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Finding Community Grants
in Victoria
Sally Cummingshttp://www.sallysetsforth.com
(Note: This is an edited version of a training presentationthat I prepared and delivered at a previous workplace)
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Outline
• Funding avenues available to community groups
• How to find community grants
• How to find relevant community grants
• Preparing grant applications
• What can libraries do with this information?
• Discussion and questions
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Funding avenues available to community groups (1)
• What types of funding arrangements are available?– Community grants– Sponsorships– Partnerships with business– Donations– Fund-raising assistance
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Funding avenues available to community groups (2)
• What are the sources of grants funding?– State Government– Federal Government – Local Government– Non-Government Organisations
• Philanthropic – charities, philanthropic foundations, not-for-profit organisations
• Corporate – profit-making companies
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Funding avenues available to community groups (3)
• What types of organisations can apply for grants?– Community groups, sports clubs, schools, health
services, historical societies, welfare organisations– Incorporated association and/or Deductible Gift
Recipient (DGR) status may be required– Grants funding is less likely to favour individuals,
government agencies and political organisations.
• Consider aligning with an umbrella (auspice) organisation
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How to find community grants (1)
• Information sources include websites, databases, directories, newsletters, media releases, newspaper advertisements …
• It can be difficult and time-consuming to search individual funding sources
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How to find community grants (2)
• Commercial services such as OurCommunity Easy Grants and GrantSearch bring them all together– Searchable database– Grants from wide variety of sources in one
place– Descriptions, requirements, links, closing
dates
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How to find community grants (3)
Other useful sites for searching:• Grants@DPCD
– Searches DPCD grant programs
• GrantsLINK– Searches Commonwealth grant programs
• Grants and Services Finder– Searches grants for cultural organisations
from local, state and federal government as well as private sources
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How to find relevant community grants
• Consider the community/ies that the project will benefit– Think outside the box (eg. a sporting activity
also provides health benefits, brings young people together, bridges cultural boundaries)
• Search using appropriate funding categories / interest areas / keywords
• Check eligibility criteria
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Preparing grant applications (1)
• Understand the grant application process
• Prepare and assemble documentation ahead of time
• Do some research on the funding body
• Tailor / customise each grant application
• Consult others, make it a team effort
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Preparing grant applications (2)
• Demonstrate the need for the project
• Be specific when describing the project
• Write clearly, concisely
• Display ability to budget / spend money efficiently
• Demonstrate community support
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What can libraries do with this information?
• Locate grants information for community organisations on request
• Promote grants information to community organisations
• Help community groups learn about the grants process– what grants are, how to find grants, how to
prepare applications, what training is available, etc.
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Questions?