Apply for RACQ Foundation Community Grant Program – Australia

Deadline: 30-Jan-2025

Apply now for the RACQ Foundation Community Grant Program.

The RACQ Foundation helps Queensland community groups, charities, organisations, First Nations Councils and clubs impacted by natural disasters.

Categories

• Recovery Grant
• Resilience Grant

Funding Information

• Applications to the RACQ Foundation are expected to be for amounts of up to $25,000 with requests for amounts of up to $50,000 in exceptional circumstances only.

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible for funding, your organisation must meet each of the criteria outlined below:
  • Your organisation must be either:
    • a small to medium community organisation;
    • a charity or other organisation with a charitable purpose; or
    • a Queensland First Nations Shire.
• The project must benefit Queenslanders who have been significantly affected by flood, other weather event or natural disaster or seek to prevent such events from negatively impacting on Queensland communities.
• The project must be completed within 6 months of grant approval.
• The grant must be used to:
  • pay for material items or something tangible; or
  • have a positive community impact; or
  • cover the costs incurred by the organisation in relation to the cleaning and restoration of property with any disaster mitigation works forming a component of the overall grant.

Ineligibility Criteria

• The RACQ Foundation will not consider funding programs for:
  • Political purposes
  • Fundraising events or appeals (for example: charity auctions, dinners).
  • Salaries which are directly related to the project.
  • Sponsorships or scholarships.
  • Expenses that ought to be the primary responsibility of government or projects which duplicate existing local, state and federal government projects or programs (for example: SES and P&C associations).
  • Works that arise because of a poor history or lack of maintenance.
  • Government bodies (excluding Queensland First Nation shires as recognised by Local Government Authority of Queensland).
  • Foundations that are grant making bodies.

For more information, visit RACQ Foundation.