Deadline: 30-Jul-25
The Expand Together Grants provide one-off funding to eligible multicultural organisations to purchase equipment, extend or build community facilities for use by South Australia’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
The Expand Together Grants aim to ensure there are necessary facilities and equipment for community members to come together, access the services and programs they need, and connect with the wider local community network.
Funding Information
- Expand Together Grants of up to $100,000 are available to multicultural organisations for projects to be delivered over 12 months.
- There are four categories under the Expand Together Grants:
- Equipment Grant up to $50,000
- Infrastructure Grant up to $50,000
- Equipment Grant between $50,001 – $100,000
- Infrastructure Grant between $50,001 – $100,000
- There are matched funding requirements for applicants requesting more than $50,000.
Expected Output
- The Expand Together Grants invest in multicultural organisations to achieve one or more of the following outcomes:
- increase the use and access of community facilities and equipment by culturally and linguistically diverse communities to support participation in activities, and the delivery of services, to meet community need
- support new and emerging communities who may have difficulties in accessing community infrastructure and equipment readily, and foster partnerships (financial or non-financial) between culturally and linguistically diverse communities through shared use of facilities and equipment.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for funding, multicultural organisations must:
- be non-government, not-for-profit and
- incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1985, or
- an Australian Public Company Limited by Guarantee under the Corporations Act 2001,
- a Statutory Authority established through an Act,
- registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission with a comparable legal status
- have a registered Australian Business Number (ABN)
- provide satisfactory evidence that their core purpose is to deliver initiatives, services or support for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in South Australia
- be South Australian based.
- be non-government, not-for-profit and
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following are ineligible for funding:
- successful recipients of the Expand Together Grants 2025-26 (Round 1) will not be eligible for Expand Together Grants 2025-26 (Round 2).
- non-multicultural organisations
- organisations that have outstanding obligations for previously awarded grants
- educational institutions or related representative bodies, e.g. schools and/or their parents’ associations, universities and for-profit childcare centres
- individuals or organisations applying on behalf of an individual
- for-profit organisations or private companies
- Commonwealth, state or local government departments and agencies
- organisations that have been incorporated for less than one year
- unincorporated Associations.
For more information, visit Government of South Australia.
