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Substation33

Proven outcomescertifiedSocial Enterprise
ABN 58239250649|Kingston, QLD 4114|www.substation33.com.au
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State
QLD
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About

Delivered $36K across 2 government contracts for 1 buyer.

Substation33 is a Youth and Family Services social enterprise based in the Brisbane suburb of Kingston. Substation33 opened its doors in January 2013 as an electronic waste recycling centre, providing a workplace where volunteers and employees gain confidence and skills for the transition to sustainable employment. Its purpose is to provide training and employment opportunities through the recycling of electronic waste. More recently, Substation33 has started an Innovation Lab and has designed and developed a number of products for commercial, social and educational purposes. These included Flooded Road Smart Warning Signs, Electric ?e-bikes?, 3D printers, a vertical garden monitoring system, to name just a few. These projects provide an opportunity for up-cycling and e-waste diversion from land-fill, which has environmental benefits, and skills development and transfer between professional mentors and volunteers, students and people seeking to return to the workforce, which provides social and economic benefits to the community. Products and services include Waste Management & Landfill. Primary beneficiaries include Long Term Unemployed People. Social Traders status: Certification Expired. Membership: Connections Membership.

Registered Charity

This social enterprise is also a registered charity with the ACNC:

YFS Ltd
ABN 58239250649

Delivery Evidence

Govt Contracts
2
Total Value
$36K
Buyers
1
Largest Contracts
Business services - Management contractors and consultantsDoE, 2019
$18K
Business services - Management contractors and consultantsDoE, 2019
$18K

Source: AusTender public contract notices. Values can include amendments and may not equal cash paid in a single year.

Program Evidence

Programs this organisation runs that the Australian Living Map of Alternatives (ALMA) has documented — with the cited studies and measured outcomes behind them. ALMA's evidence assessment, linked by ABN; not a CivicGraph endorsement.

Programs
3
Cited Studies
8
Measured Outcomes
1
YFS Logan
Wraparound Support
4 cited studies
ALMA assessment: Untested (theory/pilot stage)verified
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Cited Evidence
Policy analysis
Effect: Not measured2024YFS Ltd

This is a formal submission by YFS Ltd to the Department of Social Services. The document likely contains organizational perspectives, service delivery information, and potentially evidence about YFS programs including their Logan-based services. As a redacted submission, it may

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Program evaluation
Effect: Not measured2023YFS

This appears to be an evaluation summary document for YFS's RESOLVE program. The document likely contains evidence and learning outcomes from the program's implementation. Without access to the full content, specific findings cannot be determined, but the document title suggests

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Program evaluation
Effect: Not measuredYFS

Youthlink works with young people aged 12-21 years from Logan and Redlands areas who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and not engaged in school. The program targets vulnerable youth with multiple risk factors including housing instability and educational disengagement.

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Policy analysis
Effect: Not measuredYFS

This is a parliamentary submission by YFS to the Queensland Youth Justice Reform Select Committee. The document likely contains YFS's evidence-based perspectives on youth justice issues, potentially including data and outcomes from their Logan-based wraparound support services. S

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YouthLink
Wraparound Support
3 cited studies
ALMA assessment: Untested (theory/pilot stage)verified
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Cited Evidence
Program evaluation
Effect: Not measuredYFS

Youthlink works with young people aged 12-21 years from Logan and Redlands areas who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and not engaged in school. The program targets vulnerable youth with multiple risk factors including housing instability and educational disengagement.

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Program evaluation
Effect: Not measuredJesuit Social Services

The Link Youth Justice Housing program provides an alternative housing model to young people aged 16-22 who have involvement with the criminal justice system. The program appears to offer wraparound support combining housing stability with justice system involvement, though speci

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Program evaluation
Effect: Not measuredYouthLink

YouthLink provides services to young people in a safe, non-judgmental and youth-friendly environment, supporting them in determining their own futures. The organization appears to offer wraparound support services, though specific evidence of outcomes is not provided in the snipp

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Queensland Youth and Families Support Services (QYFSS)
Wraparound Support
1 cited study1 measured outcome
ALMA assessment: Promising (community-endorsed, emerging evidence)verified
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Cited Evidence
Program evaluation · Meta-analysis of 47 Australian mentoring programs
Effect: Large positive2023Australian Institute of Criminology

Mentoring programs reduce reoffending by 20-40% when sustained for 6+ months. Cultural mentoring (Indigenous-specific) shows stronger effects (35-45% reduction). Key success factors: mentor consistency, cultural matching, family engagement.

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Measured Outcomes
Family connection

Family satisfaction surveys conducted pre/post intervention

Source: Australian Living Map of Alternatives (ALMA), a curated evidence base of community programs. Programs are linked to this organisation by ABN; a program may be delivered by another part of the organisation.

Grant Funding

$76.8Macross 180 tracked grants (2012-13–2024-25)
Specialist Supplies and Services — 2020-21 · community_services
$5.6M
Specialised Services and Support — 2022-23 · community_services
$4.2M
Specialised Services and Support — 2022-23 · community_services
$3.5M
Young People — 2022-23 · community_services
$2.0M
Young People — 2021-22 · youth_justice
$1.9M

Source: public funding datasets tracked by CivicGraph. Coverage is partial — this is a floor, not a total.

Financial Health

A capacity signal from this charity's latest public ACNC filing — to show where a buyer or funder might offer multi-year or capacity support, not to rank organisations. Not a CivicGraph assessment of the organisation.

Financially resilientACNC AIS · FY2023

Latest ACNC filing shows reserves and a balanced result — well-placed to deliver.

Income FY23
$21.2M
Surplus / deficit
+$684K
Reserves runway
7.1 mo
Liquidity (current ratio)
1.38
Government-revenue concentrated

Source: ACNC Annual Information Statement, FY2023 · Large charity · 80% of income from government. A point-in-time regulatory snapshot — figures can lag a year and a single filing is not a full picture of an organisation's health. Liquidity is shown only where a balance sheet was filed.

Open Funding Matches

For this enterprise — open grants it could apply for. Not part of buyer due diligence.

SEQ City Deal — SEQ Innovation Economy Fund — DETSI · closes 25 June 2026enterprise
to $5.2M
Advance Queensland — Female Founders Co-Investment Fund — DETSI · closes 30 June 2026enterprise
to $200K
Back to Work Jobseeker Support — DTET · closes 30 June 2026enterprise
IMove — iMove Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) — DTMR · closes 30 June 2026enterprise
to $150K
Secure Communities Partnership Program — Round 2 - Small Business — DCSODSFB · closes 30 June 2026enterprise
to $20K
Wheelchair Accessible Taxi Sustainability Funding — DTMR · closes 30 June 2026enterprise
to $55K

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Sectors

Geographic Focus
QLDKingston

Place Context

LGABrisbane
RemotenessMajor Cities of Australia
SEIFA Decile3/10

Verification

certified

Social Traders certified

Tier reflects the strength of external verification, not how “social” an enterprise is. Marks belong to their issuing bodies. Checked June 2026.

Data Sources

Social Traders(June 2026)
Enriched: 12 March 2026(high)
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