Cultural Matters

The founders provided significant personal and financial support to the Victorian Government in its Multiculturalism Program.

The Foundation also support various Universities with their educational and research programs for a number of specific areas including scholarships and research funds.

The Foundation will support the Italian Community in Melbourne in its pursuit of maintaining and continuing Italian cultural links with Italian values and the like for expatriate and Immigrant Italians in Australia.

The Foundation will also support major cultural institutions including the Libraries, Museums and Galleries as well as the National Trust of Australia in their pursuits for the preservation of Australian and Victorian heritage.

The Grollo Ruzzene Foundation will also provide financial and technical support for the restoration and preservation of a number of historic churches in Metropolitan Melbourne, whose continued existence provides major framework for the religious part of Australian culture in the 21st century.