Pride Foundation launches Small Grants Program – Australia

The project needs to directly or indirectly assist, involve and benefit LGBTQIA+ people and promote positive social outcomes and mental health in the community.

Funding Information

• Applications for funding beyond $1000 will not be considered.

Funding Considerations

• Individuals
  • An application needs to satisfy at least one of the following intended outcomes. Through the project, LGBTQIA+ community members will:
    • be more connected to each other and to their community
    • have improved skills and knowledge
    • have enhanced wellbeing and resilience
    • participate more fully in their community
  • Additionally, PFA will consider the following:
    • Will the project provide merit and meaningful skills development, leadership development or social outcomes for the individual?
    • Will the project have adequate resources and support and is well planned?
    • Does the budget add up and has the applicant made a contribution or sourced money or in-kind support from other organisations or people?
    • Will the project encourage future projects in the community?
• Organisational capacity
  • An application needs to satisfy at least one of the following intended outcomes. Through the projects, the organisation will:
    • be better able to recruit and retain volunteers and members
    • work better with the community and/or other organisations
    • improve the skills and knowledge of volunteers/members
    • develop resources it needs to undertake its work
• Communities
  • An application needs to consider the following for the LGBTQIA+ community and its members:
    • Will the project provide merit and meaningful skills development, community development and social outcomes.
    • Do the community members and/or facilitators have cultural development skills appropriate to the project?
    • Will the project have adequate resources and support and is well planned?
    • Is the community involved in the planning and management of the project and will they be involved as participants when the project begins?
    • Will the project encourage future projects and/or events in the community?

Eligible Activities

• Examples include but are not limited to funds towards:
  • Venue rental for meetings or social events
  • Advertising and marketing costs for events
  • Speaker’s fees
  • Artist’s fees
  • Website maintenance costs
  • Website hosting fees
  • Catering costs for community events

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible applicants must meet the following criteria:
  • Must be a citizen or permanent resident, or a community group that is operating in Australia
  • Applicants need only be a group of people with a common interest
  • It is preferred that individuals/groups apply through an Auspice organisation, but it is not a necessary requirement
• They welcome applications that are particularly creative and innovative, and those that are put forward by individuals, communities and organisations that have not received small grant funding in the previous 2 years. They regard favourably projects that work as partnerships between individuals and organisations.

Ineligible

• The following are ineligible for funding:
  • Projects that do not benefit the LGBTQIA+ community
  • Projects that have commenced or been completed
  • Projects that are not based in Australia
  • Projects that are considered core business of an organisation
  • Funding for individual travel expenses
  • Costs of organising and running competitions, prizes, awards, or fundraising events (for example, judges expenses, administration and infrastructure costs)
  • Projects managed by grantees who have not acquitted previous grants from Pride Foundation Australia
  • Grantees that received a PFA small grant in the previous 2 years
  • Limited and Propriety
  • Limited companies which are for-profit organisations.

For more information, visit Pride Foundation Australia.