Deadline: 1 June 2020
IMPACT100 Sydney North is a collective giving group providing high impact grants to non-profits in the Greater Sydney region. They are a sub-fund of Australian Communities Foundation. In regular years their grant strategy includes making at least one Primary Grant of $100,000 for a specified project.
In response to the COVID-19 crisis they are modifying their approach for 2020. While their aim remains to provide high impact grants that will make a significant and measurable difference to an under-served cause or population, their intention in 2020 is to help ensure smaller non-profits in community are well placed to continue providing widespread benefits into the future.
Applications are invited that assist “Families, young people and children at risk” in the Greater Sydney region. This encompasses key areas of need including, but not limited to: domestic and family violence, women’s shelters, refugees and asylum seekers, homelessness, poverty, mental health. In 2020 they will particularly focus on non-profits helping vulnerable communities impacted by COVID-19.
Priority will be given to organisations that deliver more widespread benefit.
Funding Information
Funding $50,000 grants (plus as many smaller grants as possible) in order to support more non-profits introducing greater flexibility around what the funds can be spent on shortening timelines to bring granting date forward to August.
Expenditure Guidelines
- They want grant money to target a specific need with specific measurable goals.
- Their plan is for grants of $50,000 (plus smaller grants if possible) and the application is expected to utilise the full amount:
- It is expected the grant funds will be expended within 12 months.
- IMPACT100 Sydney North has a Management Committee made up of donor members which calls for and reviews all applications and makes recommendations for funding to be approved by Australian Communities Foundation as Trustee.
- They have a strong preference for organisations with an operating budget of under $5 million. Applications from organisations with an operating budget over this amount will be accepted at the discretion of the IMPACT100 Sydney North Management Committee.
- Reasons for rejection of proposals will not necessarily be given.
- If your organisation is selected by their members in the review rounds, you will be invited to host a virtual site visit, and if you are selected as a Finalist, give an online presentation to their members.
Ineligible Expenditure
Funding will not be considered for the following expenditure:
- debt reduction or operational deficits
- activities that should be funded by the Government or other relevant bodies
- religious organisations where the grant is intended for the principal benefit of the organisation’s own members or adherents, or where the grant is intended for inherently religious activities
- legal expenses
- general construction, capital campaign or renovation that is unrelated to the grant request
- travel outside Australia.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
- have Income Tax Charity endorsement from the Australian Taxation Office
- have Deductible Gift Recipient Item 1 status
- have been operating for at least 36 months
- operate in the Greater Sydney region.
For more information, visit http://www.impact100sydneynorth.org/2020-covid-19-grants