Backtrack Youth Works
The Kimberley Foundation is a Charitable Trust partnering with not-for-profit organisations working in the areas of Youth and the Environment.
Please note that The Kimberley Foundation does not accept grant applications.
About Us
Trustees
Mitty Williams, BA(Melb), PGDipLib (MCAE), DipEd(Monash)
Foundation Manager and Trustee
Richard Williams, BAppScAg(Roseworthy)
Trustee
Brian McPhail, FCPA,DipBusiness Studies (RMIT)
Trustee
About Time Media
History of the Foundation
The Kimberley Foundation is a Charitable Trust established by the late Mr Peter F. Williams AO in 1989. For 20 years, the foundation funded a variety of organisations both in Australia and overseas, mainly in the areas of health, welfare and medical research.
The foundation was named after the Kimberley region in Western Australia, an area much loved by Peter and his wife, Prue Williams.
In 2010, the trusteeship was passed to Mr Williams’s daughter, Mitty Williams, who reviewed the purpose of the foundation and its approach to funding.
Our Founder
Peter Frederick Williams AO FRACS was born in Melbourne in 1922, educated at Melbourne Grammar School and graduated in medicine from Melbourne University in 1946.
After internship he went to Britain for experience and training in orthopaedics, and returned with fellowships of the Royal College of Surgeons in both England and Australasia.
Peter held appointments at both the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) and Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH). He became Director of the Department of Orthopaedics at the RCH in 1963 and was involved in the transfer of the hospital from Carlton to its current site, opened in 1963 by Her Majesty the Queen.
Purpose
The Kimberley Foundation is a Charitable Trust that works with not-for-profit organisations to achieve both positive short-term outcomes and longer-term systemic change in the areas of Youth and the Environment.
Mittagundi Outdoor Education Centre
Our Funding Approach
We seek out and identify dynamic leaders of not-for-profit organisations with a strong governance model, who are flexible in their approach and open to collaboration with others.
We take a multi-year funding approach to demonstrate our commitment to our partners and allow them to undertake their work with a degree of certainty.
We recognise the importance and necessity of providing untied funding and funding core operational costs to build the capacity of an organisation.
We actively invite other donors to collaboratively fund with us in order to maximise the impact of our support.
Out of respect for our founder, The Kimberley Foundation maintains long-term funding relationships with the following organisations:
National Trust of Australia
nationaltrust.org.au
Royal Flying Doctor Service
flyingdoctor.org.au
Please note that The Kimberley Foundation does not accept grant applications.
Our Funding Approach
We seek out and identify dynamic leaders of not-for-profit organisations with a strong governance model, who are flexible in their approach and open to collaboration with others.
We take a multi-year funding approach to demonstrate our commitment to our partners and allow them to undertake their work with a degree of certainty.
We recognise the importance and necessity of providing untied funding and funding core operational costs to build the capacity of an organisation.
We actively invite other donors to collaboratively fund with us in order to maximise the impact of our support.
Out of respect for our founder, The Kimberley Foundation maintains long-term funding relationships with the following organisations:
National Trust of Australia
nationaltrust.org.au
Royal Flying Doctor Service
flyingdoctor.org.au
Please note that The Kimberley Foundation does not accept grant applications.
Grant Recipients
2025 – 2026
Previous recipients are accessible from the main menu.
Hands On Learning
About Time Media Inc
About Time publishes and distributes a free national newspaper to prisons and detention centres. People incarcerated in Australia have little or no access to the internet, few news sources and limited opportunities for self-expression. About Time provides these people with a voice. It is a platform for education, expression and hope. Untied funding.
Buldau Yioohgen (Big Dreams) – Hike to Higher Education
Buldau Yiooghen is a program that facilitates and supports young First Peoples across Victoria, to realise their full potential through cultural activities, education and training, with exposure to several career pathways supported by their partner organisations. Hike to Higher Education is one element of the program and encourages students to discover their passion and, from this, build their academic and career journey in an environmental setting that is supportive, scenic, culturally sensitive and challenging. It also helps the participants find a feeling of accomplishment.
ASRC Health Program
The ASRC runs a free clinic for people seeking asylum who are members of the ASRC. The service includes onsite appointments, supply of prescriptions and some medications, while maintaining relationships with local pharmacies and increasing awareness of asylum seekers’ lack of access to pharmaceutical benefits and the healthcare concession card.
Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network
The AEGN provides peer support, access to experts and funding opportunities to funders who fund solutions to the climate and nature crises. Untied funding.
