Australia - The Hoffman Foundation funding

[Aidan Wilson]

By memory, the administering body had to be a deductible gift recipient, and 
while I'm not exactly a tax lawyer, a lot of not-for-profit organisations like 
language centres would qualify for, if not already have, DGR status.

-- 
Aidan Wilson

PhD Candidate
Dept of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
The University of Melbourne

+61428 458 969
aidan.wilson at unimelb.edu.au

On Wed, 29 Jun 2011, Dr K.J. Olawsky wrote:

> Hi Claire
>
> I think Aidan is right. Australian language centres are usually not-for-profit organisations and would qualify as potential grant recipients. I am considering to apply for a grant on behalf of Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring (subject to other conditions that I still need to check) - glad to see there is another avenue for funding!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Knut
>
>
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> Dr Knut J. Olawsky
> P.O. Box 1809
> Kununurra, WA 6743
> Australia
> E-mail: kj.olawsky at westnet.com.au
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>> From: clairebowern at gmail.com [mailto:clairebowern at gmail.com] On Behalf
>> Of Claire Bowern
>> Sent: Wednesday, 29 June 2011 5:42 PM
>> To: thien at unimelb.edu.au
>> Cc: rnlist
>> Subject: Re: Australia - The Hoffman Foundation funding
>>
>> Given that they don't fund:
>>
>> Individuals
>> Private schools;
>> 'For-profit' bodies;
>> Government bodies
>> Sports clubs;
>> Political parties or their candidates;
>> Religious organisations; and
>> Organisations based outside Australia.
>>
>> who does that leave? I was thinking that I might suggest this to the
>> mob up here to promote a master-apprentice, oral history recording
>> program, or language exhibit  (all things that people have suggested
>> to me as things they want to work on) but all those activities
>> wouldn't count under this funding program, and there'd be no one to
>> administer the funds. Seems like the only group that this doesn't
>> exclude is other private philanthropic organizations? Or does
>> 'government body' mean just something  like 'government department'??
>> Claire
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 2:07 AM, Nick Thieberger <thien at unimelb.edu.au>
>> wrote:
>>> Dear all
>>>
>>> This is to let you know about a private fund (the Hoffman Foundation)
>> that
>>> is currently looking for funding applications for the next financial
>> year.
>>> One of the objectives of the fund is the collection and preservation
>> of
>>> Australian indigenous languages.  Further information, including an
>>> application form, is available
>>>
>> onhttp://www.rnld.org/sites/default/files/Hoffman%20Foundation%20applic
>> ation.doc
>>> Completed application forms and any enquiries can be sent to
>>> janniebrown at bigpond.com.  Please note that the form should be
>>> completed in a concise manner.
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> The Hoffman Foundation
>>>
>>> The Hoffman Foundation is a prescribed private fund for the purposes
>>> of the definition in section 995-1(1) of the Income Tax Assessment
>> Act
>>> 1997 (“the Tax Act”).  It was established by Trust Deed dated 21
>> March
>>> 2007 and is listed at item 502 in Schedule 3 to the Income Tax
>>> Assessment Regulations 1997.
>>>
>>> Objectives
>>> The objectives of the Hoffman Foundation are to make a positive
>>> difference to the community by supporting these four broad areas:
>>> 1.      The protection of the environment;
>>> 2.      The collection and preservation of Australian indigenous
>> languages;
>>> 3.      The support of asylum seekers and refugees; and
>>> 4.      The support of young people at risk.
>>>
>>>
>>> See:
>> http://www.rnld.org/sites/default/files/Hoffman%20Foundation%20applicat
>> ion.doc
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> -----
>> Claire Bowern
>> Associate Professor
>> Department of Linguistics
>> Yale University
>> 370 Temple St
>> New Haven, CT 06511
>> North American Dialects survey:
>> http://pantheon.yale.edu/~clb3/NorthAmericanDialects/
>
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