Open Call for HBCF Grant Program – Australia

Deadline: 30-Jun-23

The Hobsons Bay Community Fund (HBCF) is seeking applications for its Grant Program to ‘benefit and strengthen the community of Hobsons Bay for present and future generations’ has never felt more meaningful than right now.

Types of Grants

• Community Support Grants
  • HBCF Community Support Grants are available to support the needs of community-based groups and organisations based in Hobsons Bay that contribute to making the local communities fair, inclusive and vibrant.
  • Grant applications of between $500 and $3,000 must address a need outlined in one of the Fair, Inclusive and Vibrant categories outlined below.
    • Fair
      • Access to food and housing security
      • Equal opportunities for youth in education and employment
      • Emergency Aid
    • Inclusive
      • Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) groups
      • Refugees and Asylum Seekers
      • Those with a physical or intellectual disability
      • Socially marginalised cohorts
    • Vibrant
      • Physical/mental health and wellbeing
      • Positive ageing
      • A sustainable environment
      • Arts and culture-based engagement
• Impact Grants Program
  • Grant applications of between $3,000 and $10,000 must address a need outlined in one or more of the four priority areas identified.
    • Youth Mental Health, with a focus on:
      • Projects that provide a safe/culturally inclusive entry point to the mental health system Prevention/early interventions/resilience and coping skills building activities with young people.
    • Family violence and its impact on women and children, with a focus on:
      • Emergency support and other immediate needs for victims of violence Capacity building training.
    • Building and enabling digital literacy for the older people, with a focus on:
      • Projects that empower and expand people’s access and understanding of digital literacy.
    • Helping generate employment for the unemployed, especially women and youth, with a focus on:
      • Innovative approaches to ‘job ready’ programs that have a demonstrated pathway to employment
      • Projects that generate employment, and/or internship opportunities.

Funding Information

• A total pool of approximately $20,000 will be made available for the HBCF Community Support Grants
  • Round 2023, with grants available from $500 to $3,000.
• Grants of between $3,000 and $10,000 are available through the HBCF Impact Grants Program.

Eligibility Criteria

• Any non-profit, club, group, organisation, community centre, neighbourhood house, school and other organisations or groups delivering services or programs within Hobsons Bay.
• Accepting grant applications from for-profit organisations are not generally within the guidelines, but if a for-profit body is seeking to deliver a charitable project or program, for example in partnership with a not-for-profit or community group, please contact the HBCF Grants subcommittee to discuss the project before applying.
• Community initiatives require the majority of participants to come from Hobsons Bay.
• Applicants will need to clearly demonstrate how their project/program aligns to at least one of the HBCF Grant categories of Fair, Vibrant and Inclusive for Community Grants.
• Applications from sporting clubs will only be considered if the sporting activity is done as an integral part of, or is incidental to, a charitable purpose.

Ineligible

• Individuals.
• Organisations or groups that deliver projects or programs outside of Hobsons Bay.
• Applications from sporting clubs that do not have a charitable purpose. Click on the link below for further information for sporting clubs.
• Proposals that would require operating or recurring costs (i.e. wages, utilities, rent, administrative costs, funds for investment or debt servicing etc.).
• Capital projects.
• General fundraising campaigns or annual appeals.
• Proposals with more appropriate alternative funding sources (i.e. fees, sponsorship, service agreements etc.), Council or government.
• Organisations that have previously received a grant from the HBCF and have not provided a satisfactory Acquittal Report.

For more information, visit Hobsons Bay Community Fund (HBCF).