2022-23 City-wide Grants

Submissions closed at midnight 31 July 2022 (AEST).

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS

Applications close at 11.59pm on 31 July 2022. Late applications will not be accepted.

The Community Grants Program provides grant funding to community organisations to enable the delivery of projects that benefit the whole of the city. Applications for projects that have a divisional or local focus should be submitted to other Grant Programs. Please see City of Gold Coast website for more details.
Grant funding under this program may be awarded for projects that align with the desired objectives and strategies identified within the City’s Corporate Plan, Gold Coast 2022 and that clearly demonstrate a benefit to the residents of the Gold Coast.
Please review the Community Grants Policy and eligibility criteria before completing your application.
To be eligible to apply for grant funding, community organisations must be able to demonstrate that they are an entity that carries on an activity for a public purpose, or whose primary objective is not directed at making a profit.
Individuals, commercial businesses/companies or informal community organisations are not eligible to apply.

In order to complete this application, you will be required to upload:

Evidence of the community organisation's legal status
A bank statement header for the community organisation's bank account (account name, BSB and account number must be visible. Copy of the transaction list is not required)
Evidence of project cost (quote, project budget etc)

Eligible Applicants

Applicants must:

be a community organisation;
operate within the Gold Coast;
have an adequate level of public liability insurance for the project (where appropriate);
not be an ineligible applicant (refer to policy for definition of an ineligible applicant).

Project Requirements

Applicants must be able to:

demonstrate a public interest benefit for the project;
demonstrate that the project has a defined outcome that will benefit residents of the Gold Coast;
complete the project within twelve months of the date of remittance of funds.

Ineligible Projects

Projects must not:

You will not be able to submit your application until all compulsory questions marked with an asterisk (*) are completed.
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Applications close at 11.59pm on 31 July 2022. Late applications will not be accepted.