Deadline: 31-Oct-22
The Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation is seeking applications for its Grants Program to provide funding for community projects in the Hunter, Central Coast, Central West, Mid North Coast, New England and Northern Rivers areas of NSW.
Focus Areas
- The Charitable Foundation will consider applications from eligible charitable and not-for-profit organisations for important projects, initiatives and programs that address one or more of the following key focus areas:
- Projects that provide improved health outcomes for the most disadvantaged, isolated, and vulnerable in the community
- Projects that deliver improved life outcomes for marginalised and at-risk young people in the community
- Projects that enhance improved social wellbeing for the most disadvantaged or marginalised in the community.
Funding Information
- Foundation grants generally range from $20,000 to $200,000 with an average grant size of approximately $50,000.
Funding Exclusions
- The following requests are not eligible for grant funding:
- General sponsorship and fundraising activities
- Events or commercial activities
- Small contributions to large appeals or large capital projects
- Projects of a political or religious nature
- One-off activities, festivals or events
- Contributions to work that would normally be considered the responsibility of local authorities or government departments
- Requests for recurrent or ongoing wages or personnel costs (non-recurrent personnel costs directly related to project delivery may be accepted)
- Recurrent operational costs such as rent and utilities
- Requests to support individuals
- Organisations which have not met their obligations and responsibilities under previous funding agreements
- Expeditions or travel outside the Charitable Foundation footprint or overseas
- Unsolicited applications for emergency relief and material aid
- Study or attendance at conferences or seminars
- Projects and programs based outside the Hunter, Central Coast, Mid North Coast, Northern Rivers, Central West and New England
- Endowments, memorials, bursaries or named academic chairs.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for funding you must be:
- Endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office as a Type 1 Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR)
- Endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office as a Tax Concession Charity (TCC)
- Registered with the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profit Commission
- A not-for-profit organisation which is charitable at law
- A legal entity such as an incorporated association or corporation.
For more information, visit https://www.newcastlepermanent.com.au/charitable-foundation/funding