PROJECTS
The Taylor Foundation partners with grass-roots organisations in developing countries to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing our world. We do this by focussing on education and eradicating the barriers to it.
The impact we’ve made recently:
Supported victims of human trafficking in Vietnam by providing staff, transportation costs, and rent for emergency shelters where victims can start rebuilding their lives
Sponsored 42 children to go to school in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and India
Facilitated the roll out of mentoring programs for school children in South Africa
Assisted 99 women coffee farmers in Rwanda to go through a life changing skills development and life training course enabling them to run their own businesses
Covered the costs of operating a vocational training centre in Tanzania, which provides 30 women with technical and life skills so they can find work and support themselves and their families
Invested in the development of 30 acres of farmland to assist a school in Northern Uganda to feed their students and bring an income into the organisation
Fitted out a birthing unit in Myanmar to provide life-saving care to 3,000 pregnant women
Supported teacher training initiatives in Cambodia to increase the quality of education being delivered
Provided 300 birthing kits for rural women in Uganda
Supported local Early Childhood Development Centres in South Africa to improve the quality of their education and get them to a place where they are self-sufficient
Facilitated 100 hip replacements for critically disabled people in Ethiopia
Supported the development of a new school in the Pacific islands to improve the quality of education being delivered
Supported the humanitarian relief efforts in Turkey/Syria and Ukraine
In addition to the above, we have changed individual lives through: Providing a prosthetic eye for a child in Uganda, given bras and sanitary pad to teenage girls, provided a solar power fridge and freezer for a severely disabled child in rural Uganda with dietary complications.
We have completed hundreds of projects since 2002, some of these are below:
Provided education support and home rebuilding for the pygmy in Congo
Provided university scholarships for refugees in Australia
Built a wheelchair factory social enterprise in Bangladesh
Supported community development projects in Cambodia to improve education outcomes
Facilitated human rights advocacy for Cambodian villages suffering from forced eviction
Provided education and life skills support to teenage girls in Nepal
Supported anti-child exploitation work in Indonesia
Established fish farming operations on the lakes of Haiti to generate income for families to send their children to school.
A sample of our projects can also be found below
OUR APPROACH
APPLY FOR FUNDING
Funding application process
Step 1: Download our 'Concept Note Template' below, complete and forward to hello@taylor-foundation.org
Note: Due to the high number of requests we receive, we will only contact you if you are successful in making the next round
Step 2: Initial meeting arranged with Taylor Foundation staff
Step 3: Invitation to submit a partnership proposal
Step 4: Your proposal will be reviewed by the executive committee. We may require follow up visits and additional due diligence checks.
GIVING CRITERIA
The Taylor Foundation considers partnering with projects that involve:
- Scholarships
- Social enterprise ideas
- Capital investments such as buildings and land purchase (providing correct documentation is in order)
- Organisations without tax deductibility. However, the organisation does need applicable registration as a not-for-profit
- Core organisational costs
The Taylor Foundation does not partner with:
- Organisations with operating budgets over $5 million AUD
- Contributions to volunteer travel, accommodation, tour costs
- Organisations that can not provide accurate financial reporting information
- Organisations that have compulsory faith-based participation for beneficiaries
- Organisations affiliated to political parties
Statement on orphanages:
The Taylor Foundation appreciates the need for orphanages around the world and strongly believes in supporting those who are most vulnerable. However, we also recognise the adverse impacts that are linked to the institutionalisation of children as well as the exploitation that can occur in this area.
With this in mind, we will continue to partner with organisations that have orphanages/children’s homes as part of their intervention process but only if there is a proven track record that identifies the re-integration of children back into their community as a priority and only incorporates institutional residential care as a short-term option of last resort.
While we understand the good intentions behind taking care of orphaned children, we value a long-term preventative approach to serving these children’s needs.
