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Central Highlands Regional Council’s Community Grants – Australia

Deadline: 28-Feb-21

The Central Highlands Regional Council is seeking applications for its Community Grants Program to provide assistance to local community group/organisations making positive contributions to the quality of life in the local government area.

Grant Categories

Applications can be submitted in the following categories to the maximum indicated:

  • Community assistance – up to $5000
    • Organisations with community focus, not providing organised sport and recreation activities.
    • The organisations constitutions main objective is to provide community benefit.
  • Sport and recreation assistance – up to $5000
    • Organisations providing organised sport and recreation activities.
    • The organisations constitutions main objective is to provide organised sport and recreation activities.
  • Community improvement – up to $20,000
    • Organisations with a focus to completing aspirations of their community in accordance to the CH2022 community plan.
    • This category is open to both community-focused organisations and sport and recreation organisations.

Funding Restrictions 

The following will not be considered for funding:

  • Ongoing salaries/wages for staff.
  • Recurrent costs associated with day-to-day operations.
  • Retrospective funding – Programs, projects, and/or activities that have commenced or completed prior to acknowledgment of grant outcomes.
  • Items/programs that are the core business of a Government Department, tourism, or economic
    development organizations.
  • Programs, projects, and/or activities that do not involve the Central Highlands Regional Council community.
  • Items of equipment or other expenditure that are personal or of personal gain.
  • Assets Council believe have an unacceptable risk of being damaged, lost, causing injury, or quickly losing value.
  • Freight, travel and accommodation-related costs, merchandise, catering and hospitality, prizes
    and raffles (unless demonstrated essential to program, project or activity).
  • Fundraising events and activities.
  • Insurance costs.
  • Payment of debt.

Eligibility Criteria

Groups/organisations are required to:

  • Have the majority of members of the organisation/group reside in the Central Highlands Regional Council area.
  • Operate predominately within the Central Highlands Regional Council boundaries.
  • Have acquitted any previous Central Highlands Regional Council grant satisfactorily.
  • Be free of debt with Central Highlands Regional Council.
  • Be an incorporated ‘not-for-profit’ organisation or company limited by guarantee that has been endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as a charity, tax-exempt fund or deductable gift recipient. Unincorporated groups are eligible to apply, providing that their application is made through the appropriate incorporated body which supports the program, project or activity.
  • Have relevant public liability insurance cover.
  • Make the facility or resource available to community through membership or other means.
  • Demonstrate a clear need for financial support and show that other avenues of financial support have been explored (e.g. other grant funding).
  • Submit the organisation’s most current financial statement (as submitted to the Office of Fair Trading) or latest treasurer’s report including bank balances covering the previous12 months.
  • Submit a detailed budget for the program, project and/or activity and two (2) quotes from registered businesses, for all items to be funded for the grant (including where possible at least sourced in CHRC boundaries)
  • Provide in-principle support from the landowner or trustee of the land prior to application submission.
  • Sought advice regarding building works and approval prior to application submission (if applicable).

Ineligible Organisations

The following organisations/groups are unable to apply:

  • Political groups.
  • Government agencies.
  • Businesses and commercial organisations.
  • Community organisations operating more than 30 gaming machines.
  • Schools (public or independent) – unless sponsored by eligible community organisation/group.
  • Organisations or groups who were successful in attaining a council grant in the previous round.
  • Organisations whose capital and operating requirements are met directly from Federal or State.
  • Governments or their Departments or from Government-owned corporations unless they demonstrate that there is a clear community need that cannot otherwise be met.
  • Organisations or groups that support discrimination in any form.

For more information, visit http://www.centralhighlands.qld.gov.au/community-support/grants-and-funding/community-grants/

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