The Victorian Veterans Fund was established under the Veterans Act. Revenue for the Veterans Fund for one financial year comes from the Victorian Government’s Community Support Fund and is equal to one day’s revenue of the Community Support Fund.
Grants of up to $30,000 (excluding GST) are available for projects honouring or commemorating veterans’ service or educating Victorians about veterans’ contributions. In 2023–24 grants totalling $456,703.88 were approved for 27 projects. Funds were distributed under the Victoria Remembers Grant Program. Table 2 details the grant recipients.
Table 2: Victorian Veterans Fund 2023–24 approved grants
| Organisation | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Ararat Legacy Inc | 2024 Project Remembrance – Legacy in Schools Program | $4,072 |
| ATOMVic | Victorian Schools Remember | $30,000 |
| Australian Aircraft Restoration Group | Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force & Their Contributions to the War Effort | $3,855.88 |
| Australians with Serbs Association Inc. | By Far Kaymakchalan documentary | $29,000 |
| Battle of Crete & Greece Commemorative Council of Victoria Auspice: Cretan Federation of Victoria | 2024 Battle of Crete & Greece commemorations | $15,000 |
| Borough of Queenscliffe | Anzac Day commemorative services | $23,528 |
| Committee 4 Warrenheip Inc | Warrenheip War Memorial | $3,836 |
| GLAAS Inc | A Memory in Light: Podcast On Vietnam Veterans’ Commemorative Walk, Seymour | $22,000 |
| Hawthorn RSL Sub-Branch | Anzac Day 2024 | $10,000 |
| Hawthorn RSL Sub-Branch | Hawthorn RSL – Acknowledging those who served | $19,000 |
| Hawthorn RSL Sub-Branch | Remembrance Day 2024 | $8,500 |
| History Teachers’ Association of Victoria | History classroom resources – Significant places of World War I | $25,000 |
| HOUSE OF JT PTY. LTD. Auspice: Lara RSL Sub-Branch | Of Service | $30,000 |
| Inverloch RSL Sub-Branch | Inverloch RSL & Legacy Commemorative Garden | $6,580 |
| Katipunan Australia, Inc | Commemoration of Battle of Leyte (Philippines) Gulf in World War II (1944) | $20,000 |
| Mt Macedon Anzac Day Dawn Service Incorporated | 2024 Mt Macedon Anzac Day Dawn Service | $18,909 |
| Oakleigh Carnegie RSL Sub-Branch | Oakleigh Carnegie RSL Anzac Dawn Service 2024 and Remembrance Sunday 2024 | $1,830 |
| Residents of Castlefield Auspice: Sandringham and District Historical Society Inc | Castlefield Centenary Project | $30,000 |
| Rotary Club of Manningham City Inc | Schools Anzac Service for April 2024 | $5,534 |
| Shrine of Remembrance | National War Memorial Design Competition Exhibition (working title) | $30,000 |
| St John’s Primary School, Euroa | St John’s School Remembrance Project | $3,570 |
| This Story Australia Ltd. | Williamstown Veterans | $28,750 |
| Toongabbie Township Group Auspice: Toongabbie Recreation Reserves Committee Inc. | Toongabbie Cenotaph | $30,000 |
| Torquay RSL Sub-Branch | Anzac Day 2024 | $15,000 |
| Totally & Permanently Incapacitated (TPI) Ex Servicemen & Women – Geelong Welfare and Social Club | Design work for TPI Veterans Memorial Gardens Complex | $10,000 |
| Totally & Permanently Incapacitated Ex-Servicemen & Women’s Association of Victoria Inc | Remembering Pozieres | $30,000 |
| Yarra Glen RSL Auspice: Vietnam Veterans Outer Eastern Melbourne, Inc | Erection of Yarra Glen Vietnam Veterans Memorial | $2,740 |
2023-24 funded projects total
Total Victorian Veterans Fund: 456,703.88
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