Gambling Community Benefit Fund (Australia)

Deadline: 31-Mar-22

The Gambling Community Benefit Fund’s first $100,000 super round (Round 113) is now open. The Gambling Community Benefit Fund (GCBF) is Queensland’s largest one-off community grants program and distributes approximately $60 million each year to not-for-profit community groups. The GCBF allocates funding to these groups to help them provide services, leisure activities and opportunities for Queensland communities.

Priorities

• Applications are prioritised by the committee in this order, where 1 has the highest priority:
  • Items/facilities directly affected, damaged or destroyed by a declared natural disaster in the last 2 years
  • Equipment or facility improvements
  • Buses, cars, caravans, boats, tractors, trailers, large mowers, motorbikes and similar items
  • Community events, training, workshops, festivals, publications and website development
  • Organisations that have received more than $15,000 from the GCBF within the last 2 years.
• Other determining factors
  • These factors also contribute to the committee’s decisions:
    • Financial position of organisation
    • Age of organisation
    • Value for money of the grant
    • Other contributions, financially or in-kind, towards the grant
    • Opportunities for the organisation to generate income
    • Benefits to more than one organisation
    • Number of applications by the legal entity (if sponsoring)
    • Geographical location of organisation and benefit to region
    • Target group being assisted
    • Government priorities identified by the Minister.

Funding Information

• Commencing in 2022, the GCBF funding program will change. There will be 4 funding rounds, with 3 rounds having grants available of up to $35,000 and 1 super round with grants of up to $100,000 available.

Eligibility Criteria

• An application is deemed eligible if:
  • it is submitted by an eligible organisation
  • the sponsored entity (if applicable) is supported by an eligible legal entity
  • it demonstrates that it will benefit Queensland communities
  • multiple quotes have been sourced; the actual quotes are not required to be submitted with the application but may be requested at a later date
  • you are applying for a monument/statue for over $35,000 and your local council is listed as the legal entity on your application.
• They may request additional documentation to confirm eligibility.
  • An application will likewise not be eligible if:
    • it is incomplete
    • information they request is not received by the due date
    • all items requested are ineligible items
    • it is submitted by an ineligible organisation
    • the legal entity has submitted more than one application for the same location (as determined by us)
    • the legal entity sponsoring an application has an overdue application in its own right
    • you are applying for a monument/statue over $35,000 and your local council is not listed as the legal entity on the application.

For more information, visit Queensland Government.

 

 

For more information, visit https://www.justice.qld.gov.au/initiatives/community-grants