August Grants Newsletter
Welcome to another edition of my grants newsletter. This newsletter has the details for a large number of grants that could be of benefit to both individuals, community organisations and schools across the Shortland electorate.
I would encourage you to visit the websites listed for further information about the grants, and to discover which one you might be eligible for.
Pat
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS
- Advancing Renewables Program Funding
- Direct Aid Program
- Business Growth Grant - Growth Services
- Community Child Care Fund (CCCF) Special Circumstances Grant
- First Nations Family Dispute Resolution
- Regional and Local Newspaper Publishers Program
- Small NSO Infrastructure Grants Program
- New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS)
- National Early Childhood Program for children with disability or developmental concerns (NECP)
- Prime Minister's Spelling Bee
- The Simpson Prize 2023
STATE GOVERNMENT GRANTS
- ClubGRANTS Category 2
- Empowering Homes Solar Battery Loan
- Multi-Sport Community Facility Fund R2
- Natural Disaster Relief Scheme Program
- NSW Seniors Energy Rebate
- NSW Youth Grants
- Regional NSW – Business Case and Strategy Development Fund
- Small Business Month
- Small Grants Programs for Regional NSW
- Sport Infrastructure Recovery Fund
LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS
- Central Coast Council Community Support Grant Program
- Lake Art Prize 2022
PRIVATE SECTOR / NGO - GRANTS
- ANZ Seeds of Renewal
- Bakers Delight
- BizGiver
- Chain Valley Colliery Community Funding Program
- Coles Little Athletics Community Fund
- Coopers Brewery Foundation
- Creative Partnership Australia
- Good Fuel Fund
- Groundswell Climate Action Grants
- Hamer Sprout Fund
- Honda Foundation Funding & Vehicle Loan Program
- NAB Foundation Community Grants
- Real School Grants Program 2022
- Reddit Community Fund
- Reece Foundation
- Regional NSW & ACT Community Achievement Awards
- Smart Giving Grant
- The Catalyst Fund
- The Variety We Learn Grant
- Youngcare’s At Home Care Grants (AHCG)
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FEDERAL GRANTS
Advancing Renewables Program Funding
Amount: $100,000 - $5 million
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To support a range of development, demonstration and pre-commercial deployment projects. This includes opportunities to optimise the transition to renewable electricity, commercialise clean hydrogen and support the transition to low emissions metals.
For more information: Click here
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Direct Aid Program
Amount: $60,000
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: To support non-profit organisations working in local communities on activities which support sustainable and equitable development.
For more information: Click here
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Business Growth Grant - Growth Services
Amount: $2,500 - $20,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: Growth services is a collection of services under the AusIndustry Entrepreneurs’ Programme that provide you with advice and funding to grow your business and become more competitive in global markets.
For more information: Click here
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Community Child Care Fund (CCCF) Special Circumstances Grant
Amount: $150,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To help services stay open when something unexpected happens. Services can apply when a local emergency or natural disaster threatens their ability to stay open.
For more information: Click here
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First Nations Family Dispute Resolution
Amount: Undisclosed
Closing Date: 18 August 2022
Purpose: To deliver culturally safe and appropriate family dispute resolution for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, and other families as determined appropriate by the successful grant applicants. Services delivered under this program must be child-focused and should have an emphasis on early intervention and prevention.
For more information: Click here
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Regional and Local Newspaper Publishers Program
Amount: 15 million
Closing Date: 19 August 2022
Purpose: To support regional, independent suburban, First Nations and multicultural print publishers by helping to absorb newsprint price increases which threaten the sustainability of local newspapers.
For more information: Click here
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Small NSO Infrastructure Grants Program
Amount: $100,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To invest in National Sporting Organisations (NSOs) and National Sporting Organisations for People with Disability (NSODs) to increase participation in sport.
For more information: Click here
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New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS)
Amount: Undisclosed
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To provide jobseekers with support to start and run small businesses.
For more information: Click here
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National Early Childhood Program for children with disability or developmental concerns (NECP)
Amount: $6.9 million over 3 years
Closing Date: End of August 2022
Purpose: To support young children (aged 0 to 8 years) with newly identified disability or emerging developmental concerns and their parents and carers.
For more information: Click here
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Prime Minister's Spelling Bee
National winners prize for each category includes: A return flight to Canberra to meet the Prime Minister + one night’s accommodation in Canberra for each category winner, 1 x iPad and 1 x $250 HarperCollins book pack.
Registration Closing Date: 19 August 2022
Purpose: To increase literacy levels whilst improving children’s general knowledge and thirst for information.
For more information: Click here
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The Simpson Prize 2023
Closing Date: 4 November 2022
Purpose: The Simpson Prize is a national competition for Year 9 and 10 students that focuses on the service of Australians in World War I.
2023 Simpson Prize Question: How significant was Australia’s contribution to the Allied military victory on the Western Front in 1918?
For more information: Click here
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STATE GRANTS
ClubGRANTS Category 2
Amount: Undisclosed
Closing Date: No closing date
Purpose: To fund general community development projects and support activities, such as junior sport/grassroots sport or veteran welfare activities.
