Deadline: 4-May-22
The City of Parramatta Council Social Enterprise Business Planning Grant Program is now open for applications!
Categories
- Assist existing local social enterprises to engage an external professional service that can assist with the ongoing operation and sustainability of the business (such as marketing, web design, and book-keeping)
- Provide funding for existing not-for-profit organisations who are at the concept development stage of a social enterprise project and need assistance in the research, development and writing of a social enterprise business plan.
Characteristics
Social enterprises are defined as having the following characteristics:
- Social, environmental, cultural mission/objectives core to purpose and focus;
- Limited distributions of profits – the majority of profits are reinvested in the enterprise and/or an associated social entity;
- Generation of a social return in addition to a financial return, and commitment to demonstrating this;
- Can have a mixture of capital inputs – the enterprise is supported through a mixture of grant income/subsidised income and trading income, but must trade;
- Favour democratic decision-making structures and seek high levels of accountability to their stakeholders, rather than just to shareholders.
Funding Information
- $40,000 is allocated to the Small Grants Fund and the Social Enterprise Business Planning Grant.
- The maximum funding available in this category is $2,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications must be from an incorporated body or eligible social enterprise structure.
- To be eligible for this grant you will need to provide at least one quote for the professional services you plan to use.
- If using the grant funds to pay internal staff to undertake the business planning research and writing, you will need to clearly identify which staff positions will be undertaking the work and must include a clear breakdown of the relevant staff pay rate/s and the anticipated hours to be worked (both those funded by the grant and those to be paid from another source, if relevant).
For more information, visit City of Parramatta Council.
For more information, visit https://www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/community/grants/community-grants-program/social-enterprise-business-planning-grant