The Melbourne Foundation was established to provide scholarships to Australian children from disadvantaged backgrounds, based on the principle that education provides the best avenue to open opportunity in peoples’ lives. Since 2006, the Foundation has provided fully funded scholarships for secondary school children to attend private school in Melbourne, Victoria. These opportunities have transformed the lives of our scholars and enriched the Australian community, opening the possibility for children to achieve at their full potential. Scholarship recipients are chosen based on an extensive selection process designed to identify those who would most benefit from the opportunities opened through a Foundation Scholarship.