Deadline: 29-Aug-22
Can your not-for-profit group make our community more active, vibrant, inclusive, resilient and creative? If yes, then apply for the Major Grant Program.
The Community Grants Program supports projects that contribute to the delivery of council’s corporate priorities as informed by their long-term strategic policy positions on community, economic development and environment. The Program aims to acknowledge and strengthen the valuable contribution that community groups and their volunteers make towards achieving their shared vision of being Australia's most sustainable region: healthy, smart, creative and fostering a strong community.
Major Grants support not-for-profit organisations to deliver one-off projects, events and activities with broad community benefit.
Categories
- Community Development
- Community Facilities
- Creative Development
- Cultural Heritage
- Economic Development
- Sport and Recreation
Funding Information
The following outlines the maximum amounts that can be requested for each grant type:
- up to $30,000 for infrastructure projects only – see Community Facilities category
- up to $15,000 for all other projects.
Eligible Projects
- demonstrate a purpose that is in the public interest, with significant community need and benefit
- demonstrate strong alignment with council’s priorities as described in current council strategies, plans or policy positions
- adhere to the terms and conditions of this funding program.
Eligibility Criteria
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Not-for-profit community organisations that meet all of the following:
- operate within the Sunshine Coast Local Government Area or can demonstrate the project or program will benefit residents of the Sunshine Coast Local Government Area
- have appropriate insurance and adhere to sound workplace health and safety practices
- are able to demonstrate viability
- have no debt to council, or have entered into scheduled payment arrangements with council, which are being met
- have met acquittal conditions for previous council grants.
- If a community organisation is not a legal not-for-profit entity or recognised by the Australian Taxation Office as a not-for-profit type, the application must be auspiced and administered by such a group.
Ineligible
- Government agencies or departments of local, state or federal government
- educational, religious or medical organisations, where the application is for the organisation’s core business
- businesses
- individuals
Note: Queensland state school Parent and Citizens’ (P&C) associations are statutory bodies and therefore not eligible.
For more information, visit Sunshine Coast Council.
For more information, visit https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Living-and-Community/Grants-and-Funding/Grants-Programs/Major-Grants