Welcome to Edition 23 of the FundBase newsletter.

You may choose to look up the grants featured in this newsletter base on your organisation type and your geographic location.  The list below shows the order of the featured grants, based on their eligibility:

Schools - Nation wide
Various organisation Types - Nationwide
Not-for-profits - Nationwide
Individuals - Nationwide
Not-for-profits - Western Australia
Not-for-profits - Alice Springs
Various organisation Types - NSW


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SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE

Local Schools Working Together

The aim of the Program is to encourage government, Catholic and independent schools to work together to develop shared educational facilities that will broaden the benefit of government expenditure on capital infrastructure. The Program will also create new opportunities for students who might not otherwise have access to such facilities. The theme of the Program is 'schools in partnership to achieve educational excellence and equity'.

The partnership theme will extend to third parties such as local councils, businesses or early childhood education providers where the project may feature broader community benefit.

Projects may include, but are not limited to, infrastructure facilities such as libraries, gymnasiums, performing arts centres and facilities for teaching language, science, or music.

The minimum amount of funding for an individual project under the Program is $1 million and the maximum will normally be $2.5 million. Program funds can support either the development of new projects or the refurbishment of existing facilities. However, no additional funding is available to meet recurrent costs associated with the ongoing operation of a Program facility.

Closing Date is 22nd May 2009

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VARIOUS ORGANISATION TYPES NATIONWIDE

Hotelclub Sponsorship

Hotelclub.com has a sponsorship program designed specifically with the smaller organisation in mind. The online accommodation specialist is seeking applicants from small businesses, community organisations, charities, schools and learning faculties in Australia that would benefit from additional funding.

The sponsorship funds can be put towards a variety of projects from fundraising events to computer equipment, and will allow small organisations to implement some exciting new initiatives. If you think your organisation would benefit from the sponsorship program, HotelClub are keen to hear from you.

There are no closing dates.

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VARIOUS ORGANISATION TYPES NATIONWIDE

Climate Ready

Climate Ready provides grants from $50,000 to $5 million for the costs of research and development, proof-of-concept and early-stage commercialisation activities in eligible projects.

The program supports projects for innovations designed to address the impacts of climate change which may include:

• water recycling, waste recovery or small-scale renewable energy technologies
• technologies that reduce the energy used by appliances or increase the efficiency of industrial processes
• products, processes or services to monitor emissions or power use
• using biotechnology or nanotechnology to address the effects of climate change on people and the environment
• informations systems for businesses or consumers to compare the carbon footprints of different activities
• green building materials that make homes more energy efficient.

Round 3 closes on Thursday 12 March 2009.

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VARIOUS ORGANISATION TYPES NATIONWIDE
 
National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program

The National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program (NRRHIP) aims to improve access to health services by providing funding to rural and remote communities where the lack of infrastructure is a barrier to the establishment of new, or the enhancement of existing health services.

Those eligible to apply for funding under the NRRHIP include:

• Local government organisations (shire councils, district councils, regional councils);
• Divisions of General Practice;
• Indigenous Community Councils;
• private practitioners, where funding will be used for training facilities for medical students;
  allied health professionals, who are providing privately insurable health services, and dentists in private practice; and
• rural private hospitals eligible for funding under the former Bush Nursing, Small Community and Regional Private Hospitals program and Rural Private Access (RPA) program

A total of $500,000 (GST exclusive) per applicant is available under the NRRHIP to rural and remote communities that have populations of up to 20,000.  There are various levels of funding for different activities.

Closing date April 17 2009.

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NOT-FOR-PROFITS NATIONWIDE

REACH - Rural Early Childhood Program

The Rural Early Childhood Program is a source of funds up to $20,000 for not for profit community groups in rural and remote Australia that offer early childhood services.

The REACH program has been established, with the support of the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation (VFFF) in response to the level of need for an independent and flexible source of funding of up to $450,000 each year for community groups such as community based pre-schools or kindergartens, not for profit long day or occasional care centres, playgroups, neighbourhood houses and toy libraries.

The following can be funded:

• Interior and Exterior refurbishment
• Educational resources
• Training and Professional Development
• Heating / Cooling
• Water ( tanks, irrigation, drinking supply)
• Indoor equipment
• Information technology
• Outdoor equipment
• Community gardens

Closing Date is April 16, 2009

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NOT-FOR-PROFITS NATIONWIDE

 
Fresh Food Kids Community Grants 2009
Organisations have the opportunity to receive up to $5,000 in funding from Woolworths. Community Grants will not be provided for adult activity, facility or playground upgrades, public works programs, supervision fees, coaching fees or travel expenses.

Closeing Date April 6th 2009.

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INDIVIDUALS NATIONWIDE

Prime Minister's Literary Award

The awards, held annually, recognise literature's importance to our national identity, community and economy. A tax free prize of $100,000 is awarded to the works judged to be of the highest literary merit in each of two categories: fiction and non-fiction.

Authors, publishers and literary agents are eligible to enter books written by living Australian citizens and permanent residents.

