Deadline: 14-Apr-25
Submissions are now open for the LGBTIQA+ Organisational Development Grants to strengthen Victoria’s LGBTIQA+ communities by supporting LGBTIQA+ organisations and groups to grow their crucial work.
Objectives
- Organisations and groups funded through this program must show the positive impact their organisation’s activities have on Victoria’s LGBTIQA+ communities. The proposed activities must deliver against at least one of the following 5 program objectives.
- Capacity building
- To build organisations and equip their people with:
- knowledge
- skills
- processes
- resources.
- To build organisations and equip their people with:
- Sustainability
- Support strategic planning by LGBTIQA+ organisations and groups. This includes support to form partnerships with similar and aligned organisations, to:
- achieve mutual goals
- promote long-term viability
- reduce reliance on external funding
- increase ongoing capacity.
- Support strategic planning by LGBTIQA+ organisations and groups. This includes support to form partnerships with similar and aligned organisations, to:
- Accessibility and inclusion
- Support LGBTIQA+ organisations to improve inclusive practices that engage diverse and intersectional LGBTIQA+ people. Funding priority is for LGBTIQA+ organisations that focus on working with:
- Aboriginal and First Nations people
- people with disability
- culturally and linguistically diverse people
- faith-based communities
- asexual communities
- trans and gender diverse communities
- intersex people
- LGBTIQA+ people from low socio-economic backgrounds
- seniors and older people
- bi+ communities
- communities in the following areas:
- outer suburban
- peri-urban
- regional
- rural.
- Support LGBTIQA+ organisations to improve inclusive practices that engage diverse and intersectional LGBTIQA+ people. Funding priority is for LGBTIQA+ organisations that focus on working with:
- Expansion
- Enable the growth of core operations into new locations with a focus on regional and rural communities.
- Improve processes to support meaningful engagement with diverse and intersectional LGBTIQA+ communities.
- Governance
- Strengthen organisational governance to make sure organisations are stable and secure to respond to the needs of LGBTIQA+ communities. This includes formalising the structure of a board or management committee.
- Capacity building
Funding Information
- The total available funding is $400,000.
- Funding is available under 2 streams:
- Stream 1: Grants of up to $20,000 for new organisations
- Stream 2: Grants of up to $40,000 for established organisations.
Eligible Activities
- The following are examples of activities that the program could fund:
- develop plans, for example:
- strategic
- business
- marketing
- fundraising
- develop and deliver engagement plans across diverse LGBTIQA+ communities
- identify new income streams to increase business growth
- develop or deliver community engagement plans and strategies (including online delivery), in the following areas:
- regional
- rural
- peri-urban
- cross-border
- outer suburban
- advice from consultants or subject matter experts, such as:
- legal
- business
- financial
- fundraising
- undertake research with practical applications to benefit Victoria’s LGBTIQA+ communities
- employment of fixed-term contract staff engaged to deliver the proposed project (see note below)
- create or strengthen partnerships to leverage resources and opportunities with other organisations
- training and development of staff, volunteers and board members. This training must directly benefit the organisation and improve knowledge. It may include:
- organisational planning
- policy review
- governance
- leadership and management
- financial management
- fundraising
- volunteer management
- marketing
- social media
- website development
- Advertising
- develop plans, for example:
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply for this funding program, 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 equivalent legislation in a neighbouring state) or
- a similar type of organisation
- social enterprise with a clearly stated purpose or mission related specifically to supporting LGBTIQA+ communities.
- community, not-for-profit or peak community body based in Victoria that is an incorporated legal entity under:
- You must also:
- be operating for and across the LGBTIQA+ sector or communities
- be an organisation with limited experience (for stream 1) or established experience (for stream 2) in supporting LGBTIQA+ people and 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
- have no overdue reporting from other grants provided by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH).
- The department will prioritise applications from LGBTIQA+ community organisations and groups.
Who cannot apply?
- The following cannot apply for these grants:
- sole traders or individuals (including sole traders or individuals with an auspice)
- state and federal government departments and agencies
- trusts
- local government authorities (LGAs) including:
- LGA-managed, operated, administered and regulated trusts
- registered primary and secondary schools
- preschools
- TAFE institutes
- universities
- applicants with overdue or outstanding reports from previous or current Victorian government grants.
For more information, visit Government of Victoria.
