Local giving with powerful results
Too many women in our community feel disconnected. The Giving Circle brings women together to build genuine friendships, share their passion for giving back, and create real, lasting change for Cardinia’s women and girls.
Your membership helps to fund real local projects for women and girls, while giving you the chance to connect with like-minded women, to learn and help decide where funding goes.
Choose your membership level and join the Giving Circle.
Connect with other members at events throughout the year.
Vote alongside other members on which local projects receive funding.
Celebrate the real outcomes your collective giving has achieved.
Being part of the Cardinia Women’s Giving Circle means more than supporting a cause. It means being genuinely welcomed into a community.
Alongside real local impact, members build lasting friendships, gain insight into the issues affecting women and girls in Cardinia and have a genuine say in where funding goes each year.
Build genuine friendships with other local women committed to giving back.
Understand the challenges facing women and girls in our community, directly from those working on it.
Share your skills, knowledge or mentorship where it is valued and appreciated.
Vote alongside other members on which local projects receive support.
Every level of membership includes genuine, tangible inclusions. Your involvement is valued and visible at every level of commitment you choose.
*Other Foundation events include ticketed business events only.
$100 annually
Ignite Membership is designed for girls under 18. It opens a pathway into community leadership and philanthropy, and builds a connection to giving that can last a lifetime. Ignite Memberships can also be sponsored by another member through our Pay It Forward offer.
An accessible starting point, because a connection to giving back shouldn’t depend on age or circumstance.
$500 annually
Inspire Membership brings your generosity together with other local women to fund projects that improve the lives of women and girls in Cardinia. It’s an accessible level of membership that still gives you real influence, real connection and a role in creating lasting change.
An accessible way to give collectively, connect with like-minded women and help shape real change for Cardinia.
$1000 annually
As an Impact Member, you’ll make a difference for women and girls across Cardinia, both now and for years to come. Your contribution combines with other members’ to fund local projects, and it helps grow the Women’s Giving Circle’s permanent Named Fund, a lasting resource that will keep giving for generations.
A serious commitment to lasting change, recognised with real access and a real voice in where your support goes.
$3000 annually
Impact Partnership is the highest level of commitment within the Giving Circle. As well as funding lasting change for women and girls across Cardinia, you’ll have the opportunity to sponsor an event, share your own voice from the stage, and have your business or name recognised as a leader in local giving.
This is what leadership in local giving looks like: visible, valued and shaping the future for women and girls in Cardinia.
Not every woman or girl who’d love to join the Giving Circle has the means to do so. That’s where Pay It Forward comes in.
For an additional $100 added to your own membership, you can sponsor an Ignite Membership for someone in our community (a young person or a woman facing financial barriers) giving them the same opportunity to connect, learn and be part of something meaningful. It’s a simple way to make sure cost is never the reason someone misses out on being part of this community.
The future of our community is shaped by those who choose to invest in it. We’d love you to be part of that story.
Send us your questions and we’d be happy to answer.
Sunday 8 November | 1:00PM Beaconhills Golf Club
Join us for the official launch of the Cardinia Community Foundation Women’s Giving Circle, an afternoon designed to celebrate women, connection and the power of giving locally.
Enjoy a beautiful high tea and welcome drink, indulge in a little afternoon fun with raffles and activities, and connect with other women from across our community.
Every event brings members together to connect, share ideas, and celebrate their shared commitment to creating real change for women and girls right here in Cardinia.
As a local business owner and the founder of Stacey Legal, a women-owned commercial law practice, I feel incredibly fortunate to be part of such a supportive community. Since launching the firm, I've experienced firsthand the value of connection, encouragement and people who genuinely want to see others succeed, and joining the Cardinia Women's Giving Circle as a Founding Member felt like a wonderful opportunity to help pay that forward. I'm inspired by the idea that a group of women, each making a contribution, can collectively create meaningful change in the lives of women and girls across our community. I'm excited to be part of an initiative that brings women together, strengthens local connections and creates a lasting impact for future generations.
We believe in being upfront about where your membership goes. A significant share funds real projects right now, an equal share builds a permanent fund for Cardinia’s future. The rest keeps the Giving Circle running, connecting members and shaping where funding goes each year.
Distributed through our annual grants program to projects supporting women and girls across Cardinia.
Grows the Giving Circle’s Named Fund, a lasting resource for future needs and times of crisis.
Funds events and engagement, bringing women together to connect, learn, and help shape local giving.
See the real, local projects women like you have already funded, and the genuine difference you could make as a member.
