Focus Areas

• The Powerlink Community Grants provide funding for one-off short-term projects, with a focus on the following:
  • Sustainable communities: community resilience, social capacity, safety and wellbeing, community activities and environment projects.
  • Economic development: tourism, economic development, and skills and training.

Funding Information

• All requests for funding are required to provide evidence of Public Liability Insurance. Quotes for goods and services valued over $5,000 are mandatory.

Eligible Projects

• Eligible projects are those which:
  • Support and create sustainable communities, e.g. community activities, cultural events, local events, organizational planning and development, systems and tools to improve services etc.
  • Assist in economic development, e.g. training, skills development, events and resources etc.
  • Enhance community and social capacity, e.g. materials, equipment, education and learning, upgrades to services etc.
  • Build resilience and create a positive legacy, e.g. creates opportunity to build strong community connections, cultural programs, improvements to community infrastructure etc.

Ineligible Projects

• They do not fund projects and activities that include the following:
  • projects that have already commenced prior to agreed start date or have been completed
  • solely benefit an individual
  • fundraising drives and mass appeal donation requests
  • gambling, political and religious activities campaigns
  • projects that rely on ongoing funding
  • costs associated with staff wages
  • high-risk, unsafe activities that pose an unacceptable safety or animal welfare risk
  • projects that are the core business of government
  • activities that are not aligned to Powerlink’s values and commitments

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants are eligible for funding if they are:
  • a community group, community club or a not-for-profit organisation;
  • an incorporated association or similar legal entity;
  • auspiced by another organisation that is incorporated (or has a similar legal entity) and can manage the grant on behalf of the applicant;
  • the applicant organisation holds current public liability insurance policy (minimum $10 million) and other relevant insurances (e.g. worker’s compensation insurance, insurance for volunteers etc.) or able to secure these relevant policies prior to entering into a funding agreement, should the applicant be successful;
  • the applicant is able to complete their project within 12 months from the start date of the project;
  • the applicant can deliver the project within the nominated Queensland locality.

Ineligibility Criteria

• An applicant is not eligible for a grant if they:
  • are not a legal entity (or not auspiced by a legal entity)
  • are a for-profit entity
  • are a political group
  • are an individual

For more information, visit Powerlink.

https://www.powerlink.com.au/community/community-grants#:~:text=Powerlink%20Community%20Grants%20support%20initiatives,in%20the%20following%20calendar%20year.