BackTrack, based in Armidale, NSW, works with young people at risk to increase their participation in education, to build skills for employment, reduce criminal activity and develop resilience and healthy behaviours in order to live a fulfilling life and participate in the community. Untied funding.
Banksia Gardens Stronger Foundations Study Program
Banksia Gardens Community Services works with people experiencing disadvantage and poverty by providing opportunities that lead to further education and employment pathways, enhanced well-being, and transforms lives in the area of Hume. Funding supported a Study Group that offers much-needed academic assistance to children and young people who live or study in Hume.
BttB works in NSW with community groups, schools and welfare authorities, to identify and support at risk and disengaged boys, aged 10-19 years. They deliver term break and long weekend camps, group and one-on-one Men of Tomorrow “MENtoring” programs to build confidence, communication and resilience. Untied funding.
Climate Council work to create the massive society-wide change needed to end climate pollution by research and analysis, persuasive media and communications and influential policy and advocacy. Funds for the Seize the Sun Campaign.
climatecouncil.org.au
climatecouncil.org.au/resources/seize-the-sun
Climate Council work to create the massive society-wide change needed to end climate pollution by research and analysis, persuasive media and communications and influential policy and advocacy. Funds for the Seize the Sun Campaign.
climatecouncil.org.au
climatecouncil.org.au/
resources/seize-the-sun
Climate Council work to create the massive society-wide change needed to end climate pollution by research and analysis, persuasive media and communications and influential policy and advocacy. Funds for the Seize the Sun Campaign.
climatecouncil.org.au
climatecouncil.org.au/
resources/seize-the-sun
Building the Community Sponsorship Movement
The mission of CRSA is to lead in encouraging, developing and supporting programs that expand and improve refugee resettlement in Australia by harnessing the generosity, goodwill and social capital of everyday Australians. Funding will support the organisation’s plan to increase the number of community groups for their CRISP program (Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot)
Australian Brain Cancer Research Alliance
CBF is Australia’s leading organisation for brain cancer research, advocacy and awareness and aims to make sure that all Australian children can access new treatments with less harmful side effects.
Guided by Horses documentary
Guided by Horses follows Professor Juli Coffin’s Yawardani Jan-Ga equine therapy program helping young Aboriginal people in the Kimberley. Funds for the impact program for the film.
Down the Track Youth Worker
Down the Track operates out of the remote community of Lake Cargelligo in NSW. DTT works with the most vulnerable youth in the community with programs that promote engagement and self-esteem, and reduces youth crime. Two social enterprises provide young people with work experience, skill development, community engagement, confidence, structure and employment activities. Funding contributed to the salary of a youth worker.
ECNT are a campaign organisation that stands with their community to win just solutions to the biggest environmental issues facing the Northern Territory. Untied funding.
EDO is the largest environmental legal centre in the Australia-Pacific. They work to defend the environment, using the law to protect our wildlife, people and places. Operational funding.
Environs Kimberley are the peak environmental NGO for the Kimberley region and far north-west Australia. They are dedicated to looking after the health of the land and waters of the region through advocacy and on-ground cultural and natural resources management projects. Untied funding.
The First Step Fund
First Step is a not-for-profit addiction, mental health and legal services hub in St Kilda, Melbourne. They provide free services to thousands of vulnerable Victorians every year, with the firm belief that everybody deserves every chance to turn their lives around. First Step provides a uniquely multi-disciplinary team of GPs, psychologists, nurse practitioners, lawyers, mental health nurses, care coordinators, counsellors, along with their outpatient program Reset Life. The fund is a long-term investment in the future sustainability and impact of the organisation.
JCP Youth is a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation dedicated to empowering and uplifting young people facing challenges in our community. JCP Youth is at the forefront of providing crucial support and mentorship to those who need it most.
Operational funding.
Not for Profit Law Program
Justice Connect connects people with legal help. They use the power of the law to open up the legal system for those locked out of it, and fight to change the system where it is broken. Funding for their Not for Profit Law Program, a national legal service offering free and affordable legal services to not for profit organisations and social enterprises.
Karinya Young Mums Program (KYM)
Karinya Young Women’s Service Inc. operates a crisis accommodation service for young women in Launceston. The KYM program assists young mothers and pregnant teens in accessing suitable housing and security of tenure, and provides learning and social opportunities.
Marninwarntikura Fitzroy Women’s Resource Centre
The Resource Centre supports and advocates for the children, young people and families of Fitzroy Crossing in WA. Untied funding for strategic priorities.
Mittagundi is an outdoor education centre and working farm established with the belief that young people, mountains, purposeful work and challenges are natural partners. Untied funding.
