Through its Community Grants program, RACQ Foundation gives community groups, charities, sporting clubs and First Nations Councils the opportunity to prepare for the future with resilience-based projects.

RACQ Foundation helps Queensland community groups, charities, organisations, First Nations Councils and clubs impacted by natural disasters. 

The project must benefit Queenslanders who have been impacted by natural disasters. This includes resilience-based projects which relate to our funding categories; Physical, Nature-Based and Social Solutions. Applications to the RACQ Foundation are expected to be for amounts of up to $25,000 with requests for amounts of up to $50,000 in exceptional circumstances only. 

Eligibility

To be eligible for funding your  organisation  must meet each of the criteria outlined below: 

1. Your organisation must be either: 
   • a small to medium community organisation;  
   • a charity or other organisation with a charitable purpose; or
   • a Queensland First Nations Shire*.
2. The project must benefit Queenslanders who have been impacted by natural disasters. This includes resilience-based projects which relate to our funding categories; Physical, Nature-Based and Social Solutions.
3. The project must be completed within 6 months of grant approval.
4. The grant must be used to: 
   • pay for material items or something tangible; or 
   • have a positive community impact by reducing disaster risk and the impacts of natural disasters; or
   • help raise awareness and build community engagement in resilience; or 
   • pay for relevant project costs to assist in the delivery of a resilience-based project which will reduce disaster risk.
5. Resilience-based project may include aspects such as drainage and materials, surfaces and fixtures that are more resilient to damage. A clear rationale of “Build Back Better” for improving the infrastructure will need to be established in the application to be eligible for mitigation support.
6. Applications to the RACQ Foundation are expected to be for amounts of up to $25,000 with requests for amounts of up to $50,000 in exceptional circumstances only. 
7. Applicants may only receive a grant once every 12 months. Applicants which have received grant approval in the previous 12-month period, will not be considered.
8. Organisations that have not considered appropriate insurance requirements to ensure their assets have adequate insurance coverage (or the available level of insurance), may not be able to obtain a grant for these assets. 
9. Where a third party is responsible for repairing or building infrastructure and items and not the organisation (for example a landlord under lease or a local government authority), the third party is responsible for making these repairs or constructions, whether or not covered by insurance, and the organisation is not eligible to make a claim for assistance from the Foundation for these items.
10.  The RACQ Foundation Trustee Board may, in its absolute discretion, resolve to provide a grant to organisations that do not strictly meet the above criteria and may provide grants in addition to the cap. 

As a general rule, the RACQ Foundation will not consider funding programs for:

1. Political purposes.
2. Fundraising events or appeals (for example: charity auctions, dinners).
3. Salaries which require financing beyond the term of the project.
4. Sponsorships or scholarships.
5. Expenses that ought to be the primary responsibility of government or projects which duplicate existing local, state and federal government projects or programs (for example: SES and P&C associations).
6. Works that arise because of a poor history or lack of maintenance.
7. Government bodies (excluding Queensland First Nation shires as recognised by Local Government Authority of Queensland*)
8. Foundations that are grant making bodies.
9. Organisations which have received a grant from the RACQ Foundation in the last 12 months.

*Queensland First Nations Shires:

• Aurukun Shire Council
• Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council
• Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council
• Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council
• Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council
• Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council
• Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council
• Mornington Shire Council
• Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council
• Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council
• Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council
• Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council
• Torres Strait Island Regional Council
• Torres Shire Council
• Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council
• Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council
• Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council

• Phone: 07 3872 8603
• Email: racqfoundation@racq.com.au