Deadline: 15 June 2018

The Financial Literacy Australia (FLA) is inviting applications for its Grants program to support not-for-profit organisations to advance financial literacy in Australia.

Priority Areas

Priority areas for 2018 are:

• Single Parents
• Women and Economic Abuse
• Disability (especially in the area of cognitive disability)
• Superannuation
• Indigenous Communities

Funding Information

The minimum grant is $50,000.

Eligible Projects

The kinds of projects that are funded include:

• program innovation (e.g. pilots with potential to be scaled-up after evaluation)
• program evaluation (e.g. program improvement, outcome assessment)
• scaling-up existing programs (e.g. after evaluation, to reach a larger audience)
• product development (e.g learning content, testing of educational products)
• research that will improve future financial literacy programs (e.g. key issues in behavioural change, effective communication)

Eligibility Criteria

• Expressions of Interest are invited from not-for-profit organisations including:
  • community, consumer, investor or indigenous organisations
  • education entities (e.g. schools, teacher associations)
  • tertiary education and research institutions
  • local government (e.g. libraries, community education programs).
• Organisations not eligible for grants (unless there are exceptional circumstances):
  • individuals or unincorporated associations
  • organisations based outside Australia
  • government departments or agencies (Commonwealth, state or territory)
  • political parties or candidates
  • commercial or for-profit organisations
  • Australian Financial Services Licensees or their affiliates (e.g. foundations).
• Proposals are welcome from not-for-profit organisations that have partnerships with (or funding from) commercial entities or their affiliated foundations.

How to Apply

Expressions of Interest must be submitted via given website.

Eligible Country: Australia