Deadline: 30-Apr-23
The Logan City Council is seeking applications for Community Benefit Fund (CBF) is a discretionary fund established to allow Council to meet requests for financial assistance from eligible community organisations for community purposes.
Funding of the Community Benefit Fund
- Council may set aside an appropriation in each new budget for the purpose of meeting emergent requests for financial assistance from eligible community organisations.
- Separate expenditure accounts will be established for the Mayor and each councilor within the Community Services branch budget for this purpose, with funds allocated to each expenditure account in accordance with the annual budget. The allocation adopted by Council in its annual budget must not be exceeded.
- Funding must be allocated in accordance with the Local Government Act 2009, Local Government Regulation 2012, Council’s Grants to Community Organisations Policy and Community Benefit Fund Policy, and this procedure.
- Applications for funding close on 30 April each financial year, or when funds have been exhausted (whichever comes first).
- Funds must be drawn by electronic funds transfer or cheque.
- In the year of a quadrennial election, funds cannot be allocated during the period:
- Starting on 1 January of the year of the election
- Ending at the conclusion of the election.
Funding Information
- Subject to financial results being finalised, the prescribed and total amount budgeted as discretionary funds is $197,724 for the 2022 / 2023 financial year.
Eligible Activities
- Eligible activities are activities, events or projects that demonstrate a ‘community purpose’ as defined in the Community Benefit Fund Policy.
- An eligible activity must demonstrate a direct benefit to the wider Logan community.
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit community organisations
- Primary and Secondary schools
- Neighbourhood Watch groups (approved by the Queensland Police Service)
- Religious institutions
- Parents & Citizens Associations (or equivalent)
- Welfare groups
- Community sporting clubs
- Other community organisations that can demonstrate they meet all of the funding eligibility criteria and can demonstrate the funds will be utilised for a not-for-profit community purpose within the boundaries of Logan City
- Applicants that are based and operate outside of Logan City (where there is a direct benefit that can be demonstrated to the Logan community). These applications will be assessed via a resolution of Council.
For more information, visit CBF.