Maribyrnong City Council’s 2020 Community Grants Program

Deadline: 03-Aug-20

Applications are now open for the Maribyrnong City Council’s 2020 Community Grants Program.

The Maribyrnong City Council Community Grants Program is designed to support organisations or projects that create social inclusion, help build an intercultural and intergenerational city and engage people from diverse communities of all ages, social and cultural backgrounds to participate in and contribute to community life.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on all in community, the 2020 Community Grants Program is supporting responses that enable community and community organisations to adapt and build resilience.

Priorities 

• Create and innovate to build community connectedness to improve inclusion and wellbeing.
• Organisation/group capacity building to adapt and respond to current and emerging challenges and needs.
• Support volunteering (formal and informal) and community leadership development and opportunities to work in a new context.
• Increase intercultural connections that promote understanding and celebrate diversity.
• Enable community capacity to respond to local needs and maintain participation in community life.

Grant Categories

• Small Grants:
  • Up to $500
  • Small grants support established and emerging groups to respond to community needs or develop a one-off activity. This grant is available to seniors groups who meet on a regular basis and engage the community in social, recreational and other community focused activity.
• Medium Grants
  • Between $501 – $5,000
  • Supports projects that encourage participation and connect people of all ages and diverse cultures across neighbourhoods in new and innovative ways. Activate an idea or issue to promote and celebrate diversity, inclusion, wellbeing and sustainability. All applicants must submit a budget as part of the online application form. Project budgets should be detailed and realistic.
• Large Grants
  • Between $5,001 $15,000
  • Support large scale collaborative projects that respond to a community issue or opportunity. Applicants are encouraged to work in partnership and strengthen capacity, build skills and develop networks. All applicants must submit a project plan (template is part of application) and budget as part of the online application form. Project budgets should be detailed and realistic.

Funding is not limited to implementing a ‘project’ but could be focused on planning, professional development, governance and/or succession planning and training to respond to emerging needs from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications are accepted from:
  • Community groups, agencies or organisations providing services, programs and support to the community of the City of Maribyrnong.
  • Individuals (with appropriate auspice support) to undertake a project that has a clear community benefit as per the guidelines.
  • Non-government agencies receiving funding through State and/or Federal Government
• To be eligible for funding:
  • Be based in the City of Maribyrnong or deliver a project in the City of Maribyrnong and the majority of project participants must be residents of the City of Maribyrnong.
  • Be a not-for-profit agency or constituted body (for example, an incorporated association).
  • Have an Australian Business Number, ABN.

Assessment Criteria

All applications (with the exception of those in the Small Grants category), are assessed based on the following questions:

• What is the proposed activity, and how does it respond to Council Plan objectives?
• How will you engage and collaborate?
• What are the skills and ability of the applicant organisation to deliver the project?
• How does the project meet local needs?
• What is the expected community benefit?