Submissions open for Food Support Grant Program (Australia)

Submissions open for Food Support Grant Program (Australia)

Deadline: 11-Mar-25

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.