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Victoria
Community Broadcasting Foundation - General Grant Funding: Training and Development Grants
Purpose: To support regional coordination, training and innovative ideas which do not clearly fall within other CBF categories. Training is referred to in the broadest sense and may include regional conferences as well as seminars for managers and board members, train the trainer sessions and broadcasting skills training.
Money Available: Variable
Eligibilty: State and regional Community Broadcasting Associations.
Deadline: 24 September
Contact: Community Broadcasting Foundation PO Box 1354 Collingwood
Phone: (03) 9419 8055 Fax: (03) 9419 8352
Email: info@cbf.com.au URL: www.cbf.com.au
Music: Training and Education
Community Broadcasting Foundation - Training Grant Funding
Purpose: Grants are available under the Australian Ethnic Radio Training Project (AERTP) to train ethnic broadcasters in programming production and technical skills.
Money Available: Variable
Eligibilty: Stations receiveing CBF Ethnic Program Grant funding.
Deadline: Twice yearly
Contact: Community Broadcasting Foundation PO Box 1354 Collingwood
Phone: (03) 9419 8055 Fax: (03) 9419 8352
Email: info@cbf.com.au URL: www.cbf.com.au
Music: Training and Education
Mazda Foundation
Purpose: Assistance to young people through education and employment skills development, with particular emphasis on children from deprived backgrounds. Assistance in the advancement of education and achievement of excellence at all levels in the community.
Money Available: $5,000 to $50,000
Eligibilty: Open
Deadline: 28 February and 31 August
Contact: The Secretary PO Box 183 South Melbourne
Phone: n/a Fax: (03) 9690 5481
Email: n/a URL: www.mazda.com.au
Music: Youth
Telematics Trust - Development Fund
Purpose: Funds initiatives within Victoria involving the application of technology to education which are innovative, educationally driven and market oriented.
Money Available: Up to $100,000 in the form of a loan or $25,000 in the form of a grant.
Eligibilty: All projects must be of benefit in some way to public education and training in Victoria and must be carried out in Victoria.
Deadline: 20 August
Contact: The Secretariate Telematics Course Development Fund 3rd Level, 111 Collins Street Melbourne
Phone: (03) 9650 3188 Fax: (03) 9650 7986
Email: n/a URL: n/a
Music: Training and Education New Media
Australian TAFE Staff Exchange Council - Travelling Scholarship Scheme
Purpose: To widen opportunities for staff emplyed by Victorian providers of Vocational and Further Education and Training to access and build upon creative ideas, innovation and practice from interstate and overseas.
Money Available: Various
Eligibilty: People working in the Vocational and Further Education and Training sector including employees of registered private providers and community based providers.
Deadline: 15 May
Contact: Australian TAFE Staff Exchange Council PO Box 14039 Melbourne
Phone: (03) 9606 0866 Fax: (03) 9606 0957
Email: austexch@vicnet.net.au URL: n/a
Music: Training and Education
ABC Cinemedia - Digital Media Fund
Purpose: Various grants aimed at supporting and promoting the Victorian multimedia industry: 1. Digital Culture Program 2. Interactive Screen Arts Program 3. Multimedia Production Accord
Money Available: Various
Eligibilty: Victorian based artists.
Deadline: Various
Contact: ABC Cinemedia GPO Box 4361 Melbourne
Phone: (03) 9651 0600 Fax: (03) 9651 0665
Email: wbrown@cinemedia.net URL: www.cinemedia.net
Music: New Media
ANZ Charitable Trusts - Arts and Culture Projects
Purpose: To fund projects which enable the disadvantaged to have access to or participate in cultural programs; and community projects or programs which give people access to or the ability to participate in cultural events in the arts, music, dance and theatre or educational programs in the arts and sciences
Money Available: Total of $50,000 available
Eligibilty: Cultural organisations or community organisations in Victoria.
Deadline: 30 March, 1 June, 30 September, 1 December
Contact: ANZ Charitable Trusts PO Box 389D Melbourne
Phone: Free call 1800 808 910/ (03) 9273 1198 Fax: (03) 9273 2319
Email: n/a URL: www.anz.com
Music: Cultural Development Community Development
ANZ Charitable Trusts - People, including children, with disabilities in Victoria
Purpose: To fund projects designed to enable children with disabilities to access to mainstream community activities and projects which provide access to work, education and mainstream community activities.
