Deadline: 18 June 2020
AMP Foundation is currently accepting applications for the COVID-19 community boost grants worth $2 million to help Australian non-profit organisations build their capacity to support and strengthen communities.
AMP Foundation’s COVID-19 Community Boost grants are designed to support Australian non-profit organisations impacted by the pandemic – either through increased demand for their services or by having to adapt to delivering community support in the new operating environment.
The grants can be used for a wide range of purposes, including funding salaries to backfill volunteer roles, technology to deliver services and connect people, and training to help your people meet the demands of the new operating environment. The grants will support a range of COVID-19 responses – such as meeting increased demand for food and housing security, new approaches to health and wellbeing, and alternative access to education, the arts and technology.
The AMP Foundation takes a strategic approach to philanthropy by forming long-term partnerships with a small group of non-profit organisations. They typically provide support for growth funding, which enables an organisation to grow or replicate a program, or core infrastructure to fund a vital role.
Funding Information
- Eligible non-profits can apply for grants of up to $200,000.
- Funding can be used for a range of COVID-19 response initiatives – including meeting increased demand for food and housing security, providing new approaches to health and well-being as well as alternative access to education, the arts and technology in these challenging times.
- These capacity-building grants can help backfill volunteer roles with paid staff, upgrade technology to service new ways of working, provide staples to those not eligible for government support, and more.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible an organisation must:
- be a non-profit with deductible gift recipient (DGR) status;
- have been operating for at least two years (since June 2018) and provide services in Australia;
- have an annual income (based on their latest audited report) of under $20 million;
- derive less than 70% of its annual income from government sources (local, state and federal).
Note: These grants are not designed to help organisations meet financial solvency obligations.
For more information, visit https://www.amp.com.au/support/COVID-19/amp-foundation-covid-grant