Books must be first published in the English language and first offered for general sale between January and 31 December of the year preceding the application.

Close date is March 20, 2009.

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INDIVIDUALS NATIONWIDE

The Prometheus Visual Arts Award

The Prometheus Visual Arts Award has been designed to inspire emerging artists to see, reflect upon and interpret our world in fresh, idiosyncratic and challenging ways. The works created will be displayed to thousands of Australian and international children as examples of what can be achieved when the creative imagination is given wings. Young children have the confidence to interpret the world in a variety of ways. Formal education can sometimes serve to standardise thought processes and ways of learning and constructing meanings.

The Competition is open to all Australian artists in all forms of art media.

The Judge may nominate a Winner of the Prometheus Visual Arts Award and that work will be acquired for $15,000 (even if the catalogue price exceeds $15,000) for the Prometheus Foundation Gallery Collection.

Closing Date is March 27, 2009.

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INDIVIDUALS NATIONWIDE

Homeowner Insulation Rebate

The Australian Government's Energy Efficient Homes Package is a $3.9 billion package to improve the energy rating of Australian homes - cutting their energy waste, making them more comfortable and helping households save up to 40 per cent on their electricity bills.

Under this program the Australian Government is offering free ceiling insulation worth up to $1,600 to all Australian home owner-occupiers with limited or no ceiling insulation. If you are a home owner-occupier, you may apply for the ceiling insulation assistance and you may also be eligible for assistance under the Low Emission Assistance Plan for Renters.

This is a rebate for expenses outlayed anytime after February 2009.

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NOT-FOR-PROFITS NATIONWIDE

Healthway

Healthway sponsors sport, arts and racing activities in Western Australia that provide opportunities to promote and encourage good health to a range of audiences, particularly young people, as well as supporting increased participation, involvement and access for Western Australians.

Any incorporated organisations that organise, encourage, participate in or makes a contribution to any form of lawful recreational activity involving playing a game or organised non-competitive activities, which usually involve physical activity or the encouragement of physical fitness is eligible to apply.

Levels of sponsorship vary from $5,000 or Less (no closing date) to $5,000 Sponsorship which has one round clsoing 31 March 2009.

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NOT-FOR-PROFITS ALICE SPRINGS

Alice Springs Community Assistance Grants

Community Assistance Grants are intended to support local projects which demonstrate broad-based benefit to residents of Alice Springs. The maximum amount available in a Community Assistance Grant is $1,500.00 (exclusive of GST). Funding is available for the running of specific projects and for capital items. Applications for Community Assistance Grants are open to incorporated groups, organisations and individuals; regardless of economic, social or cultural status, education, language, gender or abilities.

Closeing Date is 16th March, 2009.

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VARIOUS ORGANISATION TYPES NSW

The Local Infrastructure Support Fund (LISF)

The Local Infrastructure Support Fund (LISF) aims to help offset the costs of specific critical infrastructure required for business establishment, expansion or relocation in regional NSW.

Applications can be accepted from Local Government, infrastructure providers and the private sector for projects based in regional NSW.

Assistance will be provided toward the costs of specific critical infrastructure required for business establishment, expansion or relocation in regional NSW.

Types of business infrastructure that have the potential to benefit more than one business would include (but would not be limited to) the following:

• electricity supply
• natural gas mains and pipelines
• water supply and offsite wastewater treatment/recycling
• sewerage connection
• roadworks, for example access roads and modifications
• telecommunications, including data networks

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VARIOUS ORGANISATION TYPES NSW

Public Facilities Program

The Public Facilities Program provides $30 million for water and energy saving projects in facilities in NSW which are open to, and frequently accessed by, the public. As well as delivering water, energy and greenhouse gas emission savings, the program aims to showcase technologies in action to encourage uptake by the wider community

There are two streams of funding, the Demonstration stream and the Community Savers Stream.

The Demondstration Stream provides funding for projects which demonstrate how water and energy savings work in practice in public or educational facilities which are open to, and frequently accessed, by the public.

There is no set funding limit and the following are eligible to apply:

• local councils or groups of councils
• schools (or groups of schools) or other educational facilities
• NSW State Government agencies
• other public and educational facilities operating on a non-profit basis

The following activities will be funded:

• Water and/or energy savings projects which demonstrate how savings work in practice, including, but not limited to:
• water recycling, harvesting and efficiency projects
• energy efficiency and generation projects
• education activities that increase the adoption of efficient technologies and practices.

The Community Savers stream provides funding of up to $40,000 for not-for-profit community organisations to undertake simple, low-cost water and energy saving upgrades in the facilities they use.

The following are eligible to apply:

• Not for profit organisations. Must be legally constituted entities. Including:
• local sporting and community clubs
• pre-school facilities
• rural organisations
• health and aged care facilities

The following are eligible activities:

• rainwater tanks
• installing water-efficient toilets, fixtures and fittings
• lighting and hot water system upgrades
• insulation and other measures to improve heating and cooling efficiency

Closing date is april 30, 2009.

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