Proud of our past, ready for our future.

2025 Funding Opportunities

(what we need to survive/thrive)

  • Founding Director -$60,000

    Scholarship Coordinator -$50,000

    Community Engagement - $20,000

  • Documentary film - showcasing the case studies of regional workers who make the move to clean energy careers. To be used as a tool for the national energy transformation. Keys advocacy communication using on the ground, systems wide analysis harnessing inspiration and first person experience - $30,000

  • Insurance $1707.1 ($1,308.35 public liability + $398.75 volunteers accident insurance)

    Website domain and design upkeep $500

    Accounting $384

    Printing $400

    Space hire $3000

Projected annual operating costs = $165,991

Funding Details

Hi Neighbour is seeking a co-contributions from our supporters in government, philanthropy and private donations. We need $165,991 to operate in 2025.

Goals

Over the next 3 years we aim to establish;

50 Scholarship case studies of key first in field to transition to renewable training and jobs, for local coal, steel, Indigenous, Female and Youth workers.

5 Community Solar Partners accessing solar energy and directly supporting scholarships

Documentary film showcasing the case studies of regional workers who make the move to clean energy careers. To be used as a tool for the national energy transformation. Keys advocacy communication using on the ground, systems wide analysis harnessing inspiration and first person experience.

Where has our funding come from so far?

2022

Private philanthropic donation $100,000.

The bulk of the donation was used to fund solar investment with community solar partner and local manufacturer Buckaroo.

The remainder of money was used for operational costs in the set up.

2023

Groundswell $40,000 for seed funding. The money was used to support our first scholarship “Electrify Everything” ($20,000) and to pay for scholarship coordinator ($20,000)

World Wildlife Fund -Innovate to Regenerate $50,000 for project funding. The money was used to co-fund solar investment with community Solar Partner Thomas Creative ($30,000). The remainder ($20,000) was directed to our 2nd scholarship “Women In Clean Energy”.

MIM -Music Industry Masters $10,000 The money was directed towards co-funding the Thomas Creative Solar partnership.

2024

Bluescope $5000 the money was used to co-fund the scholarship coordinator contract role.

CANA (Climate Action Network Australia) $5000, the money was used to co-fund the scholarship coordinator contract role.

Supporter donations - $23,084 this money went to co-funding the scholarship coordinator contract role and repaying philanthropic loans for solar investment with Community Solar Partner Thomas Creative.

We deeply appreciate the in-kind support we receive from Arnold Bloch Leibler (legal) and Kearney Group (financial).