Collaboration in Practice – Community Foundations and beyond National Community Foundation Forum 2015

Journey MCF to ACF Donors Community Asset Builder Donor sub-funds ACF Forward Fund Community Builder Sub-fund grants ACF Initiatives MacroMelbourne

Who is ACF? Our Mission. A trusted and dynamic organisation which generates and distributes philanthropic resources in partnership with donors and others in response to social issues and community needs. Our Vision. To inspire and enable accessible philanthropy to achieve positive social change and build healthy resilient communities.

Strategic Plan Goal 4 - Lead through collaboration

Leverage strategic partnership and collaborations that strengthen our impact Collaborative granting and sharing of expertise with other funders and NFPs. Collaborations to support donor education and development Donors at ACF collaborating together through giving circles MOU with AEGN Homework Club partnership sub-fund (ebooklet)

Build partners and collaborators across Australia who hold shared values and a shared sense of purpose. Fremantle Community Foundation (MOU) -Why? -Mutual benefits and outcomes that could not be easily achieved alone -ACF -Fremantle.