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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?