Deadline: 6-Sep-21
The Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF) is inviting applications for the 2021 Community Grants to supports not for profit community groups or organisations in the 7 LGAs of the Northern Rivers that strengthen and enhance the regional communities.
Aims
NRCF aims to deliver a grant program that:
- Connects the community and facilitates people and organisations to work together
- Provides a platform that fairly & equitably addresses grant applications
- Is accessible to the whole Northern Rivers region
Priority Areas
The Community Grants Program will offer streams of funding that focus on four priority areas:
- Projects that address the social, economic, cultural and/or educational disadvantage in the region.
- Supporting the conservation of the natural environment, by conserving and restoring natural ecosystems, protecting threatened species, building community skills and education, and/or dealing with local pollution.
- Recovery & Resilience: supporting smaller community organisations in their recovery from COVID-19 and/or recent natural disasters, specifically those organisations who have ‘fallen through the gaps’ in state & federal funding, such as volunteer driven organisations.
- Housing & Homelessness: projects that focus on the prevention of homelessness and/or provide accommodation and support services for those most vulnerable.
Funding Information
- The Community Grants Program is a small grants program offering grants from $2,000 – $10,000 with an average grant recommendation of $4,000-$5000.
Eligibility Criteria
Recipients of grants can be:
- Any not-for-profit group or organisation with a charitable purpose. You do not require DGR status however you must prove your charitable purpose, ideally by being registered with the ACNC or through your organisation’s articles of association.
- A not for profit group or organisation that does not have DGR status but has partnered with an eligible DGR organisation through an auspice arrangement.
For more information, visit https://nrcf.org.au/grants/community-grants-program/