Deadline: 30-Apr-24
The NAB Foundation is currently accepting applications for Community Grants program to help communities withstand and recover from natural disasters.
NAB Foundation Community Grants support community-led projects that relate to:
- Training and planning
- Educational workshops, practical and strategic planning that help communities prepare for a natural disaster.
- Community Recovery
- Programs to enhance community connection, resilience and wellbeing post natural disaster.
- Environment and wildlife
- Restoration of damaged vegetation and habitat, and rehabilitation of injured wildlife.
- Equipment and Infrastructure
- Tools, equipment and infrastructure improvements that help communities withstand natural disasters or recover in their aftermath.
Funding Information
- They award $1 million in Community Grants each year.
- NAB Foundation Community Grants of up to $25,000 to fund local projects that help communities prepare for natural disasters, support long-term recovery and build resilience against future disasters.
Eligibility Criteria
- NAB Foundation Community Grants are open to:
- Charities that are registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for Profits Commission (ACNC).
- Social enterprises (not-for-profit and for-profit) or start-ups with social or environmental impact at the core of their business.
- Groups or organisations (not-for-profit and for-profit) that hold an Australian Business Number (ABN) and have a charitable purpose.
- Local government or government-funded facilities (such as a school or childcare centre) seeking funding for a program that furthers charitable purpose.
- Your organisation doesn’t need to have Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status.
- If your organisation is not a registered charity or social enterprise with the ACNC, it must have documentation that demonstrates its charitable purpose.
- Here are some other important points about applying:
- You don’t need to be a NAB customer.
- You don’t need to be a registered charity to apply.
- Your organisation doesn’t need to operate Australia-wide.
- You can apply for a NAB Foundation Community Grant if you’ve successfully applied for grants from other organisations.
- You can only apply for and receive one NAB Foundation Community Grant each calendar year.
Exclusions
- Applications won’t be accepted for the following:
- organisations or programs outside Australia
- organisations that don’t have an ABN or those that don’t hold a charitable purpose
- individual applicants or personal expenses
- programs that don’t align to the categories of the Community Grants program
- activities that may be deemed harmful to the community or the environment
- recurrent costs or continued funding (grants are one-off)
- government entities (with the exception of local government or government-funded facilities such as a school or childcare centre)
- retrospective requests, general fundraising appeals or commercial sponsorships
- business as usual activities, including marketing and fundraising activities
- religious or sectarian education (programs by religion-based organisations that support a non-religious purpose are eligible to apply)
- political support or political organisations
- bequest programs
- Foundations that are grant-making bodies.
For more information, visit NAB Foundation.