For more information: Click here
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Empowering Homes Solar Battery Loan
Amount: $9,000 - $14,000
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: To help homeowners in eligible postcodes access interest-free loans to install solar battery systems. Through this offer, you can get an interest-free loan of up to:
- $14,000 towards a solar PV and battery system (repayable over a range of terms up to 8 years), or
- $9,000 towards retrofitting a battery system to an existing solar PV system (repayable over a range of terms up to 10 years).
For more information: Click here
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Multi-Sport Community Facility Fund R2
Amount: $1 Million - $5 Million per project
Closing Date: 2 September 2022
Purpose: The NSW Government has committed $200 million to the Multi-Sport Community Facility Fund, recognising the critical role local sport infrastructure plays in keeping communities healthy, active and connected. All applications are expected to provide a minimum 50% financial co-contribution of the grant amount requested.
For more information: Click here
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Natural Disaster Relief Scheme Program
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: Ongoing until otherwise notified
Purpose: To provide assistance to eligible applicants who are in a declared natural disaster area and have been directly affected by flood/fire/storm or any other declared natural disaster.
Grants available are up to:
- $25,000 for non-profit organisations
- $10,000 for sporting and recreation clubs
- $130,000 for primary producers and small businesses.
For more information: Click here
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NSW Seniors Energy Rebate
Amount: $200
Closing Date: 30 November 2022
Purpose: The NSW Seniors Energy Rebate is available for eligible independent self-funded retirees to help cover the cost of their electricity. Gas accounts are not included.
For more information: Click here
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NSW Youth Grants
Amount: $10,000 - $50,000
Closing Date: 8 August 2022
Purpose: Provides one-off, time-limited grants to not-for-profit organisations and local councils for youth-led and youth-driven community projects that have a positive youth development focus.
For more information: Click here
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Regional NSW – Business Case and Strategy Development Fund
Amount: $5 million - $19 million
Closing Date: 24 August 2022
Purpose: To support local councils, not-for-profit, industry and Aboriginal community groups with funding to develop business cases or strategies for regionally significant projects with a focus on infrastructure. Available funding:
- Stream One: Regional Significance – up to $19 million available funding.
- Stream Two: Aboriginal Prosperity – up to $5 million available funding.
For more information: Click here
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Regional Seniors Travel Card
Amount: $250
Closing Date: 30 November 2022
Purpose: To help ease the cost of travel, which can be used to pay for fuel, taxis and pre-booked regional trains and coaches. The card is available to residents of the Lake Macquarie area.
For more information: Click here
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Small Business Month
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: 5 August 2022
Purpose: To help organise events for the sixth NSW Small Business Month in November 2022. The theme of this Small Business Month is `Connect for Success', which reflects the NSW Government’s determination to help small businesses recover from COVID, floods, other economic challenges and look toward a brighter future.
For more information: Click here
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Small Grants Programs for Regional NSW
Amount: $500 to $10,000
Closing Date: 31 March 2023
Purpose: To support the recovery and wellbeing of children and young people living in regional NSW. Communities in areas that were declared flood and storm impacted in 2021 included in the Natural Disaster Declarations, with the Australian Government Reference Number (AGRN) 954 and 960 are also eligible to apply.
For more information: Click here
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Sport Infrastructure Recovery Fund
Amount: $55 million in total
Opening Date: August 2022
Purpose: The Sport Infrastructure Recovery Fund will provide much needed financial support to those in our sport and recreation sector impacted by the NSW severe weather storms and flooding from 22 February 2022 onwards. The Fund will repair, rebuild and improve community assets damaged by the floods.
For more information: Click here
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LOCAL GRANTS
Central Coast Council Community Support Grant Program
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To support the community to deliver activities which require a small amount of funding and/or in-kind support.
For more information: Click here
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Lake Art Prize 2022
Amount: $25,000
Closing Date: 22 August 2022
Purpose: The prize is open to artists working across all mediums, including sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, installation and sound, are eligible for the prize. The Lake Art Prize 2022 has a $25 000 acquisitive prize pool to acquire works for the MAC yapang collection.
For more information: Click here
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PRIVATE SECTOR GRANTS
ANZ Seeds of Renewal
Amount: up to $15,000
Closing Date: 3 August 2022
Purpose: To focus specifically on helping to build vibrant and sustainable rural communities and ensure the ongoing prosperity of regional Australia.
For more information: Click here
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Bakers Delight
Amount: Undisclosed
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: Offering sponsorship to community groups, charities, teams and individuals for all kinds of events. From local schools to sporting clubs, from charities to communities, Baker's Delight people are there to help when you knead it.
For more information: Click here
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BizGiver
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: To give back to the small business community who fuel our economy. Each quarter BizCover will grant the wish of one small business owner to help spark a new revenue stream or just make life a little easier.
For more information: Click here
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Chain Valley Colliery Community Funding Program
Amount: $30,000 per project
Closing Date: 31 August 2022
Purpose: To provide funding for not-for-profit community organisations to deliver projects to improve community infrastructure and services in the following communities:
- Summerland Point
- Gwandalan
- Chain Valley Bay
- Mannering Park.
