helen macpherson smith trust an independent philanthropic trust
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Helen Macpherson Smith Trust
An Independent Philanthropic Trust
L.E.W CartyCharitable Fund
Macpherson SmithCommunity Alliance
Helen MacphersonSmith Trust
JohnVilliersTrust
HMSBushfiresGrantsFund
Helen MacphersonSmith Trust
Established in 1951 Initial corpus of £275,000 – current value
around $65 million 3 Grant rounds per year – end of
September, January & April (Approx $5-$6 million per year)
$2M HMS Bushfires grants Fund Total grants to date of over $75 million Support Victorian Charitable Institutions,
Public Benevolent Institutions & Health Promotion Charities
www.hmstrust.org.au
Priority Areas Aged Persons Care and Support Arts, Culture and Heritage Community Support Disabled Care and Support Education Employment and Vocational Training Environment Health and Medical Research
Trustees give priority considerations to: Innovative new initiativesProjects which foster partnershipsPilot projects that demonstrate new
approachesProjects which are sustainable beyond
the pilotApplications from organisations in rural
and regional Victoria, having regard to the pioneer pastoral wealth generated by Helen’s forebears
Trustees will not support:Projects outside of VictoriaDeficit fundingRecurrent administrative costsFunding considered government
responsibilityApplications made within 12 months of
a previous grant being approved or before an existing staged grant is completed
Direct grants to individuals, including travel expenses, personal study or attendances at conferences
Research funding: Collaborative research with
community-based organisations Pilot research – ie pre NHMRC/ARC Innovative research Essential equipment
University grant examples: Imaging system – Howard Florey $60K Community Indicators Vic – Melb $100K Anti-depressant use in nursing homes –
Monash Uni $7K Early markers of arthritic disease – Melb
$30K Mentoring evaluation – Vic Uni $50K Autism Study – La Trobe $99K Post-coma unresponsiveness – Melb $47K Head Start – Swinburne $24K
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Deakin La Trobe Monash RMIT Swinburne Uni ofBallarat
Uni of Melb Victoria
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No of grants
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HMS Grants to Universities since 1/7/2000 to 6/4/2009
L.E.W Carty Charitable Fund
L. E. W. Carty Charitable Fund:
"to assist or promote research into the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of physical or mental disorders of human beings".
Preference is given to specific laboratory research projects, or for essential equipment to undertake such projects.
L. E. W. Carty Charitable Fund:
One grant round per year (closes 31 May)
Approximately $500K per year available for grants
www.carty.org.au
Recent Carty Grants: Adult stem cells/prolapse surgery – MIRI $35K New drug for breast cancer – CCV $100K Live 3D probe – St Vincent’s $57K ID of novel genes – Type 2 diabetes – Baker IDI
$40K Role of Astrocytes in mental illness – MHRI
$64K Genetics & blood pressure – NHF $30K Real time brain imagery – HFI $23K After Breast Cancer Study – Monash $100K Children’s motor ability with cerebral palsy –
Murdoch $32K
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StVincent's
Centre forEye
Research
BernardO'Brien
Baker IDI AlfredHospital
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Carty Grants to Universities since 1990
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