Deadline: 15-May-2025
The City of Perth has announced its Community Insurance Grant Program to support local not-for-profit neighborhood groups by reimbursing insurance policy premiums, providing peace of mind for neighborhood group members, volunteers and participants.
Through the Community Insurance Grant program, the City supports not-for-profit neighborhood groups by reimbursing insurance policy premiums, allowing the affordability of insurance and providing peace of mind for neighborhood group members, volunteers and participants.
Funding Information
- Total funding per eligible neighborhood group is limited to a maximum of $5,000 per annum.
- The maximum contribution of grant funding provided by the City is 100% of the total insurance premium costs (within the funding limit of $5,000).
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants are required to meet the following eligibility criteria when applying within the Community Insurance Grant program:
- Be an incorporated not-for-profit within the City of Perth local government area:
- Resident or ratepayer association.
- Neighborhood group.
- Have its members living or working in or adjacent to the neighborhood or suburb it represents.
- Be able to demonstrate a minimum of 12 months previous expenditure on appropriate insurance cover.
- Be able to demonstrate an annual or on-going program of activity which seeks to engage residents and ratepayers.
- Be able to demonstrate that the groups objectives allow for longevity beyond resolution of a single issue or cause.
- Provide a copy of the certificate of incorporation for not-for-profit association.
- Have submitted a grant application prior to purchasing the insurance policy that funding is being requested for.
- Be an incorporated not-for-profit within the City of Perth local government area:
Ineligibility Criteria
- The City will not consider applications from:
- Commonwealth or State Government Departments:
- A political party
- A religious body
- An applicant that the City considers to support, promote or facilitate violence, intolerance or discrimination.
- An employee or elected member of the City, or their immediate family, however this does not include an application from an organization that an employee, elected member or their immediate family member may be part of.
- An applicant that has outstanding debts to the City.
- An applicant who is in legal conflict with the City.
- An applicant that has failed to provide satisfactory acquittal reporting for any previous City funding.
- An applicant that has already received City funding (including in-kind) for the same project within the same financial year.
- An applicant that conducts themselves in a way the City considered to be injurious or prejudicial to the character or interests of the City.
- An applicant who has the option to affiliate to a peak body or state national organization with insurance provisions (i.e. Sporting (clubs).
- An applicant that is not recognized as a City of Perth neighborhoods association or group.
- Commonwealth or State Government Departments:
- The City will not consider applications for the following:
- Projects where the City considers the primary purpose to be political.
- Projects that the City considers denigrate or exclude parts of the community or have an adverse effect on public health, safety, the environment or heritage.
- Projects that request reimbursement of funds already spent.
- Projects that are for debt reduction or operational deficits
- Project legal expenses.
- The City will not support recurrent operational funding, including, but not limited to wages, salaries, or administrative overheads with the exception of eligible insurances under this program.
For more information, visit City of Perth.