For more information: Click here
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Coles Little Athletics Community Fund
Amount: $2 million in total
Closing Date: 31 August 2022
Purpose: Eligible Little Athletics Centres can apply for funding to purchase sports, safety and volunteering equipment that will help improve the Little Athletics experience for volunteers, participants and families, such as hurdles, high jump mats, first aid kits, modified equipment, trolleys and shade marquees.
For more information: Click here
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Coopers Brewery Foundation
Amount: $30,000 - $50,000
Closing Date: 16 August 2022
Purpose: The Coopers Brewery Foundation run two grant initiatives:
General Giving - $30,000 for projects that fit areas:
- Aged care
- Youth education
- Medical research and health care
- Fostering family and community support
Sustainable Living - $50,000 for Youth Education.
For more information: Click here
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Creative Partnership Australia
Amount: $50,000
Closing Date: 4 August 2022
Purpose: Plus1 is our dollar-for-dollar matched fundraising program, designed to boost the fundraising efforts of small to medium not-for-profit arts organisations.
For more information: Click here
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Good Fuel Fund
Amount: $25,000
Closing Date: End of each month
Purpose: Each month, based on individual nominations, Sunbites (as a subsidiary of The Smith's Snackfood Company Pty Ltd) will select an amazing member of your community and their charity to receive $25k from a $200k fund.
For more information: Click here
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Groundswell Climate Action Grants
Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: 5 August 2022
Purpose: To fund effective climate advocacy in Australia to change systems, not just symptoms.
We fund advocacy that:
Builds the movement – activates new and strategic demographics or sectors to get involved in tackling the climate crisis
Changes the story – builds urgency for stronger action from trusted voices in our community
Shifts the money – dries up the pipeline of funding to fossil fuel companies
Changes the politics – enables greater leadership within state and federal Governments.
For more information: Click here
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Hamer Sprout Fund
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: 30 September 2022
Purpose: Each year, the Hamer Sprout Fund will consider applications from organisations that share the fund’s goals. They are particularly interested in giving to smaller organisations and projects to get them off the ground. Eligible applicants include:
For more information: Click here
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Honda Foundation Funding & Vehicle Loan Program
Amount: Not disclosed
Closing Date: 5 August 2022
Purpose: To provide grants for financial assistance to charities and organisations working across a range of issues, including supporting the disadvantaged, people with disability or those suffering from illness; relief for victims of natural disasters; promotion of innovation and new technologies.
For more information: Click here
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NAB Foundation Community Grants
Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: 31 August 2022
Purpose: To help communities prepare for natural disasters, support long-term recovery and build resilience to future disasters and climate change. Community organisations with a charitable purpose, schools or childcare centres seeking funding for initiatives can be considered for:
- Education
- Training
- Emergency systems
- Preparedness plans
- Mental health support
- Infrastructure
- Equipment
- Household resilience.
For more information: Click here
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Real School Grants Program 2022
Amount: $5,000
Closing Date: 30 September 2022
Purpose: Awarded to a school, school group, and/or school committee that is committed to improving the quality of school resources and communities with regards to one of the following values:
- Health
- Learning & development
- Information & technology
- Community & infrastructure.
For more information: Click here
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Reddit Community Fund
Amount: $1,000 - $50,000
Closing Date: 10 August 2022
Purpose: To support community-led projects that will empower redditors to positively impact the world around them through the power of their communities.
For more information: Click here
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Reece Foundation
Amount: $1,000 - $10,000
Closing Date: 16 September 2022
Purpose: To support projects both internationally and locally, with the focus this year on the New South Wales and Queensland flood relief efforts.
For more information: Click here
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Regional NSW & ACT Community Achievement Awards
Closing Date: 23 August 2022
Purpose: To encourage, acknowledge and reward the valuable contributions that individuals, communities and businesses make throughout regional and rural NSW & The ACT. Award categories include:
- Awards Australia Connecting Communities Award
- Ricoh Australia Customer Service Award
- TransGrid Leadership Award
- Fairmont Resort Small Business Award
- NSW Government Crown Land Management Excellence Award
- NSW Government Individual Excellence in Crown Land Management Award.
For more information: Click here
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Smart Giving Grant
Amount: up to $60,000
Opening Date: 8 August 2022
Purpose: To support strategic school projects that aim to improve student outcomes. Projects run for 12 – 18 months. Funding of up to $30,000 for individual schools or $60,000 for clusters of 4-10 schools and strategic support to help with project design, implementation and evaluation.
For more information: Click here
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The Catalyst Fund
Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: Providing practical support to local non-profit organisations doing a terrific job in helping people in need.
For more information: Click here
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The Variety We Learn Grant
Amount: Unspecified
Closing Date: 24 August 2022
Purpose: To provide high school students living with financial hardship with a laptop to encourage their educational goals, where they otherwise may not be afforded the opportunity.
For more information: Click here
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Youngcare’s At Home Care Grants (AHCG)
Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: 17 August 2022
Purpose: To provide funding for equipment, home modifications and essential support/respite that is unable to be funded through other means (eg. NDIS).
For more information: Click here
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Previous recipients of a Stronger Communities Grant
Charlestown South Public School