School-Based Apprentice Traineeships Wrap Around Support (SBAT)
Nalderun creates empowering education and employment opportunities for First Nations young people at the foothills of Liyanganyuk Banyul, on Djaara Country. The Nalderun Wrap Around Service for the School Based Apprentice Traineeships (SBAT) is a program that helps support sustainable employment and training for young Aboriginal people as they transition from their Year 12. Nalderun continues to play a key role in the SBAT program to secure local Indigenous students in paid traineeship positions with host employers who are committed to improving employment outcomes for Indigenous Australians. The cultural component of the project and continuity that they provide to students through partnering in the delivery of this program sets up the students for certification, training, and employment outcomes, through an Indigenous lens.
School-Based Apprentice Traineeships Wrap Around Support (SBAT)
Nalderun creates empowering education and employment opportunities for First Nations young people at the foothills of Liyanganyuk Banyul, on Djaara Country. The Nalderun Wrap Around Service for the School Based Apprentice Traineeships (SBAT) is a program that helps support sustainable employment and training for young Aboriginal people as they transition from their Year 12. Nalderun continues to play a key role in the SBAT program to secure local Indigenous students in paid traineeship positions with host employers who are committed to improving employment outcomes for Indigenous Australians. The cultural component of the project and continuity that they provide to students through partnering in the delivery of this program sets up the students for certification, training, and employment outcomes, through an Indigenous lens.
The National Trust of Victoria Foundation is a secure fund allowing the National Trust of Victoria to continue its mission and vision for preserving and conserving Victoria’s heritage well into the future.
Nature Glenelg Trust is an environmental organisation which protects and enhances the natural environment with emphasis on all forms of ecological restoration including wetlands across south-east Australia. Funding for Mt Van Dyke site and the NGT Foundation.
Flying Doctor Speech Therapy Program
The Flying Doctor Speech Therapy service is working in partnership with Robinvale District Health and the Mallee Track Health and Community Service, to ensure that children between 0-12 in the Mallee area can access local speech therapy services.
flyingdoctor.org.au
flyingdoctor.org.au/vic/our-services/speech-therapy-talking-point-mallee/
An alternative education program that addresses the problem of disengaged young people leaving school early. At risk Year 7-10 students spend one day a week taking part in creative building projects that benefit the school and the community.
The Tasmanian Land Conservancy is a not-for-profit, apolitical, science and community-based organisation that raises funds from the public to protect irreplaceable sites and rare ecosystems by buying and managing private land in Tasmania. Untied funding
Yawardani Jan-Ga (Horses helping) provides supports for Aboriginal young people and youth aged 6-26 yrs. Based on Kimberley country to assist in nurturing Aboriginal young people and youth through life’s challenges and leadership. With their beautiful equine team in partnership they aim to support those amazing qualities within us all, on country and through equine assisted learning. Untied Funding.
You Matter supports women and children who have experienced family violence by supplying the contents and setting up their long term accommodation. Operational funding.
YMCA of Sydney: Youth and Community Services
The Alternative to Suspension Pilot Program
The Y NSW Alternative Suspension Program is a pilot project for Australia that comes with more than 20 successful years of delivery in Canada and Europe. Alternative Suspension (AS) transforms the student’s suspension period away from school into a positive experience, fostering personal development and autonomy. By putting disengaged students in an environment that promotes self-worth, goal setting, the acquisition of social skills and community respect, the program seeks to increase its participants’ resilience and ability to persevere in education, reducing the number of repeat suspensions.
About Time Media Inc
Anglicare
Asylum Seekers Resource
Centre
The Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network
BackTrack Youth Works
Banksia Gardens Community Services
Boys to the Bush
Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia
Down the Track
Earbus Foundation of Western Australia
Environmental Defenders Office
Environs Kimberley
First Step
Justice Connect
Karinya Young Women’s Service
Kids Under Cover
Marninwarntikura Fitzroy Women’s Resource Centre
Nalderun Education Aboriginal Corporation
National Trust
Nature Glenelg Trust
Royal Flying Doctor Service
Hands on Learning
Save the Children
Southside Community Foundation
Tasmanian Land Conservancy
Western Community Legal Centre Ltd/WEstjustice
You Matter
YMCA of Sydney: Youth and Community Services
The Kimberley Foundation G3 Committee Grants
Gnarly Neighbours
Read the Play
Future Minds Network
Co-Exist-Australia
Contact
Please note that The Kimberley Foundation does not accept grant applications.
Email directly:
info@thekimberleyfoundation.org.au