CDF Community Fund

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CDF Community Fund

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If you're looking to invest your money for the common good, you can choose from a range of savings and term investments accounts with CDF Community Fund.

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Faith in action

Recently funded projects

catholic development fund St Carlo Acutis Catholic Primary School Wollert, Victoria

St Agatha's Catholic Primary School

Cranbourne, Victoria

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Salesian College

Chadstone, Victoria

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St Augustine Primary School

Creswick, Victoria

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Why CDF?

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From humble beginnings supporting local schools and parishes, today, CDF supports a range of Catholic organisations across a multitude of sectors that impact the broader community at an enormous scale. 

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Did you know the Catholic sector accounts for:

1 in 5 Australian students

30% of Private Hospital Care in Australia

12% of Aged Care in Australia

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Mission Saver Plus

An everyday savings account designed to reward those working within Catholic organisations.

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Mission Saver Student

An account for children and students to help develop good habits and save for the future.

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Mission Saver

A savings account for Parishioners and Individuals to meet savings goals while doing good.

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Term Investment

An account to help boost your savings with a competitive interest rate and terms to suit you.

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Good News Blog

News from across our community

70 Years of Building, Serving and Growing: Celebrating CDF's Anniversary

By Hillaria Juliana • August 19, 2026
In 1956, a priest with a vision and a community with faith came together to solve a problem. Catholic schools across Melbourne were overflowing. Families were growing. Government funding for Catholic education was simply unavailable. And so Fr James Wall, later honoured with the title 'Father of the Funds', established what he called the Schools Provident Fund (SPF): a new way for the Catholic community to pool its resources, invest in its future, and care for one another. The very first school funded through that vision was Sacred Heart Parish Primary School in Preston, Victoria, which opened in 1957 and became an instant success, laying the framework for what would follow. The movement spread across Australia and New Zealand, growing from a solution for Catholic schools into a broader vehicle for funding parishes, hospitals, aged care and social services. Seventy years later, that vision is very much alive.

CDF Catholic Connect Explores Navigating Economic Change with Confidence and Purpose

By Michelle Ross-FitzGerald • August 4, 2026
Catholic agency leaders are being urged to face a world of "brutal realities" with clear purpose, disciplined leadership and hope. At the recent CDF Catholic Connect workshop, leading economist Ivan Calhoun warned that AI, geopolitics, inflation and productivity pressures are reshaping the environment in which Catholic organisations operate. Insights from Leading Catholic Sector Voices Professor Elizabeth Labone – Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Catholic Education Authority (VCEA) Virginia Bourke – Chair, Mercy Health Martin Teulan – Chief Executive Officer, Association of Ministerial Public Juridic Persons (AMPJP) John McClusky – Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Development Fund (CDF) Ivan Colhoun – Independent Economist

Helping Children Feel Safe to Learn with MacKillop Family Services

April 17, 2026
For some children, the classroom can feel overwhelming. Anxiety, trauma, learning challenges or difficult life experiences can make it hard to concentrate, participate or feel safe at school. For these students, reconnecting with learning often requires more than traditional support approaches. Since 2018, MacKillop Family Services’ Paw Pals program has quietly been helping students take meaningful steps forward, one gentle interaction at a time. Through the presence of specially trained therapy dogs and skilled facilitators, Paw Pals creates safe and supportive environments where children can regulate emotions, rebuild trust and re-engage with learning. For the past five years, CDF has proudly partnered with MacKillop Family Services to support the continued growth of this program across schools.
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