Grants & Funding
Grants
There are many sources for obtaining grants which are contained in the Club Development Network resource guide.
One thing to remember is that if you have taken the time to put in place a planning process for your club, then you have already done a lot of the hard work involved in applying for a grant.
Effectively you are simply asking for the resources to put into action the aims, targets and objectives you have developed in your strategic plan.
For information on Grants available from the Office for Recreation & Sport programs click here or download the Recreation & Sport Funding Handbook.
Fundraising
One of the difficulties clubs often face is in general fundraising.
The Australia Taxation Office provides information on managing your fundraising from a record keeping perspective.
The Australian Sports Foundation Ltd (ASF) was established by the Federal Government in 1986 to assist Australian sport and to generate funds for sport from the corporate sector and community.
The ASF assists non-profit sporting organisations, schools, councils and community organisations raise money for valid sport related projects.
These might include building new club rooms, upgrading oval lighting, buying sporting equipment, funding team travel to national championships or hosting a major event.
The ASF is a non-profit public company limited by guarantee and is listed in the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989. The ASF is also listed in Division 30, section 30-90 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 which enables donations to the ASF to be eligible tax deductions.
To find out more go to their website at www.asf.org.au
There are many Bowling Clubs out there who can confirm that with the effort can come great reward!
Some clubs in the past have been successful with Grants for new greens, synthetic greens, purchasing of new bowls, small bowls and target mats for juniors, money for ‘Come N Try’ days and even money for the printing of letterbox flyers.
Helpful Hints
Here are the Top 5 hints to help you obtain a Grant:
1. ADVANCED THINKING – Make sure you put grants on your club management agenda. This will ensure you are able to collect all the data, quotes etc prior to the grant application being released. If you wait too long, the closing date will leave no time to get everything organised! Part of this advanced thinking is to come up with projects and research them before the grants are released. This means if you notice your club will need new chairs soon, start preparing a grant now!
2. APPOINT – Try and nominate a person in the club who is capable and experienced at writing grant submissions (there is usually a person in the club who has the skills). This person will be responsible for sourcing grants, writing applications and reporting it all to the club management.
3. SUPPORT– Always be on the hunt for support for projects. This can include finding a partner organisation to be involved or if you can collect as many letters of support as you can from local MP’s, schools, or any other community group etc who use your facilities.
4. CONTACT – ALWAYS contact the grant provider to get the first hand knowledge that will be vital in filling out the application. If you go straight to the ‘Horses Mouth’ there will be no cross information, and they will be able to assist in your application.
5. RESEARCH – Ok, so this one it very self explanatory! If in the past you were not successful in a grant submission, call the provider and find out why? And definitely read all the fine print, you don’t want to find out that your ineligible after 4 weeks of writing the application!
A few great websites to check out for more information:
www.service.sa.gov.au/ContentPages/directories/grants.aspx
Bowls SA Letter of Support
For all Letter of Support enquiries please contact Paul Williams, Bowls SA Development Manager, on 08 8234 7544 or email development@bowlssa.com.au
The Letter of Support procedures can be found in the following document (Process for Letter of Support).
Volunteer Grants Information
The Volunteer Support Fund is a grant administered through the Office for Volunteers and is aimed at helping volunteer- involving organisations (who are incorporated, non government and not for profit) to improve support to their volunteers.
Organisations can apply for grants of up to a maximum of $3,000 for one-off projects (general operating costs do not qualify).
For all enquiries please contact the Office for Volunteers on 08 8463 4437.
Community Voices Grant Program 
The Office for Volunteers' Community Voices Grant Program provides $50,000 funding to enable volunteer organisations to promote and market themselves to the community.
You can apply now by visiting our Community Voices page!
Other Grants There are many other grants available to the community. To make life a little easier, information about available grants has been listed together on the Grants Directory web page. The Grants Directory provides a one-stop shop for information on a range of funding options available to South Australian community organisations. There are also links to other websites which provide some excellent tips on making grant applications. |
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Tools to Find Other Grants
Use these links to locate information on other grants that may be useful to your organisation.
- Premiers Community Initiatives Fund
- Regional Funding and Grants Register
- Grantsearch Register (previously the Australian Grants Register)
