Deadline: 8-Aug-25
The City of Boroondara is inviting applications for its Community Services Triennial Grant Program to fund not-for-profit community organisations in delivering services and programs that support the Council’s health and wellbeing priorities.
Grant Categories
- Tier 1: Suited for small or medium scale services and/or programs that address at least 2 priority issues.
- Tier 2: Suited for comprehensive, large-scale service offerings that address most priority issues for multiple target cohorts.
Priorities
- Funding will prioritise services that involve:
- partnerships that address multiple issues and priority groups
- use innovation and local knowledge and evidence to address issues in the Boroondara community.
- This grant seeks to progress the following outcomes for community health and wellbeing priorities:
- improving social connection and loneliness
- reducing psychological distress
- improving food security and community resilience
- reducing the risk of relationship breakdown and family violence
Funding Information
- A total funding pool of $689,853 (exclusive of GST) is available for Year 1 2026-27:
- Tier 1: Funding up to $100,000 per annum
- Tier 2: Funding up to $500,000 per annum
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for the Community Services Triennial Grant funding, applicants must:
- Operate within the City of Boroondara’s local area or be able to demonstrate significant benefits of your services for the area’s residents, workers and/or visitors.
- be a not-for-profit organisation
- be an incorporated entity (For example, a co-operative, incorporated association, company or company limited by guarantee); have an Australian Business Number (ABN), or complete a Statement by Supplier form, or hold an exemption from registration
- hold a public liability insurance policy that Council considers satisfactory not have their own grant-giving program or fundraising program that provides money to finance another organisation’s community initiatives
- have satisfactorily accounted to Council for the expenditure of any previous Council grants (if relevant)
- comply with all applicable laws, including:
- all statutory requirements to maintain their status as an incorporated entity, including all relevant governance, accounting, reporting and auditing requirements
- child safe standards under the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005, for organisations that provide services to minors
- registration or accreditation of professional employees.
- comply with Occupational Health and Safety, safe working practices and WorkSafe recommendations and requirements
- be able to demonstrate the necessary skills, expertise, qualifications, registrations and licensing in the funded area to deliver the funded services.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following will not be funded:
- Individuals and private profit-making organisations
- Organisations or groups that:
- own or operate poker machines
- explicitly promote sports betting
- meet in venues that have gaming machines.
- Funding requests that are considered by Council to be the funding responsibility of other levels of government
- Primary or secondary schools (Council encourages partnerships between schools and community organisations, but the community organisation must be the applicant)
- Registered political parties or organisations that are controlled by a registered political party
- Religious projects or activities seeking to promote the spiritual beliefs of a religious group.
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