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CCT corpus / endowment

Endowing Community Charity Trusts in Victoria for Aboriginal community priorities

Path A funnels capital from a PuAF directly to a CCT (DGR Item 1). The CCT can hold corpus, run programs, or grant on to non-DGR delivery partners. Victorian CCTs declared under the 2025 ministerial declarations include Mornington Peninsula Foundation and Border Trust (Albury-Wodonga). For donors who want to back a regionally-anchored institution that operationalises Aboriginal community priorities, this is the structural pathway.

Need cct corpus / endowment for Indigenous community organisations in Victoria?

Tell us about your project. Roshan reads every submission and comes back within 48 hours.

The instrument

Community Charity Trust corpus (Path A
direct Public Giving Fund distribution)

A Public Giving Fund (formerly PuAF) makes a recoverable grant directly to a CCT (DGR Item 1) which holds corpus and operates programs. Counts toward the 4% minimum.

How it cycles
Why this audience

Why Indigenous community organisations carry this structural problem

Traditional grants flow through DGR-only channels; many community-controlled orgs are non-DGR by design and are blocked from the standard funder set.

DGR profile: Most Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisations are non-DGR — the CCT pathway is the structural fix.

How to apply

From a brief to executed in 4–8 weeks

Step 1
Send a brief
Org name, ABN, region, what you need, rough $ amount, timeline. 5 minutes.
Step 2
Routing recommendation
We come back within 48 hours: which pathway fits, which CCT or Public Giving Fund would be a natural counterparty, and what we'd need to take it further.
Step 3
Legal architecture
We work with you and (where relevant) ABL on the legal structure. Typically 4–8 weeks from first conversation to executed agreement.
Step 4
Capital deploys
Asset is acquired or working capital is advanced. Recovery schedule begins.

Want a worked example for your situation?

Send a short brief and we'll prepare a pathway note within 48 hours.

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Read next
Community Charity Trusts
Full explainer + 37-entity directory of declared CCTs in Australia.
Recyclable charitable capital
The corpus thesis. Three-mechanism explainer of how capital recycles.
Research
IRSA Institute working papers — circulatory economics, governance debt.

This page is general information only — not legal or financial advice. Specific recoverable-grant or CCT structures depend on your organisation's DGR category, the donor's giving vehicle, and the underlying purpose. We work with ABL for legal architecture and the Australian Communities Foundation for trustee services where appropriate.