Deadline: 25-Nov-22
The Hobsons Bay Community Fund (HBCF) Community Support Grants are now available to support the needs of community-based groups and organisations based in Hobsons Bay that contribute to making our local communities fair, inclusive and vibrant.
Hobsons Bay Community Fund (HBCF) is a perpetual philanthropic fund established to benefit and strengthen the community of Hobsons Bay for present and future generations.
Categories
Grant applications must address a need outlined in one of the Fair, Inclusive and Vibrant categories:
- Fair
- Inclusive
- Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) groups
- Refugees and Asylum Seekers
- Those with a physical or intellectual disability
- Socially marginalised cohorts
- Vibrant
- Physical/mental health and wellbeing
- Positive ageing
- A sustainable environment
- Arts and culture-based engagement
Aims: The HBCF Community Support Grants aim to promote a fair, inclusive and vibrant community and promote a social inclusion and fair and equitable access to community participation.
Funding Information
A total pool of approximately $20,000 will be made available for the HBCF Community Support Grants Round 2022, with grants available from $500 to $3,000.
Funding Conditions
- If your application is successful, you will be required to provide the HBCF with a progress report on your project outcomes within the 12-month grant period.
- If your application is successful, an authorised representative from your group/organisation will be required to complete an HBCF Electronic Funds Transfer authorisation form and return it to the HBCF. This information will then be provided to the Australian Community Foundation (ACF).
- The ACF will provide approved recipients with a letter of offer and once returned, will pay grant monies.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any non-profit, club, group, organisation, community centre, neighbourhood house school and other organisations or groups delivering services or programs within Hobsons Bay.
- Accepting grant applications from for-profit organisations are not generally within their guidelines, but if a for-profit body is seeking to deliver a charitable project or program, for example in partnership with a not-for-profit or community group.
- Community initiatives require the majority of participants to come from Hobsons Bay.
- Applicants will need to clearly demonstrate how their project/program aligns to at least one of the HBCF Community Support Grants’ three categories of Fair, Inclusive and Vibrant.
- Sporting Clubs – applications from sporting clubs will only be considered if the sporting activity is done as an integral part of, or is incidental to, a charitable purpose.
For more information, visit https://hbcommunityfund.org.au/grant-guidelines-applications