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MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
Counting our blessings As we approach the end of another year, feeling exhausted and expectantly looking to 2022 as a ‘more normal’ year, I am thrilled to share with you the work we have undertaken here at The Ian Potter Foundation over the last half of 2021. This work, on the part of my program management team and the Board members, is evidenced by the variety of grants approved at the December Board meeting. These include three Major Grants directed to ‘capacity building’ – providing general operating support funding for an organisation’s growth and development. These three outstanding organisations will each benefit from a $2.5 million, 5-year Major Grant that will fund expenditure prioritised by each organisation as part of its comprehensive strategic plan, prepared by its management team, that aspires to amplify its impact in a meaningful and sustainable way. Moving forward, the Board has agreed to no longer advertise nominated focus areas for Major Grants. Major Grants will remain ‘by invitation’ only – prospective applicants can not apply for a Major Grant without first being invited to do so. In determining which major