Deadline: 11 March 2025
Submissions are now open for the Food Support Grant Program which supports access to affordable and healthy food for diverse communities.
Categories
- They provide support for food support projects under 2 tiers:
- Tier 1: Small scale projects
- Tier 2: Large scale projects
Funding Information
- Tier 1: Small scale projects:
- Cash funding up to $250,000 a year is available, for a one-year program or multi-year funding (up to 2 years).
- Value-in-kind in the form of venue hire is also available.
- You can apply for up to $100,000 worth of capital expenditure, equipment purchase or other resources.
- Tier 2: Large scale projects:
- Cash funding up to $750,000 a year is available for a one-year program or multi-year funding (up to 2 years).
- Value-in-kind in the form of venue hire is also available.
- You can apply for up to $150,000 worth of capital expenditure, equipment purchase or other resources.
Funding Priorities
- Their funding will prioritise projects that:
- increase access to affordable, healthy, safe and culturally-appropriate food
- increase community skills in sourcing and preparing healthy food
- improve supply, storage and delivery of healthy food for their diverse communities
- increase resourcing of essential food support services for their diverse communities
- increase access to affordable internet and data that helps people connect to food support services.
- They encourage applications from organisations, groups and individuals that support Aboriginal and Torres and Strait Islander communities and culture, including Aboriginal community-controlled organisations and networks.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible an applicant must operate within the City of Sydney’s local government area or be able to demonstrate significant benefits for the area’s residents, workers and/or visitors.
- These organisations can apply for tiers 1 and 2:
- Eligible Not For Profit Organisation
- Incorporated Association
- These additional individuals and organisations can apply for tier 1 only:
- Individual auspiced by an Eligible Not For Profit Organisation
- Unincorporated Community Group auspiced by an Eligible Not For Profit Organisation.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Funding is not available to:
- for-profit organisations, sole traders and government departments and agencies
- projects that breach the eligibility and ethics framework or existing City of Sydney policies.
For more information, visit City of Sydney.
