Proud of our past, ready for our future.
Funding Details
Hi Neighbour welcomes collaboration and support from aligned government, industry and philanthropy to support our community.
Goals
Continue to support our Awardees on their clean energy journeys
We are here to support our awardees and look forward to future scholarship rounds
Share the Stories far and wide
We will continue to share the inspiring stories of our awardees.
We celebrate real people, from our community, working hard to realise their clean energy dreams.
Develop a meaningful partnership with a clean energy industry partner
We will demonstrate what co-design and collaboration looks like between community and industry when we launch a scholarship round specifically designed tho meet the workforce needs of a local renewables project.
We welcome conversations with aligned industry groups.
Where has our funding come from so far?
We are so grateful for the donations that have come from our supporters.
Some big, some small, all deeply appreciated.
THANK YOU!
2022
Private philanthropic no interest loan of $100,000.
The bulk of the loan 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.
We deeply appreciate the in-kind, ongoing support we receive from Arnold Bloch Leibler (legal) and Kearney Group (financial)
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.
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.