The Shire of Bruce Rock will make an allocation of funds in its budget to be used to provide financial assistance to incorporated and not for profit community including sporting organisations that can demonstrate an association with the Shire of Bruce Rock.

Funding:  An allowance for these funds will be included in the draft budget, to a maximum of $20,000.

Categories

Minor Community Grants

Funding up to $1,000 or less, with no matching funds required from the applicant. 

Major Community Grants

Funding between $1,001 - $5,000, with a 50:50 matching component, where successful applicants must contribute at least 50% of the total project cost from the applicant’s organisation or other confirmed funding sources. Evidence of other funding sources must be provided.

For projects over $5,000, please contact the Manager of Strategic Business Development on 9061 1377 or melissa.schilling@brucerock.wa.gov.au to discuss the project and alternative funding and grant opportunities.

Projects must seek to further the development of one of the following:

• Art and Culture
• Disability and Ageing
• Early Youth (0 to 4 years)
• Education and Training
• Environment
• Event Planning
• History and Heritage
• Minor Infrastructure, Equipment or Development
• Seniors
• Sport and Recreation
• Tourism
• Volunteer Upskilling
• Youth (5 to 18 years)

In awarding grants, priority will be given to projects that meet the objectives outlined in the Shire of Bruce Rock’s Strategic Community Plan 2022-2032, Goal 7 – Our community are engaged and have a healthy lifestyle.

Eligibility

• Financial assistance to incorporated and not for profit focused community organisations
• All applicants must be based within the Shire of Bruce Rock, with a majority of members of the applicant organisation preferably being residents of the Bruce Rock Shire. 
• All applications for financial assistance must be submitted on the Shire of Bruce Rock “Application for Financial Assistance” form. 
• The applicant should submit documented estimates of expenditure as part of the application i.e. quotes or written estimates from suppliers. 
• All applications must be received by the designated closure date. No late applications will be considered. 
• For Major Community Grants the applicant’s contribution and other contributions to the proposed project may come from one or more of the following sources:
  • Applicant organisation’s cash 
  • State or Federal Government funding agencies 
  • Donations of material and /or cash 
  • Voluntary labour (max 1/3 of total project cost) 
  • Voluntary labour cost to be calculated at a maximum of $25 per hour. 
• Prior approval in writing must be sought for any substantial change to the assistance request 
• Payment of the grant funding can be made prior to incurring the expense. The Community Organisation must provide a tax invoice to the Shire of Bruce Rock before 30th August 2025. 
• Incomplete applications may not be considered.

• Address: 54 Johnson Street Bruce Rock 6418 WA
• Phone: (08) 9061 1377
• Email: melissa.schilling@brucerock.wa.gov.au