Deadline: 18 March 2020
The Tasmanian Community Fund invites organisations to apply for grants under their latest General Grant Round.
The Tasmanian Community Fund was established in 1999 from the sale proceeds of the Trust Bank to directly benefit the community by making grants to community organisations.
The Fund receives an annual appropriation in perpetuity. In 2018‐19, the appropriation was $6.7 million. This appropriation covers all Fund costs, including grants and administrative expenses.
Funding Information
- Around $4.2 million is available for allocation this round across all three funding streams with around $1.5 million for large community wellbeing projects;
- There are three funding streams :
- Small grants $1 000 to $20 000;
- Medium grants $20 001 to $70 000;
- Large program grants $100 000 to $500 000 focused on community wellbeing and increasing workforce engagement.
Funding Exclusions
- Organisations with overdue reporting obligations for TCF projects;
- Projects that will be predominantly undertaken outside of Tasmania;
- Projects where funding is more suitably sourced from another organisation;
- Projects which produce a private benefit to a specific business or person(s);
- Projects that replicate services or programs that already exist within the community of interest;
- Retrospective funding ie for costs already incurred before a grant deed is signed;
- Ongoing operational costs;
- Projects where the only outcome is a one off event that does not provide long‐term outcomes for participants and the community;
- Projects where the only outcome is an outing by bus or any other conveyance;
- Construction or refurbishment of areas that will be leased or sub‐leased to individuals or businesses for a commercial gain;
- Prizes or gifts;
- Purchase of property;
- Scholarships;
- Items or services that the applicant is contracted to provide;
- Insufficiently defined items, eg contingency, sundry and miscellaneous items;
- Strategic, business or communication plans or feasibility studies or any other study that does not result in a direct outcome to the community;
- Publication of books/other products to celebrate an anniversary of an organisation;
- Loans or sponsorship; or
- Where it is apparent that the applicant is becoming dependent on TCF funding.
Funding Rounds
The Tasmanian Community Fund also set aside a proportion of funding for targeted grant rounds to fund projects in areas which will make a significant difference to their community. They have had eight such rounds:
- Early Childhood Intervention;
- Tasmanian Cultural Heritage;
- Tasmanian Aboriginal Heritage;
- Building Tasmania as the Learning Community;
- Resilience and Life Skills for Young Tasmanians;
- Community Infrastructure;
- Emerging Community Leaders;
- Community Wellbeing.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply, organisations must be:
- Not for profit;
- Incorporated or be a not‐for‐profit legal entity, or sponsored by an incorporated organisation or a not‐for‐profit legal entity;
- Based in Tasmania, or proposing to undertake a project in Tasmania.
Preference in funding will be given to projects that best demonstrate:
- Benefit to the Tasmanian community;
- Innovation and proactivity;
- An integrated and collaborative approach, avoiding duplication;
- Value for money;
- Community support for the project, particularly from any partners;
- High levels of other financial or in‐kind contributions;
- The ability to build and strengthen community capacity;
- Good prospects for successful implementation; and
- Volunteer and community involvement with the project.
A wide range of projects which support community wellbeing, increasing workforce engagement, community infrastructure, leadership and capacity building and meeting community need.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, visit https://tascomfund.smartygrants.com.au/40Small