Deadline: 4-Oct-20
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) & Sydney is pleased to announce the Mardi Gras Community Grants Program to support LGBTIQ+ community beyond the Mardi Gras festivities.
The grants provide financial funding for a wide range of purposes including education and training, community development and creation, arts and culture – anything under the rainbow.
Categories
Funding will be broadly given to projects in the following categories:
- Education and training
- Creation, arts and culture
- Community development (including sporting groups)
- Independent category submissions
Funding Information
- In partnership with Sydney Mardi Gras, they are awarding grants of $2,500, $5,000, $7,500 or $10,000 to LGBTIQ+ not-for-profit community organisations, charities and individuals doing work to help support Australian LGBTIQ+ communities.
Grants Will Not Support
- Commercial business activity
- Government organisations
- Administration expenses
- Mardi Gras Parade Float creation
Eligibility Criteria
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Applications are open to groups, entities or individuals that are part of or associated with the Australian LGBTQI community, and whose initiatives are for the benefit of the LGBTQI community (‘Eligible Entrant’).
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Applicants must be a minimum of 18 years.
- Australian residents, not for profit organisations, community groups and individuals whose project is of benefit to one or all of the LGBTIQ+ communities.
Ineligible
An entrant will not be eligible to win a grant if the entrant is:
- a commercial business activity;
- a government organisation;
- seeking a grant to cover administration expenses; or
- seeking a grant to fund a Mardi Gras float creation.
Review and Assessment Criteria
A panel of the Promoters’ appointed judges will review all applications that are eligible for consideration based on the following factors:
- Application Factors:
- Benefit that the project brings to the LGBTQI+ community
- Creativeness and ingenuity of the project
- Demonstrated capacity for the applicant to deliver the project
- Demonstrated budgeting and project planning
- Environmental Factors:
- Ensuring grants are distributed equitably across the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex communities
- Ensuring grants are distributed equitably across a range of locations in Australia
- Ensuring grants are distributed across a diverse range of projects from the applicant pool.
The judges will assess the merits of each application in their discretion and will ultimately determine any successful applications, in whole or in part. Winning applications will be selected at the discretion of the panel of appointed judges.
For more information, visit https://communitygrants.anz.com/mardi-gras-grants
