The Grant for Good is an annual $20,000 community grant to provide help to projects, organisations and initiatives that promote social inclusion activities, health and wellbeing, sports and other fields that benefit our communities.
To apply, we’ll need to know a few details about your organisation, including its impact on local communities and the disadvantaged, what you’ll do with the grant and who’ll benefit. Applications close on 15 June 2022 and three finalists will be chosen, with the winner receiving the full grant by September 2022.
A. Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be registered with the ACNC (Australian charities and Not-for-Profits Commission).
- The organisation has an Income Tax Exempt Charity (ITEC) Status and Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) Item 1 status.
- Efforts should be focused towards helping/directly benefiting local communities/groups and the disadvantaged.
- The organisation must receive less than 40% of their income from state, federal or local government funding.
- The organisation must have an annual gross revenue of less than $2M.
- Applicants must provide their most recent financial statements and Annual Information Statement as submitted to the ACNC.
B. Organisations excluded from applying:
- Organisations and initiatives with direct links to tobacco or alcohol, negative impacts on health or the environment, or associated with risk-taking activities.
- Initiatives that impact the environment negatively.
- Organisations and initiatives that support political causes, candidates, events, legislative lobbying or advocacy.
- Organisations and initiatives supported by conflicting sponsors/significant competitors.
- Organisations and initiatives that are inconsistent with Bank of Sydney’s values and policies.
- Organisations and initiatives that expose Bank of Sydney to reputation or financial risks.
- Organisations and initiatives that conflict with our corporate and/or community Partners.
- Anything else that Bank of Sydney considers inappropriate or not aligned with its business objectives and values.
