Deadline: 22-Oct-21
The Aurizon is pleased to announce Community Giving Fund that aims to provide cash grants for charitable initiatives and projects aimed to improve the health and wellbeing, community safety, the environment and education in local communities in which Aurizon operates and their employees reside.
Categories
These funding categories are defined as follows:
- Health & Wellbeing
- They seek to provide grants to initiatives that improve a community’s health and wellbeing, such as cardiovascular health related projects e.g. getting active/physical activity or healthy lifestyle programs, and mental health support.
- Community Safety
- They seek to support initiatives that increase safety and security in the local communities, such as projects related to emergency response, crime prevention, natural disaster prevention and minimisation measures, accident prevention and road safety.
- The Environment
- They seek to support initiatives that promote environmental enhancement in the local communities, and in particular, initiatives that are focused on improving biodiversity of natural habitats, community conservation and environmental education (for example, land rehabilitation and revegetation programs, clean-up and education days and local conservation projects).
- Education
- They seek to provide support in areas such as literacy and numeracy, life education, apprenticeships and traineeships, and in particular, increasing and retaining skills in regional areas.
Funding Information
- Aurizon Community Giving Fund grants will be based on a minimum of AUD$1,000 and a maximum of AUD$20,000 per grant.
- Successful applicants of an Aurizon Community Giving Fund grant must spend the final grant amount within 12 months of receipt of the grant.
Note: the final grant amount awarded to a successful applicant may vary from the amount originally requested in its application.
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-profit organisations that hold an approved deductible gift recipient (DGR) status charity (Item 1) from the Australian Tax Office. If you are unsure of your organisation’s tax status, check with your financial advisor and the Australian Government’s ABN Lookup website.
- The Aurizon Community Giving Fund is focused on the broad areas of health and wellbeing, community safety, the environment and education. All applications for an Aurizon Community Giving Fund grant must fit within at least one of these funding categories to be eligible for consideration.
- Cash grants are only available for projects that affect the immediate areas in which Aurizon operates.
- The Aurizon Community Giving Fund is focused on the areas of health and wellbeing, community safety, the environment and education. All applications for an Aurizon Community Giving Fund grant must fit within at least one of these funding categories to be eligible for consideration.
Exclusions
Aurizon Community Giving Fund grants will not be awarded to or for:
- individuals;
- political parties;
- government entities;
- commercial sponsorships;
- religious groups (except for projects that support a non-religious purpose);
- retrospective requests;
- debt retirement, budget deficits, endowments or bequest programs; or
- general fundraising appeals.
For more information, visit https://www.aurizon.com.au/community