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Charity in Melbourne

The Ian Potter Bottom is a major Australian philanthropic bottom that supports and promotes excellence and innovation. honor the legacy of founder and benefactor, Sir Ian Potter, and his commitment that the Base make a difference to Australia. Maintain a tradition of encouraging excellence and enabling innovation to facilitate definite social change, and develop Australia’s creativity and capacity as a nation. Urge extraordinary charitable organizations and invest in Australia’s innovative and clever people, save the environment and alleviate disadvantage. Grants are made through ten program areas which reflect Sir Ian’s interest in the arts, and his visionary approach to issues including the environment, science, medical research, education and community healthy being, as healthy as the importance of investing in Australia’s intellectual capital. Through its grants, the Foundation seeks to foster excellence and encourage Australia’s talent: the visionaries, social entrepreneurs, scientists, academics and researchers, artists and teachers, and those who dedicate themselves to bettering our communities for the gain of all. Led by its Board of Governors, the Base has a strong track record of funding projects that respond decisively to key issues and thrive our creativity and capacity as a nation. A major Australian philanthropic foundation that supports and promotes excellence and innovation, facilitating sure social change, and developing Australia’s creativity and capacity as a nation. The Ian Potter Foundation’s vision is of a vibrant, healthy and fair Australia. See when each of our program areas is after unfold for applications. The Base awarded Centennial parkland Bottom 1.5m towards the project which meets very strongly with the objectives of the Foundation: to deliver permanent benefits for the community. 'My overall impression of the site is that the garden is going to be an amazing facility. Truly unique, quintessentially Australian trust it will be a genuinely fulfilling experience to visit The Ian Potter Children's WILD PLAY Garden when it is unfold to the public later in 2017.’. In celebration of Science Week, the Base has drawn together three case studies of recent Science grants providing opportunities for hasty career researchers, in the form of fellowships and multidisciplinary collaboration. These case studies also focus on environmental science research, an area where we believe particular emphasis is needed. The Foundation’s Science program is committed to supporting particular scientists with the aim of making a long term contribution to deeper thinking and inquiry to achieve knowledge vital to Australia. 'Whether it’s collecting data from Antarctic ice core samples, researching marine species and coral on the Immense Barrier Reef or cataloging the biodiversity present in our fauna, all these researchers are conducting deep investigations of the complexity of our environment that will contribute to a better understanding of many bigger picture’ issues.'. Preparing our children for school and beyond. There is a well obvious saying: it takes a village to raise a child. Like many of these old sayings there is a fundamental truth to this and three of the Foundation’s recent Education grants illustrate how imperative the village’ is to the success of the child. In different ways each of these projects demonstrates how the wider community can encourage younger generations to embrace education, and reap all the benefits that brings. Sir Ian Potter’s immense interest in medical research began earlier he established this Foundation. Some of the Foundation’s first grants were directed to supporting meaningful medical research institutions and the talented people behind them. The fundamental principles of the approach first taken by Sir Ian and the expert advisers on the Foundation’s original Board, are tranquil pertinent and continue at the core of the Foundation’s approach to Medical Research grants.