Deadline: 15-Sep-22
The Katherine Town Council is inviting applications for its Community Grants Program.
Types of Grants
- Major Events Grants
- Minor Grants
Funding Information
- Major Events Grants: Grants of up to $5000 are available for Major Events in the Katherine Region.
- Minor Grants: Grants of up to $2000 are available to community groups in the Katherine region for capital purchases and general projects.
Eligibility Criteria
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To be eligible, the proposal must:
- Take place within the Katherine Town Council local authority area
- Generally be one-off, as no guarantees of ongoing funding will be made.
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To be eligible, the applicant must:
- Be an incorporated group or organisation or be auspiced by another organisation that is incorporated and able to manage the grant on behalf of the applicant.
- A copy of a Certificate of Incorporation (registration number if certificate unavailable) or equivalent must be supplied.
- Consideration will also be given to purely volunteer groups and individuals.
- Be operating on a non-profit basis.
- Be able to demonstrate effective management skills and be financially accountable.
- Be able to make a reasonable contribution and/or attract other funding or sponsorship to the project.
- Provide details of other sources of funding sought and obtained.
- Provide details of all professionals to be employed on the project or appointed person or committee member.
- Provide a Certificate of Currency for appropriate Public Liability Insurance.
- Provide a summary of the applicants past history of successful grant applications and have completed the acquittal of previous grants
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The program does not fund:
- Organisations that operate for commercial purposes.
- The cost of public liability insurance.
- Organisations that have not satisfactorily acquitted previous grant applications to Council by the due date.
- Projects or events that are run for commercial purposes.
- Ongoing operational or administrative costs.
- Uniforms.
- Retrospectively (i.e. for a project that is completed or already underway).
- Travel and accommodation outside of the Municipality – except where a judge and/or consultant that cannot be found locally – however, must be able to show value adding and upskilling to the community.
- Activities that are the primary responsibility of other funding agencies.
Who Cant Apply?
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The following are not eligible to apply:
- Political organisations.
- Government departments – state or federal.
- For profit groups/commercial organisations.
- Individuals (unless auspiced by an incorporated body).
- Tertiary education institutions.
- Organisations/user groups that currently receive operational funding from Katherine Town Council
For more information, visit Katherine Town Council.
For more information, visit https://www.katherine.nt.gov.au/community/grants/community-grants-program.aspx