The purpose of the Harcourts Foundation is to provide support that helps, grows, and enriches the communities in which they operate.

As our Purpose is “To provide support that helps, grows, and enriches our communities”, we have a clear focus on providing grants to reputable community-based charitable organisations which need funding for projects and initiatives designed to benefit as many people as possible.
 

• Because most of the funding for The Harcourts Foundation is generously provided by our Harcourts offices, we will only consider applications from groups for a specific event, project, item, or initiative where Harcourts has an office.

• Priority is also given to those areas where the Harcourts office is currently a financial contributor to The Harcourts Foundation (Note: many of our offices fund and support a huge range of community initiatives through their own offices as well as through The Harcourts Foundation).

• In the event that we receive more applications that meet the criteria than we have funds available, we will prioritise those applicants which demonstrate their grant will have the widest community impact.

Note - as we develop over time, our focus may change to reflect the focus and interests of those contributing to and guiding The Harcourts Foundation.

We look forward to growing the contributions we make to our communities and to funding as many applicants as possible, however please understand if we are unable to support your particular request. 

Grant Application Rounds

All applications are to be received by the end date of each round noted below.

• Grant Round 61 - 4 February 2024 to 3 May 2024
• Grant Round 62 – 4 May 2024 to 3 August 2024
• Grant Round 63 – 4 August 2024 to 3 November 2024
• Grant Round 64 – 4 November 2024 to 3 February 2025

Applications are for projects or initiatives that are scheduled to occur after the end date of the round.

Eligibility

The Harcourts Foundation can only make grants to organisations with BOTH Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) and Tax Concession Charity (TCC) status. Accordingly, please ensure that your organization has BOTH DGR and TCC status before completing an application. (The Australian Government’s Australian Business Register Online (abr.business.gov.au) enables you to search your organisation’s name or ABN to see whether it is endorsed as a DGR and TCC.)

Special note re DGR Status: Your organisation must be EITHER endorsed as a DGR by the Australian Tax Office (ATO), or must be specifically named in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1977 as being a DGR.

Please Note – The Harcourts Foundation cannot make grants to other ancillary funds or to prescribed private funds. If your notice of endorsement as a DGR states the ‘provision for gift deductibility is item 2 of the table in section 30-15 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997’, your organisation will be an ancillary fund and therefore not entitled to receive grants.

Further guidelines

• Grant applications must be for a specific event, project, item, or initiative.
• Requests for the event, project, item, or initiative must be scheduled to occur within four months of the upcoming Grant decision meeting date (meetings are held in the month following the end of the quarter).
• Grants will not be given for items already purchased or events/initiatives/projects already held.
• If the Grant is not used for the purpose for which it was applied, we will request that you return it so we can provide it to another deserving group.
• We may ask for supporting documents such as quotes, references etc.
• If you are a branch of an organisation where another branch has been successful in achieving a Grant from us in the past, this does not mean you automatically qualify for a Grant. Each application will be considered independently based on funds available and circumstances at the time.
• If you are successful, please do not apply within the next 18 months, as we would like to assist other organisations.
• You may apply as a national or regional organisation, however your application must be for a specific community event, project, item, or initiative that fits the criteria.

What is excluded?

Please do not submit funding requests for:

• Individual needs – the Foundation's focus is on supporting as many people as possible within their communities.
• Overseas or other travel costs – (individuals or groups) unless a direct community benefit can be shown.
• Religious, political, lobby causes/activities.

• Address: Harcourts Finance, Harcourts Foundation 31 Amy Johnson Place Eagle Farm, 4009 QLD
• Phone: 07 3839 3100
• Email: australia@harcourtsfoundation.org