Deadlines:

• Small & Vital Grant: 4 February 2020
• Larger Leverage Grant: 24 March 2020

The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) has announced the Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) – Small & Vital and Larger Leverage grant programs to give small rural, regional and remote communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds that can benefit and help secure their future prosperity.

Grants are available for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities.

Activity Areas

• Building Community Resilience
• Developing Organisational Resilience and Capacity
• Enhancing Environmental Sustainability
• Fostering Cultural Vibrancy
• Lifelong Education and Training
• Economic Strength
• Improving Community Health and Social Wellbeing

Funding Information

• Small & Vital grants
  • The Small & Vital grants provide funds of up to $10,000.
• Larger Leverage grants
  • The larger leverage grants provide funds between $10,001 to $25,000.
  • Community groups can apply for the larger leverage grants twice a year.

Eligibility Criteria

• Not-for-profit community-based organisations from communities across rural, regional and remote Australia where funds support projects and activities that offer clear public benefit (i.e. are for a charitable purpose) and address a need in the community.
• Organisations with an ABN or Incorporation Certificate.
• Organisations with and without DGR endorsement.
• An organisation is eligible to submit one application per grant round.
• The following applications will be prioritised:
  • Projects initiated and delivered by local community groups.
  • Applications from communities fewer than 15,000 people.
  • Organisations that do not have Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) Tax status.

Ineligible

• Individuals, private or commercial businesses are ineligible;
• Projects that support core business and areas of responsibility of Federal, State and Local Governments are ineligible.

For more information, visit https://www.frrr.org.au/grants/Strengthening_Rural_Communities.php