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Welcome to Edition Eight of the FundBase newsletter.
FUNDING NEWS
South Australian Local Government Covered
FundBase is pleased to announce that it has completed the local government grant programs for South Australia. This means when you search from your home town, even your local grants are included in the results (where your search criteria matches the criteria for the local government grant program).
Date Change for Gambling Community Benefit Fund
Gambling Community Benefit Fund (GCBF) is a very useful grant program for not-for-profit organisations in Queensland and has decided to make changes to its closing dates. The dates previously used have proven to be inconvenient for both applicants and the funding agency.
To address this issue, a permanent change of the closing dates for the four GCBF rounds has been announced. To facilitate this adjustment, it is necessary to extend the 30 June 2008 closing date to 31 August 2008. As a result, the GCBF will have only three funding round approvals in 2008-09.
The new closing dates for GCBF funding applications will be:
* 31 August 2008
* 30 November 2008
* 28 February 2009
* 31 May 2009
Federal Government Grant Programs
The Federal Government is beginning to announce its new grant programs so stay tuned to FundBase to ensure you get the most up to date information. Grant entries on our database as the most up to date in Australia. Some of the government websites that supposedly provide grant information were last updated in November 2006. On FundBase you can see for yourself on the Home Page when our grants were last updated ??? usually within the last 24 hours, often within the last hour! You choose which source you would rather get your information from. Furthermore, FundBase has a checking system for the entries with the Funding Agency themselves, ensuring the most accurate information possible.
FUND FOCUS
Helping Hands Grants
Grants of up to $50,000 are available to benefit people in rural and remote Australia, particularly communities with a population of 10,000 or less. Closing in early August, not-for-profit community organisations can apply for projects that support:
* Community Infrastructure
* Capacity Building
* Health or Community Services
* Access to Education or Training
* Innovative Business Ventures
* Environment
Rural Aid Funding
As part of the Gympie Muster (Toyota Muster), funding is available for not-for-profit organisations in drought affected communities around Australia. Projects that help communities to cope with the devastating effects of drought or making a constructive contribution for the betterment of their drought-stricken community will be considered for funding.
Caring for our Country Grants
The new Federal Government program to target the national priority areas of:
o Biodiversity and natural icons
o Coastal environments and critical aquatic habitats
o Sustainable farm practices
Any legal entity can apply including businesses, universities and local government (as well as MANY others) for grants between $80, 000 and $400, 000. The first round closes in August 2008 so get yourself into gear.
HELPFUL HINTS
Often you have a greater chance of being funded if you apply in the first round of a new program such as the Caring for Country program. Often first rounds have less applicants and the decision makers are still fine tuning what they will fund so may be a little more lenient than they would in later rounds.
If you need assistance in preparing your funding application, we can highly recommend the use FundAssist. They will work with to prepare any support documents you need and make the final funding application on your behalf. For more information contact Stuart on 02 6676 0284 or have a look at www.fundassist.com.au. |
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