Deadline: 20-Mar-23
The Latrobe City Council is now inviting applications for its Community Sponsorship – Major Grant to provide assistance to community groups for a broad range of community programs, services, and activities.
Funding Information
- Maximum grant amount: One off funding of $20,000
- Triennial Funding: $20,000
- Funding available for a three year period:
- Year 1 $20,000
- Year 2 $20,000
- Year 3 $20,000
Examples of Sponsorship
- Venue hire
- Uniforms
- Major Community Events
- In-kind support – Performing Arts technician labour, lighting & sound hire
What will not be funded?
- General maintenance expenses. This includes the ongoing care of an existing asset E.g. painting, new roof, fence repairs etc
- Sponsorship signage and sponsorship agreements;
- Requests for the purpose of raising funds for other groups. Including fundraising projects with the primary purpose of fund raising for other organisations or individuals;
- Funding for trophies, awards, scholarships, subscriptions, prizes, and honorariums;
- Projects that deliver a religious or party political message where the purpose is to advance the organisation’s religious beliefs, irrespective of what those beliefs or positions might be; Projects or events at venues where there are gaming machines, gambling and betting; unless there is no appropriate alternative venue and the applicant has considered the potential impact to participants;
- Purchase of alcoholic beverages.
- Retrospective costs. This includes reimbursement of costs already incurred and funding for projects which have already taken place or began prior to the application being approved by Council;
- Payment of debts or loans;
- General operating expenses – funding will not cover expenses such as electricity, lease or rent payments, telephone, wages, salaries, project management costs etc. that are ongoing organisational expenses;
- Projects that are only designed for group members to attend and are not designed for the broader community;
- The purchase of land;
- Repair of facilities damaged by vandalism, fire or other natural disasters where the incident should reasonably be expected to be covered by insurance; and
- Applications for projects that engage in activities which promote discrimination, violence or antisocial behaviour.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply, applicants must:
- Be a not-for-profit, properly constituted legal entity or be auspiced by such a body which is able, and willing, to accept legal and financial responsibility for the project;
- Be free of debt to Latrobe City Council and have no outstanding Acquittals from previous Latrobe City Council grant applications;
- Hold appropriate public liability insurance; and
- Be based within the municipality of Latrobe City or provide services or benefits primarily to the Latrobe City Community.
- To be eligible for Triennial sponsorship funding, applicants must demonstrate:
- The sustainability of the event/project by providing a three year budget. Successful sponsorship recipients are expected to be financially self-sufficient by the end of year three.
- The Economic benefit the event will provide to Latrobe City.
- The Community Capacity – Applicants must indicate the number of attendees expected at the event. To be eligible for triennial funding, the number of attendees must be over 2,000.
- Applicants must demonstrate their capacity to deliver a long term event. (3+ years)
For more information, visit Latrobe City Council.