Deadline: 25-Mar-22
The State Government of Victoria has announced LGBTIQ+ Organisational Development Grants 2022, to support LGBTIQ+ organisations and groups seeking to build their capacity and strengthen their long-term viability.
Objectives
- Organisations and groups funded to deliver activities through this program must demonstrate how they positively affect the lives of Victoria’s diverse LGBTIQ+ communities and intend to deliver against at least one of the following four program objectives:
- Capacity building : Build the knowledge, skills, processes and resources of organisations and their people, equipping staff or volunteers to provide invaluable, inclusive and welcoming services to LGBTIQ+ Victorians.
- Governance : Strengthen organisational governance structures, including the structure of boards, through activities that promote quality internal operations, ensuring organisations are stable, productive and secured to respond to changing LGBTIQ+ community needs, risks and feedback.
- Inclusion and expansion : Improve practices and processes to enable full and meaningful engagement with diverse LGBTIQ+ communities and enable the extension of core operations into regional and rural communities.
- Sustainability: Support forward and strategic planning by LGBTIQ+ organisations and groups to promote long-term viability, including consideration of partnerships with like organisations to collaborate and achieve mutual goals.
Funding Stream
- Stream 1: new or limited experience
- Funding of up to $25,000 is available for eligible organisations that are newly established or have limited experience in supporting LGBTIQ+ communities.
- Organisations under this stream are strongly encouraged to consider activities aligned with capacity building and governance.
- Stream 2 : established and demonstrated experience
- Funding of up to $50,000 is available for eligible organisations with established and demonstrated experience in supporting LGBTIQ+ communities.
- Organisations under this stream are strongly encouraged to consider activities aligned with inclusion and expansion, and sustainability.
Note: While streams are aligned with objectives, this is not prescriptive – applicants are encouraged to address other objectives not linked with the stream.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for funding, your organisation or group must be either:
- a community, not-for-profit or peak community body based in Victoria that is an incorporated legal entity under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) or the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2001 (Vic), or a similar type of organization
- a social enterprise with a clearly stated purpose or mission related specifically to supporting LGBTIQ+ communities. View ‘What is an LGBTIQ+ community organisation or group section for more details.
- And you must:
- Be operating for and across the LGBTIQ+ sector or communities
- Have a current Australian Business Number (ABN), or an auspice with a current ABN
- Have an appropriate level of Public Liability Insurance to cover all aspects of the Program, or an auspice arrangement with this insurance cover
- Not have any overdue deliverables from other grants provided by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing.
- Larger and more established LGBTIQ+ organisations are eligible to apply, acknowledging that they play a vital role in supporting other organisations as they grow and mature. Larger organisations may choose to support smaller organisations by taking on the role of auspice and/or partner.
For more information, visit https://www.vic.gov.au/lgbtiq-organisational-development-grants