In 2025, we have awarded 112 Annual Community Strengthening Grants to not-for-profit organisations that provide direct benefits to residents of the City of Boroondara.
| Organisation | Project title | Funded amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Glen Iris Scout Group | Celebration of 110 years of Scouting | $3,218.19 |
| Access Health and Community, Hawthorn Community House | Song Haven Choir for People Living with Dementia – Pilot Program | $6,449.45 |
| Alamein Football Club | Building female sporting role models at Alamein FC | $3,850 |
| Alfred Road Kindergarten | Little Heroes Sport Program | $3,235 |
| Ashburton Bowls Club | Conduct events to enable a more inclusive and diverse membership | $2,722.74 |
| Ashburton Chinese Senior Friendship Association | Dragon Boat Festival | $5,396 |
| Ashburton Community Centre | Celebrating Ashburton Community Centre's 40 years | $4,722.20 |
| Ashburton Community Garden | Equipment purchase | $1,856.96 |
| Ashburton Family Drug and Gambling Help Support Group | Sharing the Load, Supporting Families | $3,600 |
| Ashburton Shopping Centre Traders Association | Halloween on High | $3,433.54 |
| Ashburton Uniting Church Tennis Club | Ashburton Tennis Club – Open Day | $2,177 |
| Ashburton Uniting Church Tennis Club | Club Presentation Night | $2,154 |
| Auburn Village Traders Association | Christmas In The Village | $9,166.15 |
| Australian Boys Choral Institute | 2026 Summer Music School | $4,350 |
| Australian Skateboarding Federation | Hawthorn Shred | $1,767.50 |
| Balwyn Evergreen Centre | Equipment purchase | $2,600.91 |
| Belford Oaks Community Children's Centre | Inclusive website for childcare, early years and family support | $5,000 |
| Boccia Australia | School Boccia Weekend Program | $1,660 |
| Boroondara Active Ageing Society | Special event functions for Boroondara community seniors | $1,454.55 |
| Boroondara Chinese Senior Citizens Association | Bus Outing including lunch for Healthy Physical Social Activities | $4,000 |
| Boroondara Family Network | Debriefing for volunteers in the network | $251 |
| Boroondara Stroke Support Group | Strengthening post-stroke recovery through connection, creativity and mental wellbeing | $6,628.75 |
| Burwood Cricket Club | Burwood Reserve – Hitting it out of the park | $3,683.64 |
| Burwood District Bowls Club | Bringing women to bowls | $2,545.15 |
| Burwood Uniting Canterbury Cricket Club | Equipment purchase | $2,000 |
| Burwood Village Traders Association | Paws in the Village | $9,300 |
| Camberwell Central Bowls Club | Women in Lawn Bowls Program | $2,148 |
| Camberwell Chorale | Mendelssohn's ‘Elijah’ performance | $5,250 |
| Camberwell Hockey Club | Junior Development Academy and mentoring program | $3,260 |
| Camberwell Kindergarten and Childcare Centre | Community garden expansion | $4,399 |
| Camberwell Showtime | Celebrating 60 years of performing | $4,800 |
| Camberwell Structured Playgroup Association | 40th Anniversary Fun Day | $5,051.82 |
| Canterbury Area Toy Library Inc | Increasing access to education through play | $7,301 |
| Canterbury Gardens Kindergarten | Kindergarten Environmental Program | $2,715.90 |
| Canterbury Neighbourhood Centre | Connect and Grow | $4,284.20 |
| Canterbury Neighbourhood Centre | Connect and Create | $1,860 |
| Cara Armstrong Kindergarten | Tranquillity Garden | $3,995.13 |
| Centre of Greek Ex Servicemen's Elderly Citizens Club of Kew and Districts | Bus outing Greek National Day 28 October 2025 and an Apple iPad | $2,280 |
| Chao Feng Chinese Orchestra | 44th Anniversary Concert | $6,500 |
| Circolo Pensionati Italiani, Kew Hawthorn Camberwell | $990 | |
| Combined Probus Club of Auburn (Vic) Inc | Cultural visits assistance | $1,600 |
| Community First Responders Foundation Ltd | Shock Stations™, Shock Savers™ and Family Violence Upstanders | $2,300 |
| Craig Family Centre | Bridge-Builders | $2,094 |
| Dance for Neurobalance (Parkinson's) | Improvisation: Everyone has a tale to tell | $1,100 |
| Deepdene Pre School Centre | Equipment purchase | $1,905.85 |
| East Kew Junior Football Club | Willsmere Community Sporting and Lifestyle Hub | $2,985.32 |
| Eastern Senior Chinese Association | 2026 Annual Program | $1,550.01 |
| Friendship and Wellbeing Association | Hold health seminar and excursion for older people | $3,550 |
| Giant Steps Melbourne | Sports Academy | $6,874.36 |
| Greek Senior Citizens Club of Hawthorn, Kew and Districts | Bus outing Greek National Day 28 October 2026 and an Apple iPad | $2,280 |
| Greek Senior Citizens Club of North Balwyn and Districts | Greek National Day Celebration and purchase of laptop and printer | $5,900 |
| Greythorn Traders Association | Sit back and journey through time at Greythorn's story seat | $10,000 |
| Hartwell Association of Residents and Traders Inc | Promoting Hartwell | $9,714 |
| Hawthorn and Kew Bands | Glenferrie Brass Asset Revival | $2,500 |