Money Available: Total of $110,000 available
Eligibilty: Cultural organisations or community organisations in Victoria.
Deadline: 30 March, 1 June, 30 September, 1 December
Contact: ANZ Charitable Trusts PO Box 389D Melbourne
Phone: Free call 1800 808 910/ (03) 9273 1198 Fax: (03) 9273 2319
Email: n/a URL: www.anz.com
Music: Youth
Arts Victoria - Festival and Events Program
Purpose: To deliver high quality arts and cultural programs to audiences; to stimulate the development of the arts industry; to deliver a comprehensive and diverse mix of projects that reflect and celebrate local identity.
Money Available: Various
Eligibilty: Local festivals in Victoria.
Deadline: 9 August
Contact: Festival and Events Program Coordinator Private Bag No. 1 PO City Road South Melbourne
Phone: (03) 9684 8888 Fax: (03) 9682 5359
Email: emma.barron@dpc.vic.gov.au URL: www.arts.vic.gov.au
Music: Festivals
Australia Multicultural Foundation
Purpose: The Foundation has adopted an active role to develop intercultural initiatives. It operates through consultation with all community organisation, institutions, other foundations, Government and employer and employee bodies. There are the priority areas of interest for the Foundation: Commitment and participation, Promotion of awareness of our diverse cultures and their contribution to Australia's development, and Increasing Tolerance.
Money Available: $3,000
Eligibilty: Under this program the Foundation will only consider supporting a limited number of partnership projects with organisations providing they meet the Foundation's aims and objectives and are of national significance.
Deadline: Open all year
Contact: Australian Multicultural Foundation PO Box 538, 185 Faraday Street, Carlton
Phone: (03) 9347 6622 Fax: (03) 9347 2218
Email: info@amf.net.au URL: www.amf.net.au
Music: Multicultural
City of Port Phillip - Community Grants Scheme
Purpose: To support a network of local social, recreational and cultural activities that strengthen the community infrastructure.
Money Available: Up to $10,000
Eligibilty: Categories are recreation and sport and social support.
Deadline: March
Contact: Community Grants Scheme Private Bag 3, Post Office, St. Kilda
Phone: (03) 9209 6777 Fax: (03) 9209 6888
Email: assist@portphillip.vic.gov.au URL: www.portphillip.viv.gov.au
Music: Community/ Cultural Development Local Government Community Development
City of Port Phillip - Cultural Development Fund
Purpose: To support and encourage community organisations and artists to develop and realise creative ideas and projects in the City of Port Phillip.
Money Available: Various
Eligibilty: Funding will be allocated to individuals or organisations seeking seeding funds for development or the implementation of fully developed projects. Significant conditions apply.
Deadline: 16 April
Contact: Cultural Development Fund Private Bag 3, Post Office, St. Kilda
Phone: (03) 9209 6777 Fax: (03) 9209 6888
Email: assist@portphillip.vic.gov.au URL: www.portphillip.viv.gov.au
Music: Community/ Cultural Development Local Government Cultural Development
City of Whitehorse - Community Grants Program
Purpose: Supports community based organisations to provide a range of services and activities which meet the social, cultural, economic, recreational and developmental needs of residents.
Money Available: Various
Eligibilty: Local community organisations
Deadline: Various
Contact: Community Liaison Officer Locked Bag 2, Eastern Mail Centre, Nunawading
Phone: (03) 9262 6434 Fax: n/a
Email: customer.service@whitehorse.vic.gov.au URL: www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au
Music: Community/ Cultural Development Local Government Community Development
Community Broadcasting Foundation - Ethnic Grants: Innovation
Purpose: Innovation for development of national or regional projects. Types of projects funded have included ethnic Australian music compilations, and networking of special interest ethnic programs.
Money Available: Variable
Eligibilty: Organisations or individuals may apply, however grants can only be paid to incorporated associations.
