Deadline: 31-Oct-21
The City of Ballarat has announced Community Impact Grant Program (CIGP) to build community capacity and strengthens links between community members and groups by funding programs that advance priority areas for both the City of Ballarat and the community.
This supports community groups and organisations to run projects, programs, events and other activities, or to buy needed equipment to promote community outcomes.
Funding Information
- Applicants may apply for funding amounts between $500 and $20,000 (GST exclusive)
- Requests over $10,000 must have a matched cash contribution at a ratio of 2:1 from the applicant organisation (e.g. request for funding of $15,000 matched by $7,500 cash from organisation)
- For allocations over $10,000, half of the grant allocation will be paid on receipt of a signed funding agreement with the remaining half paid on receipt of a satisfactory acquittal report
Activities & Eligible Projects
- Projects funded by the City of Ballarat must provide community benefit. Funding is available for projects that result in the advancement of at least two of the following priority areas:
- Environmental sustainability: Projects that promote environmental sustainability such as the implementation of recycling, reusing and repurposing projects, sustainable gardening programs, and energy and water efficiency programs.
- Healthy, connected & inclusive communities: Projects that encourage community participation, address health priorities, and promote social connectedness. Projects that bring different groups together to achieve joint outcomes. Projects that improve opportunities for inclusion for groups who can sometimes be excluded due to gender, age, cultural background, sexual orientation, financial vulnerability, or disability.
- Promoting community-focused economic outcomes, innovation & resilience: Projects that are innovative, collaborative and promote skills and knowledge sharing. Projects that promote community leadership and resilience.
- Projects and activities must also:
- Be based in the Ballarat municipality and cater primarily to Ballarat residents
- Projects will be given higher priority for selection if they:
- Outline how they will be accessible by people within your target group regardless of gender, age, cultural background, financial status, or ability)
- Use local suppliers for the project delivery
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply for the CIGP, you must be one of the following:
- Local, not-for-profit incorporated organisation, group, or association
- Non-incorporated group that is auspiced by an incorporated group
- Applicant from outside of Ballarat that is working with a local partner organisation – this must be demonstrated with a letter of support outlining the partnership’s nature
- The following are ineligible to apply for the CIGP:
- Schools (unless they are a partner to a project with a local community organisation and can demonstrate broad community benefit)
- Individuals, sole traders, family trusts, public trading trusts
- Government agencies
- For-profit organisations
- Not-for-profit organisations, groups, and associations from areas other than the Ballarat municipality (unless they can demonstrate they are delivering the project with a local partner)
- Organisations, groups, and associations that have not yet finalised previous grant reporting requirements
- Any group already receiving other City of Ballarat financial support where that funding agreement states that they must not receive any further funding from other City of Ballarat areas.
For more information, visit https://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/communitygrants
