Deadline: 27-Oct-23
The Community Building Partnership program is awarding grants for community infrastructure projects that deliver positive social, environmental and recreational outcomes while also promoting community participation, inclusion and cohesion.
The Premier’s Department manages the program on behalf of the Premier. This program is funded and administered by Department of Communities and Justice.
Grant Value
- Total funding
- $27.9 million
- Up to $300,000 for each NSW electorate
- Individual grant amounts
- $5,000 to $150,000
What projects can you apply for?
- CBP will consider funding requests for projects in NSW involving:
- capital works including construction of new community infrastructure as well as refurbishment, repair and maintenance of existing community infrastructure.
- Capital works are: improvements to the land or building, or freestanding equipment that will be fixed or installed to the land or building
- the purchase of freestanding equipment
- the purchase of vehicle(s) such as cars, buses, trucks, trailers, motorised rescue vehicles including boats and any modifications to existing vehicles
- projects that can be completed by 31 August 2025
- projects with one project location per application only
- an application involving a vehicle must be made separately to a capital works and/or equipment purchase. Your application may be deemed ineligible if you fail to do so.
- Below are examples of projects that are eligible for CBP funding. This is not an exhaustive list of eligible projects. It is designed to give applicants an idea of the type of projects that are eligible to apply for CBP funding.
- Resurfacing of sporting courts – e.g. tennis, netball and basketball court upgrades, drainage, playground equipment installation
- Installation of shade structures – e.g. covered outdoor learning area or refurbishment to courtyard to make an ‘all weather’ area (development consent or exemption may be required)
- Restoration of building – e.g. restoration of stained-glass windows, roof repair, solar panel installation (owner’s consent for Crown Land, development consent and heritage requirements may apply)
- Accessibility improvement – e.g. amenities, kerb ramp
- Kitchen upgrade – e.g. clubhouse kitchen renovation, plumbing, electrical works, purchase of appliances
- Public announcement system – e.g. purchase of sound equipment, electrical works and installation
Who can apply?
- To be eligible to apply for funding, applicants must be one of the following:
- NSW association or non-distributing co-operatives registered with NSW Fair Trading.
- Local Aboriginal Land Councils or Indigenous corporations registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations.
- NSW local councils and their section 355 committees operating under the Local Government Act 1993. Local councils and their section 355 committees are required to provide matched funding to the CBP grant amount awarded.
- not-for-profit entities incorporated under an Act of Parliament.
- trusts that are registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC).
- public companies limited by guarantee.
- To be eligible,
- the application must be submitted through the online system Smarty Grants.
- applicants must have acquitted projects by 27 October 2023, unless they have an active and approved extension in place to complete the project.
- organisations listed on the ACNC Register must have a current and up-to-date record. Any organisation that has not met ongoing obligations to the ACNC will have funding withheld if the project is successful. Any outstanding issues must be resolved before the CBP project completion deadline, or the grant offer may be withdrawn.
- organisations eligible to apply for funding must apply under its own legal name and ABN (if applicable).
- Examples of eligible applicants
- This is not an exhaustive list of eligible applicants. It is designed to give applicants an idea of the type of applicants that are eligible to apply for CBP funding.
- Community group incorporated as a NSW Association – e.g. sporting body, multicultural group, community shed.
- Community group registered as a NSW Co-operative – e.g. country club, childcare co-op, golf club.
- Parents and Citizens Association (P&C Association) incorporated with the Federation of P&C Associations of NSW.
- Aboriginal organisation registered by the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) – e.g. preschool, health and welfare corporation.
- Public companies limited by guarantee.
Ineligible
- Below are examples of applicants that are ineligible for CBP funding. This is not an exhaustive list of ineligible applicants. It is designed to give applicants an idea of the type of applicants that are ineligible to apply for CBP funding.
- Propriety companies and companies limited by shares.
- Individuals or groups of individuals.
- Unincorporated organisations.
- For-profit commercial organisations.
- Organisations with unacquitted CBP2019, CBP2020 or CBP2021 projects by 27 October 2023, unless they have an active and approved extension in place to complete the project
- NSW Government or Australian Government agencies and their entities (including NSW Government schools, local health districts, and public hospitals). These organisations should consider whether there is an incorporated not-for-profit body, such as a P&C Association, hospital auxiliary or incorporated entity that uses Crown Land facilities that may be eligible to apply for funding.
- An eligible organisation applying on behalf of another eligible organization.
For more information, visit NSW Government.
