The Amplify Pride Fund Granting Guidelines 2022

GiveOUT (formerly known as The Channel Giving Circle) is an LGBTIQ+ organisation based in Melbourne, Australia.

Established in 2016, in our short history we have distributed more than $1 million to over 100 LGBTIQ+ organisations.

The Amplify Pride Fund

The Amplify Pride Fund exists to support LGBTIQ+ organisations across the country to thrive and grow. It is a new national LGBTIQ+ fund created by GiveOUT and Aurora with support from the Snow Foundation.

The Amplify Pride Fund will provide LGBTIQ+ organisations across Australia with larger, more sustainable funding. If we are to tackle the challenges and barriers still facing vulnerable members of our community—poorer mental health, isolation, homelessness, and social and economic marginalisation—we need to adequately resource and increase the capacity of our LGBTIQ+ organisations.

This page contains granting guidelines relating to the Amplify Pride Fund 2022 Granting Round.

Eligibility

Recipients must be:

• An Australian registered charity with the ACNC

• Focused on working with LGBTIQ+ communities

Recipients do not need to hold DGR status.

Focus Areas

We support organisations and projects working in one or more of the focus areas:

1. Addressing economic disadvantage in LGBTIQ+ communities (for example: housing, education, employment)

2. Challenging discrimination and violence, and their impacts on LGBTIQ+ wellbeing (for example: family violence, mental health, suicide prevention, addiction, social isolation)

3. Promoting human rights and social justice for LGBTIQ+ communities

4. Building the capacity of the LGBTIQ+ community sector (for example: increasing sector effectiveness in advocacy, program delivery, collaborative capabilities)
   
   

Geography

Funding is available to organisations that operate in Australia.

Priority will be given to organisations that have a geographic reach in one or more of these locations:

• National

• Regional and/or rural

• NSW

• ACT
  
  

Target Populations

Populations we are prioritising include LGBTIQ+ communities that are uniquely marginalised or underserved, with a focus on:

1. LGBTIQ+ communities that experience intersectional marginalisation or discrimination including: First Nations people, people of colour, migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum, people of faith, people with disability

2. Trans and gender diverse communities

3. Intersex communities
   
   

Use of Funds

Funds can be used for:

• Operational and core activities including organisational capacity building (for example staffing, evaluating impact, infrastructure , communications, operations, governance, strategy)

• Program delivery, with a focus on innovative solutions, prevention and early intervention

• Sector capacity building and collaboration

• Advocacy

Funds cannot be used for:

• Retrospective activities

• Non-charitable activities

• Projects or activities that are politically partisan in nature
  
  

Our Priorities

In addition to working in our focus areas, we prioritise initiatives that:

• Address an issue or gap at a systemic level

• Are led by and/or substantially include those with lived experience of the relevant target population in design and decision making

• Present an evidence-based solution

• Are bold and innovative

• Build capacity to be more sustainable and effective beyond the lifetime of the grant
  
  

Grant Values

Initial one-off grants of between $20,000 and $50,000 are available and amounts will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Grantees will have a maximum of 12 months to use funds (unless otherwise decided in the application process).

If your application is successful, we ask that you:

• Notify us before making significant changes to nature or timing of the project

• Invite us to key project events

• Allow us to publish information and images of the project being funded

• Acknowledge The Snow Foundation, GiveOUT and Aurora in all project related publications, social media, websites and events.

• Once grants are fully expended, you will be required to submit an acquittal report.

Grant Timeline and Application Process

We are conducting a two stage process.

If you think your organisation or project aligns with the granting guidelines please reach out to Tracey at tracey@giveout.org.au to book in a confidential discussion by the 19th August. Please include a short summary of your work in your email.

GiveOUT will ​​work with grantees that are successful in progressing to the second stage to develop a funding application by discussing items like the proposed activities, budget, anticipated challenges, and desired outcomes of a project. Second stage applications are due on 13th September.

Key dates:

First Stage EOI: 19th August 2022
Second Stage Application Deadline: 13 September 2022
Applicants notified: Early October 2022
Distribution of funds: October 2022
Acquittal report due: October/November 2023

Please direct all enquires and expressions of interest to Tracey Martinovich - CEO, GiveOUT tracey@giveout.org.au