Australia: My Community Grants

Deadline: 31-May-22

The City of Melville is inviting applications for My Community Grants to empower their communities to be resilient into the future.

Objectives

• The objectives of the program are to:
  • Support community-driven initiatives
  • Contribute to the City's neighborhood and economic hubs by supporting local champions to run projects that activate places
  • Encourage participation in community life
  • Support projects that foster inclusion of the diverse community

Program Focus and Areas of Priority

• The City of Melville welcomes applications for proposals i.e. activities, events, services that:
  • are based in the City of Melville
  • benefit a large and diverse number of people
  • respond to the criteria set out in the Guidelines
  • are aligned to the My Community Grants objectives
  • observe access and inclusion principles
  • create social and cultural or economic value for the community
  • have clear objectives and outcomes
  • have a realistic budget and are cost-effective
  • demonstrate a high level of self-help and involvement of your organization’s members

Themes

• Activate: Building community connections through activating places and supporting creativity in community life
• Thrive: Building capacity and capability for organizational sustainability

Funding Information

• Total funding pool $140,000
• Incorporated groups: $5,000
• Unincorporated groups: $2,000
• Creative professionals: $3,000
• Small businesses: $5,000 (matched funding, financial or in-kind, for businesses looking to activate their local economic hub)

Eligibility Criteria

• Not-for-profit organizations.
• Community groups.
• Small businesses are able to match the City’s funding in cash or in-kind.
• Businesses and creative professionals wishing to make business adaptations due to COVID-19 impacts.
• Artists and creative professionals based in the City of Melville and proposing community-based projects or projects with clear community benefit.
• Applicants with outstanding acquittals to the City of Melville are not eligible.
• Applicants can apply to each category once per year.
• Projects must be based in the City of Melville.
• There can only be one application per project.

• Political parties
• Religious practice
• General donations to charities, unless for specific projects run by the charity and that meet the eligibility criteria
• Government agencies
• Education institutions
• Previous grant recipients who have not fulfilled the conditions of their grant
• Employees or elected members of the City of Melville
• Annual events, unless there is a plan for financial sustainability over a three year period
• Recurrent operating costs
• Proposals that directly contravene Council’s policies.

For more information, visit City of Melville.

For more information, visit https://www.melvillecity.com.au/our-community/grants-scholarships-and-sponsorship/my-community-grants