Deadline: 31-Mar-25
The Bendigo Bank is now inviting applications for its Community Grants Program.
Focus Areas
- Bendigo Bank’s social purpose focus set its agenda for ‘feeding into prosperity’, from its products and services through to its commitment to creating positive social change.
- Projects may demonstrate outcomes in:
- Animal welfare
- Choice and empowerment
- Community resilience
- Digital
- Disaster recovery
- Environmental
- Financial
- Health
- Housing
- Learning, skills and development
- Safety
- Social cohesion
Ineligible Projects
- They will also not fund projects which:
- Take place outside of Clovelly and surrounding districts
- Break or attempt to change the law, or direct political donations
- Claim retrospective funding – paying for costs already incurred
- Involve gambling
- Exclude or offend any part of the community
- Encourage violence or involve the use of weapons
- Mistreat, exploit, or harm animals
- Create environmental hazards
- Present a danger to public health or safety
- Contribute to modern slavery
- Take place solely outside of Australia
Eligibility Criteria
- You must:
- Be an incorporated community or not-for-profit organisation
- Have a project partner if you are not an incorporated organisation. A project partner is an incorporated community or not-for profit organisation that is willing to enter into the funding agreement on your behalf and help you to deliver the project
- Have a valid Australian bank account
Ineligibility Criteria
- Individuals or unincorporated organisations without an eligible project partner
- For-profit organisations
- Applicant organisations (or partner organisations) with an unsatisfactory result to the Anti Money Laundering/Know Your Customer search.
For more information, visit Bendigo Bank.
