The John Villiers Trust provides grants to projects that aim to improve the lives of children and youth living within rural regional and remote Queensland.

The Trust’s granting is aligned to two key strategic goals;

• Partnerships – Build partnerships and engage in collaborations to leverage our resources.
• Communities – Build strategic relationships with communities founded in our values of respect. integrity, transparency and collaboration.

The John Villiers Trust has implemented a two-stage application process. The first step of which is to submit a brief Expression of Interest form (EOI), and if successful, a more comprehensive Grant Application by invitation.

The Board may, in its discretion, invite organisations to submit an EOI or Grant Application.

EOIs may be lodged at any time.  Those wishing to apply to the Trust under the EOI process must contact the Trust’s office via the Contact Us page on their website to discuss the proposal, eligibility requirements and timeframes.

To be eligible to apply to The John Villiers Trust your organisation must be one of the following categories as defined by the Australian Taxation Office:

• Charity
• Charitable Institution
• Public Benevolent Institution
• Health promotion Charity

AND have Deductible Gift Recipient Status (DGR) under Item 1. We consider that you meet this criteria if your organisation has both DGR status under items 1 & 4.

Further we require eligible applicants to be registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC) and for reporting requirements to the ACNC to be up to date.

• Address: 1H, 24 Macquarie Street Teneriffe 4005 Qld
• Phone: 07 3102 9588
• Email: grants@jvtrust.org.au