Deadline: 5 March 2018
The Westpac Foundation is seeking applications for its “Social Scale-up Grant” to create more job opportunities for Australians who need it most, in particular Indigenous Australians, refugees and asylum-seekers, youth-at-risk, as well as people who have experienced-homelessness, domestic and family violence, mental health issues and people living with a disability.
Social Scale-up Grant helps scale-up not-for-profit social enterprises that operate a business for the primary purpose of creating jobs and employment pathways for individuals who often face significant barriers to entering the mainstream job market or are excluded from the workforce..
Funding Information
Grant recipients will receive $300,000, over three years, to help scale-up their operations, grow their business and increase their social impact.
Eligibility Criteria
- Operate a proven social enterprise model that creates Award wage paying jobs and/or employment pathways (work experience or training) for people in Westpac Foundation’s target groups
- The majority of the social enterprise’s annual income is derived from trading
- Have a robust business plan
- Employ an experienced management team
- Grant funding is needed to scale-up their business operations and social impact
- Be registered in Australia as a not-for-profit organisation and have Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) Item 1 status
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Country: Australia
For more information, please visit Social Scale-up Grant.