Deadline: March and August
Contact: Community Broadcasting Foundation PO Box 1354, Collingwood
Phone: (03) 9419 8055 Fax: (03) 9419 8352
Email: info@cbf.com.au URL: www.cbf.com.au
Music: Multicultural
Community Broadcasting Foundation - Ethnic Grants: New Ethnic Broadcasting Groups
Purpose: New ethnic broadcasting groups with languages not yet on air are eligible to apply for a grant to purchase program materials. A grant would be conditional on the group being assured of a regular program on the station, and that any material purchased would belong to the station for use by broadcasters.
Money Available: Up to $1,000
Eligibilty: Broadcasting groups may apply, or the radio station can apply on their behalf, but grants can be paid only to incorporated organisations such as community radio stations or ethnic broadcasting umbrella groups.
Deadline: March and August
Contact: Community Broadcasting Foundation PO Box 1354, Collingwood
Phone: (03) 9419 8055 Fax: (03) 9419 8352
Email: info@cbf.com.au URL: www.cbf.com.au
Music: Multicultural Program Production
Community Broadcasting Foundation - Ethnic Grants: Ethnic Program Grants
Purpose: Ethnic program grants are available to stations based on the number of hours of non-English programming broadcast. Broadly speaking, a fundable program must be in a language mainly other than English, contain no more than 50% music content, have a spoken word content of no more than 25% religious material or references, be produced under the auspices of a recognised local ethnic community language group, be locally produced and be broadcast between 6 am and midnight.
Money Available: Variable
Eligibilty: Fully licensed community radio stations and holders of temporary community broadcast licences may apply.
Deadline: March and August
Contact: Community Broadcasting Foundation PO Box 1354, Collingwood
Phone: (03) 9419 8055 Fax: (03) 9419 8352
Email: info@cbf.com.au URL: www.cbf.com.au
Music: Program Production Multicultural
Community Broadcasting Foundation - General Grant Funding: Licensed Stations
Purpose: For established community radio stations for projects such as equipment and staff subsidies. Priority is given to basic needs, to stations with small incomes and those which have not recently recieved funding.
Money Available: Up to $10,000
Eligibilty: Community radio stations which have held a permanent full time license for at least 12 months.
Deadline: 24 September
Contact: Community Broadcasting Foundation PO Box 1354, Collingwood
Phone: (03) 9419 8055 Fax: (03) 9419 8352
Email: info@cbf.com.au URL: www.cbf.com.au
Music: Capital
Community Broadcasting Foundation - General Grant Funding: New Station Grants
Purpose: For recently licenses stations for projects such as equipment and staff subsidies.
Money Available: Up to $13,000
Eligibilty: Reserved for stations which have been granted permanent community broadcasting licenses. Grants are not available to holders of temporary community broadcasting licenses.
Deadline: 24 September
Contact: Community Broadcasting Foundation PO Box 1354, Collingwood
Phone: (03) 9419 8055 Fax: (03) 9419 8352
Email: info@cbf.com.au URL: www.cbf.com.au
Music: Capital
Community Broadcasting Foundation - General Grant Funding: Program Production Grants
Purpose: To encourage and support production of quality community radio programs. These may be one-off , short series or regular programs but must be made available to all community broadcasters at no distribution cost to stations.
Money Available: Variable
Eligibilty: Stations or program producers. Independent production houses or individuals must show support from a community radio station, however grants can only be paid to incorporated associations.
Deadline: 24 September
Contact: Community Broadcasting Foundation PO Box 1354, Collingwood
Phone: (03) 9419 8055 Fax: (03) 9419 8352
Email: info@cbf.com.au URL: www.cbf.com.au
Music: Program Production
Department of Education, Training and youth Affairs - National Youth Media Awards
Purpose: Highlight young people's achievements by showcasing the best examples of journalism that reflect the positive contribution young people make to our country.
Money Available: $1,000
Eligibilty: Open to journalists in any medium under the age of 26.
Deadline: 17 March
Contact: DETYA Locked Bag 31, Tullamarine
Phone: (03) 9289 9555/ 0419 514 904 Fax: n/a
Email: ymawards@porternovelli.com.au URL: www.detya.gov.au
Music: Youth
Foundation for Young Australians (various projects)
Purpose: To support and foster innovative and exceptional projects or activities aimed at or produced by young people. Grants include: 1. Achiever grants 2. Scholarships 3. Grants to organisations
Money Available: Various
Eligibilty: Young Australians (15 to 25 years) and not-for-profit organisations.
