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It’s one of the fastest growing movements in philanthropy, and for good reason.
Your donation goes 100 times further through the power of collective giving, and you have a direct say in where the money goes.
To find out more you can visit the IMPACT100 Sydney website here:
Impact100 Sydney is a Sub Fund of Sydney Community Foundation.
2025 continued the momentum for Impact100 Sydney, bringing members together to support organisations strengthening social cohesion across Greater Sydney. Through the power of collective giving, we distributed $145,000 in grants to initiatives creating meaningful social and environmental impact.
Congratulations to The Bower, which received the major grant of $100,000 for its House to Home program, which furnishes homes for people transitioning into stable housing while reducing waste through furniture reuse.
We also celebrated three outstanding finalists, each receiving $15,000 in recognition of their important work.
4 Voices connects with women experiencing isolation through compassionate outreach and digital support; Ageing With Grace creates culturally safe spaces where older women build friendship and wellbeing; and Touched by Olivia Foundation fosters connection through Community Circles built around shared interests.
Together, these organisations are strengthening the threads of belonging across our city, and we are proud to support the vital impact they bring to their communities.
2024 marked a historic milestone for Impact100 Sydney as we celebrated granting our millionth dollar to the community. Through the power of collective giving, we continued to create meaningful change, distributing $160,000 in grants. Bandu received our major grant of $100,000, with The Social Outfit, HARDA, and Jesuit Refugee Service Australia selected as runners-up. Each of these organisations is working tirelessly to create employment opportunities and economic empowerment for those who need it most.
Our Schools for Impact initiative achieved remarkable success this year, engaging more than 400 young people in philanthropic education while raising an additional $21,000 for community impact. We’re excited to report that the program has secured funding from the Ian and Shirley Norman Foundation and the Waratah Education Foundation, enabling us to move from pilot to implementation in 2025.
Thanks to the generosity of Community Bank Darling Square (Bendigo Bank) and their matching funding we had two $100,000 grant recipients this year, The Haven and House of Welcome. The three finalists from this year’s grant round were Liverpool Neighbourhood Connections, Community Support Services Bankstown and Plate It Forward, who each received $17,000.
This year the major grant went to The Reconnect Project for their Closing the Digital Divide Project. The grant supported this Australian-first initiative to provide skills and employment pathways for 25 trainees while distributing 1000 repaired devices to disadvantaged families in Sydney.
Young people were heavily impacted by COVID-19 and IMPACT100 Sydney saw this reflected in the grant submissions from this year. Shine for Kids and Confit Pathways were the major grant recipients for their program Strong Pathways Together. Additionally, this year we were delighted to award $10,000 to each of the three finalists – Little Dreamers Australia, Weave Youth & Community Services and Youth Insearch Foundation.
With the COVID pandemic the health and safety of our community was top of mind, so IMPACT100 Sydney decided to host the very first online livestream grant event. Stepping Stone House was the recipient of the $100,000 prize money, which went to their Stepping Stone Way Project supporting homeless and at-risk youth in Sydney.
Open Support was the recipient of our third grant of $100,000, addressing the theme of ‘Building Safer Communities for Children and Young People’, focusing on domestic and family violence. The grant helped them provide crisis accommodation and specialised support to empower and help heal affected individuals.
This year’s focus was on social inclusion, with the aim of supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and refugees as well as young people at risk. Our second grant of $100,000 was awarded to The Australian Literacy & Numeracy Foundation for its Refugee Action Support program.
The first $100,000 grant round was focused on young people at risk in Greater Sydney. Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre received the major grant for its Empowering Girls to Grow career mentoring program.
