Kids Thrive partners with a large number of organisations and individuals. 2018/19 partners include:
Government Partners
Victorian Department of Education and Training | VicHealth | Australia Department of Social Services | Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation
Philanthropic Partners
Sidney Myer Fund | William Buckland Foundation | W.C.F. Thomas Charitable Trust | Percy Baxter Trust | Equity Trustees | Perpetual | Geelong Give Where You Live Foundation | Geelong Community Foundation
Education Partners
Northern Bay College, Geelong (Wexford, Hendy, Peacock and Tallis campuses) | Our Lady of the Southern Cross Primary School, Wyndham | Eaglehawk Primary School | Willowmavin Primary School | Kinglake Primary School
Community and Agency Partners
Communities that Care, Geelong | Wyndham City Council
Evaluation Partner
Past partners include:
Altona North Primary School | The Angior Family Foundation | Arts Victoria | Australia Council for the Arts | Australian Council for Education | Australian Institute of Social Relations| Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation | Banyule Community Health | Baringhup Primary School | Bayside P-12 College | Benalla P-12 College | Bennelong Foundation | Besen Family Foundation | Campbellfield Heights Primary School | Carisbrook Primary School | Cha Cha Sam | Charles La Trobe College | Collier Charitable Fund | Corpus Christi Primary School, Glenroy | Gandel Philanthropy | Helen Macpherson Smith Trust |Hobsons Bay City Council | Holy Child Primary School, Dallas | Hume City Council | Ian Potter Foundation | IPC Health | Maldon Primary School | Manor Lakes Primary School | Manor Lakes P-12 College | Mitchell Shire Council | Moreland City Council | Newsboys Foundation |Packer Family Foundation | Public Libraries Network Victoria | Relationships Australia | R.E. Ross Trust | Sentinel Foundation | Shepparton Festival | The Smith Family | St Dominics Primary School | St. Joseph’s Primary School, Benalla | St. Pius X Primary School, West Heidelberg | Tarnagulla Primary School | Tomorrow Today Foundation | University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health – The Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program | Wyndham Park Primary School
Honour roll
We honour our very first donor – Sycamore Tree Cafe in Heidelberg, a social enterprise of the Uniting Church – for gifting us $1000 in our very first year. Such a small act of generosity gave us courage to continue asking and gave those we asked confidence that someone else thought we were back-able. We still have the handwritten envelope and cheque. It reminds us that small beginnings are beautiful. And people are wonderful.
