Grant Writer Kate Hawtin

"Thank you so much for writing our grant Kate! We got $86 000 for women experiencing homelessness. Thank you!!" Louise Miller Frost, Chief Executive Officer, Catherine House Inc

Australian Communities Foundation Funding Proposal Portal is available to submit funding requests! If you are an organisation with both Tax Concession Charity and Deductible Gift Recipient status you can submit a funding request with average grant money awarded being between $2000 - $15 000. https://www.communityfoundation.org.au

Australian Communities Foundation

Now Open: SA Health Grants for Seniors $5000 - $10 000!

Grants for Seniors (GFS) funds opportunities for older South Australians to actively contribute to an age friendly state.

Grants of up to $5,000 can pay for goods like equipment, materials or consumables that stimulate activity and social engagement for older people.

Up to $10,000 can be used for cultural, social, educational or sporting project activities encouraging older South Australians to engage with the community.

Online applications for Grants for Seniors close at 5.00pm, Friday 14 December 2018

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Children's Hospital Foundation Research Grant Now Open!
In partnership with Woolworths, The Foundation is funding up to 5 Nutrition-Related Stimulus Project Grants which come with financial assistance of $80,000 as well as up to $20,000 to fund health services research support for their proposal.
Proposals integrating one or more of the following research themes will be highly regarded:
• Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption with measurable outcomes and impact
• Dietary requirements (i.e. food combinations) to maximise health outcomes at specific ages
• Impact of diet on brain development and learning, mood and mental health
• Childhood eating behaviours and habits (“picky eating”)
• Prevention and/or management of food allergies
• Role of diet on gut health and microbiome and how this affects children’s health
• Infant feeding
Applications close Wednesday 28 March 2018

Children's Hospital Foundation Research and Grants Update Children’s Hospital Foundation will be running a number of grant rounds in the first half of 2018 and various health services research training workshops

30 New Grant Rounds OPEN NOW 💥 Let's just call this month 'Funding Feast February'!

$20 000 arts fellowships closing 23 February! Attention emerging artists working in visual arts, theatre, dance, music and film. The Helpmann Academy are offering $20 000 fellowships to support early career artists to realise their visions and build sustainable practices, and to enable artists to pursue professional development opportunities overseas or interstate. https://www.helpmannacademy.com.au/opportunities/helpmann-fellowships/

Helpmann Fellowships – The Helpmann Academy

A significant funding opportunity is on the horizon through Regional Development Australia, opening in March 2018.

Maximum funding amount is $5 million. Minimum is $100 000.

The program funds projects that apply innovative smart technologies which generate, store, communicate and process data to target urban challenges.

Additionally, projects must involve the innovative application of knowledge, hardware or software that is new to the organisation, the local government area, city, region or country or delivers an outcome which has not previously been realised in your community or extends or deploys an existing smart technology in a novel way.

Here is the link for successfully funded projects from Round 1 https://cities.dpmc.gov.au/smart-cities-program

Smart Cities and Suburbs Program

It's not too late to get your applications in for $200 000 grants through Multicultural SA -Stronger Families Stronger Communities! The grant program aims to fund initiatives that help strengthen families, support social cohesion and promote intercultural thinking. Applications close on 17 February 2017. http://www.multicultural.sa.gov.au/grants/stronger-families,-stronger-communities

Multicultural SA - Stronger Families, Stronger Communities DCSI is committed to ensuring that all South Australians have access to quality services that protect and enhance the community's well-being and provide support to people when they need it.

“I was so thankful for Kate's speciality writing skills and level of organisation she exhibited whilst assisting us in our ACAR 2016-17 submission. She made the process of putting the submission together in a very tight time frame less daunting and stressful than we initially expected it would be. I highly recommend Kate and would utilise her skills and expertise again”. Rowena Fox, Quality and Compliance Officer, Matthew Flinders Home Inc.

Funding round now open! The Honda Foundation provides funding for organisations that focus their activities on the disadvantaged, disabled or those suffering from long-term, life threatening illness. Application forms can be downloaded from their website and are to be submitted by 4th August 2016.
http://www.hondafoundation.com.au

Honda Foundation Honda Foundation. Supporting the disadvantaged, disabled, or those suffering from long term illnesses

The Bennelong Foundation grants round is now open and accepting applications Australia wide! Applications close on 1 August 2016, and The Foundation's current focus for this funding round is as follows:

Education, training and employment - supporting organisations that offer innovative programs to encourage people to take advantage of learning, training and education opportunities in order to further lasting employment prospects

Migrant and Indigenous community welfare - supporting migrant and Indigenous social cohesion, youth issues and family preservation, health, education and training, employment and addressing issues of cultural identity and cultural conflict

Community health - increasing participation in physical activity, greater education, training and employment opportunities, improved nutrition intake and greater social cohesion

For more information please visit:
www.bennelongfoundation.com

The Australian Communities Foundation is providing funding opportunities for organisations working in the following areas!

Arts and culture
Community services and welfare
Disability
Education, training and employment
Indigenous communities
Refugees and asylum seekers

The Foundation is providing grants totalling approximately $3 million annually, and requests for funding are provided to the foundation’s donors through a directory for consideration all year round. For more information visit www.communityfoundation.org.au

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