GIVING opportunity By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Yanni
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tephanie Exton, CEO of charitable organisation Mornington Peninsula Foundation (MPF), quietly goes about working with donors and community partners using a model of place-based philanthropy to bring positive change to people’s lives. MPF funds local initiatives through direct relationships in support of its mission to break the cycle of economic disadvantage on the Peninsula. “When barriers to support systems still exist as evidenced by the persistent levels of disadvantage in particular areas of the Peninsula, we need to explore different approaches and progressive philanthropy gives us the opportunity to do that,” she says. This is why MPF takes a different approach.
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March 2023