Make The Difference! Grants

Supporting the young and vulnerable

Future2’s grants focus on the under 25s who may be financially disadvantaged, homeless, juvenile justice offenders, drug or alcohol dependent, disabled or Indigenous. Grants are awarded to projects and programs in the areas of financial literacy, skills training, work experience, community service or mentoring.

Engaging financial planners in the community

The Make the Difference! Grant program is designed to encourage the involvement of financial planning professionals in community projects by requiring their endorsement and support of each grant application. All grant applications to date have been made by charities and community groups with the support of members or Chapters of the Financial Planning Association (FPA). In 2010 for the first time Future2 also invited members of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to support grant applications from qualifying charities.

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Apply now!

The 2011 Make the Difference! grants program opened to applications on 12 May and closes on 2 August. Grants will be announced on 17 November 2011. See below for timetable.

Please note that there are two sets of grant guidelines:

For applications to be supported by members of the Financial Planning Association
Guidelines
Inquiry form

For applications to be supported by members of the Association of Financial Advisers
Guidelines
Inquiry form

How to apply

1. Eligible applicants should complete and submit an Inquiry form, online or by mail.

2. Applicants whose Inquiry has been approved by the Grants Committee will be invited to submit a full proposal within 30 days.

Application timeline

Applicants are asked to refrain from contacting the Future2 Foundation about status of their request