Funding for charitable organisations
Funding Providers
Australian Communities Foundation
Location
Australia WideFunding Type
Cash grant G06224
Primary Category
Community developmentEligible to
- Not-for-Profits
- Unincorporated Groups
Funding
Amount : $2,000 (approx) to $15,000 (approx)Total pool: Undisclosed
Round(s)
Ongoing
Purpose
Australian Communities Foundation supports a range of charitable organisations and projects each year.
Overview
As a public ancillary fund, Australian Communities Foundation represents around 310 subfunds, each with their own funding priorities and interests. The Foundation's donors are part of an engaged community of individuals, families, corporate giving groups, location-based giving circles and like-minded groups.
As part of their donor engagement, ACF hosts a Funding Proposal Portal that allows their Donor community to identify grant opportunities aligned with their interests.
You are welcome to submit a proposal to the Funding Proposal Portal in line with the parameters set out on their website. Please read all the information in full before submitting a proposal or contacting the Grants Team.
The average grant awarded is between $2,000 and $15,000.
Limitations
Eligibility Requirements:
The applying organisation must be a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. Check if your organisation is registered here: acnc.gov.au/charity
- The funding proposal submitted must be for activities in line with your organisation’s charitable purpose.
- Your organisation must be based in Australia, or have an Australian auspice partner. Learn more about auspice arrangments at http://nfplaw.org.au/auspicing.
- Organisations can submit a maximum of two proposals to the site per calendar year.
- Where organisations provide an auspice for a third party, the third party can submit a maximum of two proposals per calendar year via the auspice arrangement in addition to the two proposals submitted by the auspicing party.
- The average grant awarded is between $2,000 and $15,000. Please keep this in mind when entering in the amount you are seeking from Australian Communities Foundation.
- You can preview the form here.
- You can save and come back to your proposal at any time.
Applications / Guidelines
Contact Details
- Phone: (03) 9412 0412
- Email: grants@communityfoundation.org.au
We take pride in ensuring our data is up to date and accurate, but you should not rely on our data alone. Please double-check important information on the funder's website before applying.