Deadline: 15-Jul-22
The Queensland Government has launched an open call for the Gambling Community Benefit Fund (GCBF) to provide services, leisure activities and opportunities for Queensland communities.
GCBF is Queensland's largest one-off community grants program and distributes approximately $60 million each year to not-for-profit community groups.
Funding Priorities
- Applications are prioritized 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.
- Organizations that have received more than $15,000 from the GCBF within the last 2 years
Funding Information
$100,000 disaster recovery round for applicants affected by natural disasters and $35,000 available for all other applications
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for funding your organization must meet the requirements of either a legal entity or a sponsored entity that is not listed as an ineligible organization as determined by them.
- A legal entity can apply for funding in its own right and as a sponsor for other organisations. A sponsored entity requires a legal entity to sponsor its grant application.
- Eligible organizations must register on the GCBF online portal as either a legal entity or sponsored entity and are responsible for reviewing and updating their registration details annually to ensure eligibility is maintained.
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Eligible organizations
- For your organization to be eligible, it must meet the requirements of either a legal entity or a sponsored entity.
- A legal entity:
- Is incorporated or registered under an Act of Parliament
- Has an active ABN
- Has not-for-profit objectives
- Has a bank account in the name of the legal entity
- Must provide a bank verification form stamped by the organization's financial institution.
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A sponsored entity:
- I s unincorporated and not registered under an Act of Parliament
- Has not-for-profit objectives
- Requires a legal entity to sponsor its application
- May be a local ambulance committee, rural fire brigade or State Emergency Service group must be sponsored by their relevant government department.
- They may request other documentation to verify eligibility.
- While schools are not eligible, parents and citizens associations (P&Cs) and parents and friends associations (P&Fs) can apply .
For more information, visit GCBF.
For more information, visit https://www.justice.qld.gov.au/initiatives/community-grants