Who's eligible?
The SilverChef Community Grants Program is open to eligible Australian community groups that use hospitality or food services to help disadvantaged or under-served members of their local community.
These community groups can include:
- registered charities and not-for-profits
- social enterprises (direct-benefit, cross-subsidy, or donation model)
- private entities with an ABN for which improving the lives of Indigenous
- people accounts for more than 50% of their time and/or resources.
What can the grant be used for?
Each $5,000 grant is a 75:25 mix of equipment and cash, as follows:
Equipment
Each grant recipient receives a $3,750 credit to spend on selected ‘Certified Used’ commercial kitchen equipment advertised on SilverChef’s website.
Cash
Each grant recipient receives $1,250 in cash. This money is intended to help towards the cost of the equipment’s freight and installation. Any remaining cash will be transferred to the recipient’s nominated bank account. They can spend this cash however they like.
Unsuccessful applications will automatically be reconsidered in the subsequent funding rounds in the same financial year, unless the applicant tells us otherwise.
To apply for a grant, please download, complete and return the application form to us.
What next?
After you submit your grant application, we’ll assess it against our selection criteria, including how your initiative will positively impact your local community.
If your application is successful, we’ll contact you within one month of applications closing (see table above). Unsuccessful applicants will not be contacted.
We’ll then give you expert advice so you can select the Certified Used equipment best suited to your organisation’s needs.
You’ll have 12 months to redeem your grant (from the time we notify you that your application was successful). (Unredeemed grants will be reabsorbed into our grants program and made available to other community groups.)
