Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR)
The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) is Australia's only national foundation dedicated to the needs of rural and regional Australia. The FRRR was established through the support of the Sidney Myer Fund ($1 million) and the Australian Government through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.
The FRRR is a philanthropic foundation, with an independent board, to help provide a viable social and economic future for Australia rural and regional communities. It aims to encourage innovative collaboration between business, community and government in philanthropic endeavours that will boost the economic and social well-being of regional Australia.
The Federal Government's total cash contribution of $14.5 million includes up to $3.8 million until 2008-2009 to match contributions from the business, government and community sectors. Donations to the Foundation are tax deductible. The FRRR also has key funding partnerships with The Pratt Foundation, ANZ, the Gardiner Foundation, Bendigo Bank's Community Enterprise Foundation and Rural Education Programme Founding Donors, Sarah & Baillieu Myer, Tim & Gina Fairfax, John & Janet Calvert-Jones and a large number of private trusts and foundations.
The Foundation sets out to achieve its objectives in a variety of ways including funding projects that have the potential to achieve significant results for people within rural and regional Australia.
The Foundation also administers a number of small grants programmes, which have developed to help rural and remote communities with small, well-targeted grants. This Programme is aimed at (but not limited to) communities with a population of 10,000 or less and provides grants up to $5,000 or $10,000.
The Foundation's 'Community Foundations Kit for Australian Communities 2nd Edition' provides useful tools for community leaders who want to create and develop a community foundation in their community. The Foundation can also provide funds for feasibility studies and the establishment of community foundations.
Further details about FRRR can be obtained from their website http://www.frrr.org.au/