The Myer Foundation
Poverty and disadvantage has an impact on all aspects of life; wellbeing, poorer health, ability to participate in community and access to education and employment.
Our aim in this small grant program is to address underlying problems that give rise to poverty and disadvantage, and to find ways to strengthen systems, services, communities and individuals to prevent poverty and to reduce disadvantage for those who are most at risk.
This small grants program supports strategies to benefit Australian communities. The aims are to:
•Alleviate the negative effects of poverty and disadvantage
•Demonstrate new ideas about how to address poverty and disadvantage
•Strengthen communities' abilities to deal with poverty and disadvantage.
The current priority areas for the Poverty and Disadvantage Small Grants Program are:
•Communities experiencing social and economic exclusion with particular emphasis on Indigenous Australians, asylum seekers and refugees, and people living in isolated rural and remote areas of Australia.
•Children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who experience a lack of opportunity to improve their wellbeing.
•Small, discrete projects that meet the needs of a community rather than supplementary funding for large projects. A small, discrete project will be considered to have a total budget of up to $50,000.
The Small Grants Program in Poverty and Disadvantage accepts applications for funding on an ongoing basis and there are no specific closing dates.
Eligibility for Organisations:
Applications will be accepted for grants for charitable purposes from Australian incorporated organisations that have been endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as Tax Concession Charities (TCC).
If you are unsure of your organisation’s tax status, check with your financial advisor or the Australian Government’s ABN Lookup website.
If your organisation is not endorsed as a TCC, but you are an Australian incorporated organisation, you may still be eligible to apply as long as we can be satisfied that the nature of your project is charitable.
Eligibility for Individuals:
The Myer Foundation and Sidney Myer Fund do not provide grants directly to individuals or unincorporated bodies.
If you fall within this category, an application for funding may be made through a funding partner that has been endorsed by the ATO as a Tax Concession Charity. If your funding partner organisation is not endorsed as a TCC, but is an Australian incorporated organisation, you may still be eligible to apply as long as we can be satisfied that the nature of the project is charitable.
Grants are capped at $10,000 and are generally made for a 12 month period only.
The requested amount may be part of a budget of up to $50,000.
Only ONE application across all small grants programs can be considered per applicant.
