Deep, positive change takes time. It takes strong partnerships. It takes real involvement. It needs to be owned and shared. The John Villiers Trust is here to support work and ideas that seed long-term meaningful change. We love country Queensland and we believe the future of its communities is in the hands of young people. It’s where great change starts. That’s why we’re out here — for good.
JVT is unlike most charitable organisations. Our unique intermediary approach focusses on connection, providing not just funding but vision, structure, and collaboration. We seek like-minded donors, funders and advisors whose ideas, causes and goals align with ours, to unite resources and invest for long-term transformative change. Through collaboration we’re able to foster change and build powerful relationships in multiple ways and in many locations right across Queensland. And the more we do it, the better it gets — for all of us.
Our Projects
Central Queensland University
Total Overall Funding: $60,000 Multi Year Funding: 3 years
Supporting two students from country Queensland enrolled in Bachelor of Paramedical Sciences.
Outback Futures
Total Overall Funding: $370,907 Multi Year Funding: 3 years
Allied health support for children and young people in Cloncurry and McKinlay Shires.
Fareshare Australia
Total Overall Funding: $258,000 Multi Year Funding: 2 years
Distributed over 10,000 meals per week to families in rural, regional and remote Queensland.
Vanguard – The Tomorrow Project
Total Overall Funding: $150,000 Multi Year Funding: 2 years
Support young people who have experienced long-term unemployment due to mental illnesses.
The Waltzing Matilda Centre
Total Overall Funding: $52,500 Multi Year Funding: 3 years
The John Villiers Outback Art Prize supports emerging artists in country Queensland.
Australia Schools Plus
Total Overall Funding: $450,000 Multi Year Funding: 3 years
Supporting disadvantaged schools in regional Queensland to improve the learning outcomes.
TheatreiNQ
Total Overall Funding: $25,000 Multi Year Funding: 2 years
A program focused on fostering creativity in youth in regional and remote north Queensland.
LiteHaus International
Total Overall Funding: $10,000 One year grant
Capacity-building grant to bridge the digital divide for students in rural, regional and remote Queensland.
Top Blokes Foundation
Total Overall Funding: $282,041 Multi Year Funding: 3 years
Supporting and helping improve the mental health and wellbeing of young men in Toowoomba.
Griffith University
Total Overall Funding: $40,860 One year grant
A pilot project to better understand child wellbeing in Barcaldine and improve outcomes for outback children
White Box Enterprise
Total Overall Funding: $300,000 Three year grant
Employment of Indigenous Co-ordinator to assist Indigenous entrepreneurs to build social businesses
JUTE Theatre
Total Overall Funding: $25,000 One year grant
Taking Dare to Dream to ten Indigenous communities in 2022
Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership
Total Overall Funding: $255,000 Three year grant
To fund a Country Queensland Engagement and Partnerships Lead position in regional Queensland
White Box Enterprise SEWF
Total Overall Funding: $10,000 One year grant
Bursaries to attend the Social Enterprise World Forum 2022
Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
Total Overall Funding: $100,000 Three year grant
Grants to implement ideas developed by youth for youth living in Qld communities.
