Deadline: 29-Feb-2024
The Mumbulla Community Foundation is offering grants to improve the economic, environmental, social and cultural wellbeing of people in the Bega Valley Shire.
The Mumbulla Community Foundation raises money to give grants to local charity and not-for-profit organisations for projects that benefit people living in the Bega Valley Shire. The Foundation’s primary objective is to help locally based groups who are providing and/or creating opportunities and services which may not be readily available in the Valley from other sources.
Grant Categories
- The grant pool for this round will be around $60,000, contributed by the Australian Federal Government’s Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Fund and by Global Giving.
- There will be two Annual Grants categories:
- Small Grants awarded for projects up to $2,000.
- Large Grants awarded for projects between $2000 and $9,000
Eligible Projects
- The following types of projects may be considered for funding:
- Workshops, seminars, forums.
- Training, support for volunteers.
- Community education, environmental, and health projects.
- Community resource or information kits.
- Music, theatre, arts or cultural activities or events.
- Local community festivals.
- One-off consultancies for specific purposes, e.g. workshop fees.
- Equipment or facilities purchase or hire. (Preference will be given to the purchase of equipment which may be used by a number of groups).
- Travel expenses other than those covered by the exclusion.
- Simple surveys to evaluate the effectiveness of a group or activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for grant applicants must:
- Be incorporated, have an ABN, be supported, or be auspiced by an organisation that is incorporated and has an ABN.
- Be not-for-profit.
- Be located in the Bega Valley Shire with the exception of those located on the Shire boundaries which provide services to people living in, or with demonstrated cultural connections to, the Shire (e.g., Wallaga Lake).
- Be capable of running the project to completion.
- Not be trading insolvently.
- Be committed to providing significant in-kind contributions and/or voluntary hours.
- Have already obtained Council approval for any project requiring such approval.
- Provide a firm quote for major purchases. For any one item or service within the application is in excess of $2000 at least two quotes are required, where possible.
- Preference (but not absolute preference) will be given to locally based organisations that may not be so readily competitive with external funding bodies. Applications from First Nations groups are strongly encouraged.
Ineligible
- Funding will not be considered for the following projects and/or organisations:
- Vehicles, equipment maintenance, or for the planning and design work required for such projects.
- Major capital equipment.
- On-going salaries for permanent or casual positions created to provide ongoing services.
- Travel expenses which do not contribute directly to the delivery of the aims and objects of the group during the period of the grant.
- Completed projects.
- Sporting bodies.
- Animal welfare organisations.
- Religious or political activities.
For more information, visit Mumbulla Community Foundation.