Deadline: 10-Feb-2025
The Geelong Community Foundation Main Grant Round is now open for applications.
Applicants can apply for grants that support organisational activity, new and existing program delivery, new and existing projects and capacity building initiatives.
Grant Streams
- Applications will be accepted for activities that align with the Foundation’s four grant streams.
- Food and Emergency Support
- Health, Resilience and Connection
- Education and Employment; and
- Environment and Sustainability
Grant Application Options
- Small Grant Applications
- Applications for grants of $1,000 – $15,000 should be completed on the Foundation’s Small Grant Application Form. Applications for small grants require less information than the main grant program.
- Applications for small grants will support one-off activity for a period of one-year only.
- General Grant Applications
- Applications for grants of $15,001- $100,000 should be completed on the Foundation’s General Grant Application Form.
- Please note that only a small number of large grants ($50,000+) and multi-year grants are available.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only one application per organisation can be submitted
- Grant applicants must be endorsed as either a Deductible Gift Recipient 1 (DGR1) or Tax Concession Charity (TCC) or have a confirmed auspice arrangement with an organisation that has either DGR1 or TCC status.
- Grant applicants (or confirmed auspice organisation) must be registered with the Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission (ACNC) with current and up-to-date reporting on the ACNC register.
- Auspice organisations are eligible to auspice one application in addition to their own application
- Organisations that are predominantly funded by state government are ineligible to apply. i.e. public hospitals and public schools.
- The grant application must be for the delivery of an activity within the City of Greater Geelong, Borough of Queenscliffe, Surf Coast Shire and Golden Plains Shire.
For more information, visit Geelong Community Foundation.