| Hawthorn Artist Society | Community Connections Exhibition | $5,200 |
| Hawthorn Boroondara Cricket Club | Stronger Together: Strategic roadmap for post-merger success and sustainability | $3,451 |
| Hawthorn Citizens Junior Football Club (HJFC) | Production of a new indigenous uniform | $3,000 |
| Hawthorn Citizens' Youth Club Inc | Shadow Cut Youth Dance Company 2026 | $5,600.00 |
| Hawthorn Glen Combined Probus Club Inc | $2,413.18 | |
| Hawthorn RSL Sub-Branch Patriotic Fund | Saluting service, courage and resilience | $6,500 |
| Hong Kong Club Tai Chi Group | Open Day | $1,385 |
| It's the Little Things Community Limited | Supporting the Boroondara community | $4,340 |
| Jiao Tong University Alumni Association Australia | Brushstrokes of Harmony: Lunar New Year Community Art Celebration | $4,588 |
| Kew and North Balwyn Playcentre | Playcentre mural | $3,800 |
| Kew Football Club | Outside the locker room mental health session | $3,570 |
| Kew Neighbourhood Learning Centre | Kew-chella - The Circular Festival | $6,146.68 |
| Kew Philharmonic Society Inc | Venezia Spettacolare (Spectacular Venice) | $4,400 |
| Kew Tennis Club | The All-Abilities Tennis Program | $1,600 |
| Kew Tennis Club | Equipment purchase | $904 |
| Kew Toy Library | Diversity and Inclusion at Kew Toy Library | $8,038.26 |
| KooyongKoot Alliance | KooyongKoot/Gardiners Creek Water Expo | $5,000 |
| Life's Little Treasures Foundation | NICU Connections Playgroup and MCHC Awareness Project | $5,052 |
| Lynden Park Scout Group | Equipment purchase | $1,999.47 |
| Maling Road Business Association | Spooktacular 2025 | $10,000 |
| Matsumura Blues Festival | Jailhouse concert series at the Kew Court House | $6,500 |
| Melbourne Bach Choir | Christmas Fanfare | $5,400 |
| Melbourne Badminton Association of Daxue Xiaoyou | Australian Multicultural Badminton Harmony Day | $2,145.50 |
| Melbourne Chamber Choir (operating as part of Faye Dumont Singers) | Voices of Harmony: choral song from China to the Netherlands | $6,000 |
| Melbourne Hindustani Classical Music Society | Melbourne International Festival of Hindustani Classical Music 2026 | $6,400 |
| Mind Australia | Culturally-inclusive Healthy Eating Program (prevocational/functional gains) | $9,760 |
| Multicultural Dance Group | Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Celebration | $1,560 |
| North Balwyn Bowls Club | Pickleball pilot program for Boroondara residents | $3,248.48 |
| North Balwyn Community Men's Shed | Equipment purchase | $1,240 |
| North Balwyn Tennis Club | Cardio Tennis | $2,582.73 |
| North Kew Tennis Club | Equipment purchase | $2,000 |
| Old Camberwell Grammarians Soccer Club | Women's team | $3,329 |
| Pied Piper Toy Library Inc | Stay and Play | $6,982.23 |
| Probus Club of Greythorn | Enhanced healthy safe and active living | $6,962.27 |
| Probus Club of Maling Combined | A Day in Nature | $1,920 |
| Probus Club of Port Phillip | Subsidised Getaway: Coach transport and accommodation costs | $2,000 |
| Scope (Aust) Ltd | Kaleidoscope: My creativity counts | $6,500 |
| Scottish Country Dance Victoria | Social Dancing SCDVic 2025 Scottish Country Dance | $1,622.74 |
| Servants Community Housing Limited | Healthy Connections for Vulnerable Citizens | $6,200 |
| Skunkworks Community Limited | Equipment purchase | $4,650 |
| Songjiang Club of Melbourne Inc | Together in Harmony: A year of learning and connection | $2,367.27 |
| South Asians in the East | Deepavali: A multicultural celebration of festival of lights | $3,000 |
| Swinburne FC | Senior Women's team | $4,045.44 |
| Swinburne University of Technology | Tea Maze お茶の迷路 | $6,500 |
| The Compassionate Friends Victoria | Hearts Remembered: Strengthening connection through remembrance | $1,497.50 |
| The Leo Baeck Centre for Progressive Judaism | LBC Oz Cafe | $6,071.04 |
| The Local Spiritual Assembly of Baha’i of Boroondara | Ayyam-i-ha Hoopla Kids Festival | $5,000 |
| The Men's Table Limited | Healthy communities for Boroondara | $4,500 |
| The Minifie Park Childcare Association | Minifie Move Project | $2,000 |
| The NCJW (Victoria) Social Support Trust | Caring Mums: Supporting Chinese-speaking mothers in Boroondara | $7,607.45 |
| Trentwood at the Hub Community House | Barista skills workshop | $4,893.60 |
| U3A Hawthorn | CPR training to volunteers | $1,741 |
| Union Road Surrey Hills Traders Association | Promoting Union Road Surrey Hills | $8,800 |
| Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Victoria) – Boroondara Community Outreach (BCO) | Diwali Community Celebration | $4,500 |
| Vietnamese Senior Cultural Association | Multicultural Harmony Day and excursion | $3,540 |
| West Hawthorn Early Childhood Centre | AED installation and CPR training | $4,530 |
| Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation | Wurundjeri Elders: Sharing our stories in Boroondara | $8,900 |
| Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra | Equipment purchase | $2,000.00 |