the Nepal Glaucoma Eye Clinic has treated more than 3,000 patients per year since 2006, both at the Tilganga Eye Centre (Kathmandu) and in outreach programs. Any help and...
--> 211 Chapel Street Prahran
Established in 1946 Prahran Mission, an agency of the Uniting Church in Australia, provides emergency relief services to those experiencing poverty, homelessness and economic disadvantage as well as...
--> 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...
--> Suite 28 Building 4. 195 Wellington Rd Clayton
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Association of Australia Inc. are dedicated to providing support to those suffering from all types of SMA along with their families! Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a...
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