Deadline: 31-Jul-24
The Sundale Community Foundation offers an opportunity for organisations providing service delivery within Nambour and its surrounding areas to apply for a grant.
The Mission of the Sundale Community Foundation (SCF) is to extend the charitable influence of Sundale through a financial grants support program for those in need in Nambour and its Environs (“Mission”)
Funding Information
- Funding from $1,000.00 to $10,000.00 will be made through a single competitive grant process which will open from 1st June and close on 31 July each year.
- The maximum grant will be: $10,000
Timeframe
- The project must start within sixty (60) days of receiving the Grant and must be completed within twelve (12) months of receiving the Grant unless in exceptional circumstances a longer period up to a maximum of three (3) years has been allowed to complete the project.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be considered for a grant, the Applicant will need to demonstrate how the project will be fulfilled and how it directly supports SCF’s Mission and satisfies one or more of the following Eligibility Criteria applicable in Nambour and its Environs, namely:
- Improved outcomes for:
- People who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
- Children and young people (0 – 18 years).
- Indigenous Australians.
- Racial and ethnic minorities.
- People experiencing mental illness.
- People experiencing chronic health conditions.
- People experiencing disability
- Other groups in need e.g. domestic and family violence.
- People who are disadvantaged/low income.
- Improved outcomes for:
- Eligible Applicants
- Community groups will need to meet the following criteria to be considered for a grant:
- The group must operate within the Nambour and environs or can demonstrate that their initiative directly supports the residents of these areas.
- The initiative is:
- Not fully funded by another organisation or government agency.
- Meeting a community need within SCF ‘causes they support’
- Covered by appropriate insurances for undertaking the initiative or activity.
- Be committed to providing in-kind contributions and/or voluntary hours.
- The applicant must be a legal entity in Australia with a current Australian Business Number (ABN) and must fall into one or more of the following categories:
- A not-for-profit community organisation.
- A registered charity with the Australian Tax Office (ATO).
- Endorsed by the ATO as a deductible Gift Recipient.
- Educational Institutions.
- Community groups will need to meet the following criteria to be considered for a grant:
Ineligible
- Applicants that Sundale Community Foundation will not support
- For-profit organisations.
- Government entities
- Applicants that do not have enough revenue to cover their operating costs and all debts as they fall due
- Applicants that have received a Sundale Foundation Grant in the past and who have not acquitted these funds.
For more information, visit Sundale Community Foundation.