Dreams for a Better World: Seeking Applications for Business Grants

Deadline: 19 August 2018

Are you a small business owner or social-change maker with a dream to make a positive change in your local community? Make that dream a reality with a small business grant from Sunsuper’s Dreams for a Better World.

Dream big and applicants could receive a grant to help their business address local issues like housing affordability, unemployment, sustainability, mental health issues or even help boost their local economy. As long as applicants’ dream has a direct positive impact on an Australian community the foundation wants to hear from them.

Applicants have a chance to receive up to $15,000 and help fund a project or innovative solution that tackles a social issue in their local community.

Eligibility Criteria

If Applicants qualify, their dreams must aim to tackle a local or social issue in Australian communities, and the business receiving the grant must also be:
- a registered Australian business
- based in Australia with funds being spent in Australia
- a small to medium sized business with less than 200 employees
- able to be undertaken in the next 12 months
If a dream is shortlisted (top 10), the business owner will be asked to provide the following documents by 24 August 2018
- ABN
- Registered Business Address
- Office address (if different from registered business address)
- Letter signed by an accountant to verify
  - The entrant is small to medium sized business and has between 5 and 200 employees
  - The small or medium sized business has been trading for 18 months prior to 5 March 2018
  - Last Financial Year Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT)
  - Previous year net cash flow
  - Latest balance sheet
  - Projections of the Profit + Loss and the cash flow (high level) for the next 3-5 years