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Parliament of Victoria

Finding Community Grants Workshop

Sally Cummings

Client Support Librarian

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Workshop Objectives

In this 2 hour workshop you will –

• Gain an understanding of the range of funding avenues available

• Learn how to find relevant funding information

• Learn how to locate the most suitable grants for your constituents and community groups

• Learn how to assist constituents and community groups with grant applications

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Workshop outline

• Funding avenues available to community groups

• How to find community grants• How to find relevant community grants• Easy Grants search example• Preparing grant applications • What can EOs do with this information?• Easy Grants subscriptions• Discussion and questions

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Funding avenues available to community groups (1)

• What types of funding arrangements are available?– Community grants– Sponsorships– Partnerships with business– Donations– Fund-raising assistance

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Funding avenues available to community groups (2)

• What are the sources of grants funding?– State Government– Federal Government – Local Government– Non-Government Organisations

• Philanthropic – charities, philanthropic foundations, not-for-profit organisations

• Corporate – profit-making companies

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Funding avenues available to community groups (3)

• What types of organisations can apply for grants?– Community groups, sports clubs, schools, health

services, historical societies, welfare organisations– Incorporated association and/or Deductible Gift

Recipient (DGR) status may be required– Grants funding is less likely to favour individuals,

government agencies and political organisations.

• Consider aligning with an umbrella (auspice) organisation

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How to find community grants (1)

• It can be difficult and time-consuming to search individual funding sources

• OurCommunity Easy Grants service brings them all together– Commercial service– Grants from wide variety of sources in one place– Descriptions, requirements, links, closing dates– Searchable database

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How to find community grants (2)

• Other information sources include websites, databases, directories, newsletters, media releases, newspaper advertisements …

• See Appendix 1 of your workbook for a listing of online information resources (also available on the Parliamentary Library website)

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How to find relevant community grants

• Use Easy Grants funding categories

• Consider the community/ies that the project will benefit

• Check eligibility criteria

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Activity

• Have a look at your project example.

• Highlight the Easy Grants funding categories that you could use in a search, by considering which communities would benefit from the project being undertaken.

• Use the examples of ‘questions to consider’ on the activity sheet to assist in your brainstorming.

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Easy Grants search example

Let’s do a search of Easy Grants using the following example:

The Gould Group is looking to start a new school garden project in an area with a high proportion of Vietnamese-born residents, as part of their Multicultural School Gardens project.

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Project Description: “Multicultural School Gardens combines community volunteering, multicultural understanding, gardening and cooking into a unique and enriching whole school environmental education project.”

• Communities that may benefit include:– Children and Family– Multicultural– Environment Conservation and Heritage – Education, Employment and Training– Community Services and Development

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Let’s narrow the search, using:

• Keywords, eg. garden or school– Search tips are provided for using keywords

effectively. These include phrases (“”), wildcards (*) and combinations (+)

• Searching one funding category at a time

• Timeframe (1, 3, 6, 12, 12+ months)

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Other useful sites for searching

• Grants and Services Finder– Searches grants for cultural organisations

from local, state and federal government as well as private sources

• Grants@DPCD– Searches DPCD grant programs

• GrantsLINK– Searches Commonwealth grant programs

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Preparing grant applications (1)

• Understand the grant application process

• Prepare and assemble documentation ahead of time

• Do some research on the funding body

• Tailor / customise each grant application

• Consult others, make it a team effort

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Preparing grant applications (2)

• Demonstrate the need for the project

• Be specific when describing the project

• Write clearly, concisely

• Display ability to budget / spend money efficiently

• Demonstrate community support

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What can EOs do with this information? (1)

• Provide grants information to community organisations on request

• Promote targeted grants information to community organisations

• Ensure that restrictions on redistribution of Easy Grants material are considered

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What can EOs do with this information? (2)

• Provide letters of support from MPs

• Help community groups learn about the grants process– what grants are, how to find grants, how to

prepare applications, what training is available, etc.

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Easy Grants subscriptions• The Parliamentary Library can provide subscriptions to

the Easy Grants service for each MP, free of charge.

• You need to be registered by the library as a subscriber to get full access.

• Note: Only one subscription is allowed per electorate office – this may be sent either directly to the MP or to an Electorate Officer.

• Newsletters are delivered monthly to the nominated email address.

• The subscription includes full access to the Easy Grants searchable database.

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Review of Workshop Objectives

In this 2 hour workshop you will –

• Gain an understanding of the range of funding avenues available

• Learn how to find relevant funding information

• Learn how to locate the most suitable grants for your constituents and community groups

• Learn how to assist constituents and community groups with grant applications

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Questions?