The Exodus Foundation was founded by Reverend Bill Crews, Superintendent of the Uniting church Ashfield Parish Mission, in 1989. It exists to provide quality welfare, healthcare and education services to the needy.

The Loaves and Fishes Restaurant, is a soup kitchen which provides 800 free meals a day to our clients. It is a venue which allows us to engage clients and stream them to services appropriate to their immediate needs, with a view to integrating them back into mainstream society.

At Exodus, we are trying to break the poverty cycle. That is why we run the MULTiLit  (Making Up for Lost Time in Literacy) and MiniLit programs for primary school children. The MULTiLit  program caters for children in years 5 & 6, who have slipped behind in their literacy skill, in some cases by 4 years. In six months the intensive course brings many of them up to par with their peers, allowing them to  achieve their learning potential in mainstream schooling.

MiniLit, "Meeting Initial Needs in Literacy" is a similar program designed for children in years 1 to 3.

Our last chance Youth Program, for teenagers aged 15 to 19, teaches living skills, and facilitates year 10 for youths that through circumstances beyond their control, have not been able to achieve at school. The Youth program runs over two years, and produces people who are employable and equipped to choose a path for life.

The Exodus Foundation also has a small scale disaster relief operation for emergencies in Australia and overseas. We also facilitate educational opportunities in Asia and are looking to do the same in South Africa and Zimbabwe.