Deadline: 28-Feb-2025
The Merri-bek City Council has launched the Organisational Establishment Grant Program to support newly established organisations or groups over three years to grow and become independent.
Funding Information
- Up to $10,000 each year for 3 years
- Payment annually – up to $10,000 is paid each financial year, a total of $30,000 over 3 years
Eligibility Criteria
- Organisations, groups and clubs
- Be a Not-for-Profit community group, organisation or club,
- Be incorporated or auspiced by another incorporated organisation, if auspiced.
- Have adequate public liability insurance,
- Have acquitted previous Council grants and have no outstanding debts to Council,
- Be able to supply financial statements and requested supporting documentation,
- Ensure the proposed activity is consistent with Local, State and Federal laws.
- Specifically for this criteria community groups must:
- Be currently based in Merri-bek
- Be no more than three years old and be able to complete an acquittal every year to show how the organisation is operating.
- At the end of the funding term., the group/organisation must be independent (cannot be auspiced), be self-maintained and be suitably self-sufficient at the end of the funding term.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Funding may not be used for:
- Fundraising activities Projects that are for general fundraising and fundraising events, competitions, trophies, prizes or awards.
- Permanent public art installations
- Projects that have already started or have been completed includes retrospective funding and reimbursement of expenses paid prior to submitting an application or funding approval.
- Activities that are part of an organisation’s regular program or that duplicate an existing program;
- Items that are part of an organisation’s core business or normal operating expenses e.g. salaries, insurances, utilities, rental of business premises.
For more information, visit Merri-bek City Council.