Deadline: 30-Jun-2024
The ActewAGL Community Grants Program is offering grants to local community groups, local not-for-profit and charity organisations.
Established in 2020, the program has delivered funding to over 70 local organisations to directly support the capital region community.
Areas
- They’re committed to providing support across a number of community areas, including:
- innovation
- environmental sustainability
- at-risk and disadvantaged populations (women, elderly, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, LGBTQIA+, homeless etc.)
- community engagement.
Funding Information
- An annual funding round offers eligible organisations the opportunity to apply for funding of up to $20,000 for specific projects that support the capital region community.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for an ActewAGL Community Grant, your organisation must meet the following criteria:
- Be located in the ACT or surrounding NSW region*. Please see NSW region postcodes below.
- Be an ActewAGL electricity and/or gas customer (business or residential).
- Be a local charity or not-for-profit organisation registered with Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) and be classified as a medium-sized organisation (with under $3 million in annual revenue) by the ACNC. Organisations listed as ‘large’ are ineligible for the ActewAGL Community Grants Program.
- Identify a category area for your organisation and propose a targeted program that funds will support (listed above and on the application form).
- Agree to deliver reports on the use of grant funds and be appropriately accommodating to any reasonable requests made by ActewAGL.
- Disclose any involvement of an employee of the ActewAGL Joint Venture (ActewAGL, Evoenergy or Icon Water), with your organisation as a board or high-level member.
- Not be an organisation in direct competition with ActewAGL.
- Not be sponsored by or involved with the competitors.
- Not be a registered political party, sporting club or team.
- Not be engaged in activities which may be detrimental to public health or safety.
- Have honoured any past agreements.
- Have wide community engagement.
- Not have an adverse reputation in relation to discrimination or other matters deemed significant.
- Organisation must not undertake activities that are inappropriate or contrary to the law.
For more information, visit ActewAGL.