Deadline: Various
Contact: Foundation for Young Australians GPO Box 239E, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Phone: (03) 9670 5436 Fax: (03) 9609 3256
Email: headoffice@youngaustralians.org URL: www.youngaustralians.org
Music: Youth
Lance Reichstein Foundation
Purpose: To promote activities which emphasise participation, community-based management and accountability to the people for whom the organisation operates. To encourage more effective and accountable use of community resources. To encourage positive responses to social needs which relate to the changing economic and political context of our time.
Money Available: Up to $15,000 three times each year.
Eligibilty: Non-profit community organisations. Grants will not be provided for capital and building works, travel, research, conferences, book, film and video, religious or political activities
Deadline: 30 September
Contact: Administrative Officer 2nd Floor, 172 Flinders Street, Melbourne
Phone: (03) 9650 4400 Fax: (03) 9650 7501
Email: lance@creativeaccess.com.au URL: n/a
Music: Community Development
Myer Foundation
Purpose: Community welfare, environment and the arts etc. with an emphasis on innovation and social development.
Money Available: Variable
Eligibilty: Incorporated non-profit organisations. Grants are not available for building projects, publications, film and video production, conferences, scholarships or travel.
Deadline: February, June and October.
Contact: Executive Officer 45th Floor, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne
Phone: (03) 9207 3040 Fax: (03) 9207 3001
Email: smf@werple.net.au URL:
Music: Community Development
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation - Vichealth: Community and Health Program
Purpose: To fund innovative approaches to health promotion and disease prevention through projects aimed at changing community attitudes and behaviours and create environments which are condusive to good health.
Money Available: Various
Eligibilty: Community based organisations.
Deadline: Variable
Contact: Vichealth PO Box 154, Carlton South
Phone: (03) 9347 6917 Fax: (03) 9347 3777
Email: n/a URL: www.vichealth.vic.gov.au
Music: Training and Education
Victorian Multicultural Commission
Purpose: The Victorian Multicultural Commission Community Grants Program lends support to ethnic and community based organisations for activities and projects which would enable them to meet the priority need of immigrants and ethnic communities.
Money Available: Up to $25,000 depending on program applied under.
Eligibilty: Non-profit community based organisations. Priority will be given to projects which are consistent with the objectives of the Victorian Multicultural Commission.
Deadline: Various
Contact: Grants Manager Victorian Multicultural Commission, 1 Treasury Place, East Melbourne
Phone: (03) 9651 6884 Fax: (03) 9651 2624
Email: stefan.romaniw@dpc.vic.gov.au URL: www.multicultural.vic.gov.au
Music: Multicultural
Community Broadcasting Foundation - Ethnic Grants Multicultural Youth Program Support Grants
Purpose: Available to assist young NESB (non-English speaking background) program makers. Guidelines are similar to those for an Ethnic Program grant, except a Multicultural Youth Program Support grant must contain at least 10 percent (10%) non-English language content and be produced by a group of young people all of whom are between 15 and 35 years of age. The group needs to be under the auspices of a recognised ethnic community organisation or community radio station and should beresponsive to the needs of NESB youth.
Money Available: Variable
Eligibilty: Fully licensed community radio stations and holders of temporary community broadcast licences may apply, but must be a bona-fide community broadcaster (eg member of CBAA) and broadcast eligible ethnic programs on a regular basis.
Deadline: March and August
Contact: Community Broadcasting Foundation PO Box 1354, Collingwood
Phone: (03) 9419 8055 Fax: (03) 9419 8352
Email: info@cbf.com.au URL: www.cbf.com.au
Music: Multicultural Youth
Community Broadcasting Foundation - Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (AMRAP)
Purpose: The objectives of the AMRAP are to promote Contemporary Australian Music through the community broadcasting sector. The objective of the project will be met by development of Contemporary Australian Music programs for transmission via the community radio sector's satellite channels, or by other appropriate means; development of one or more websites on the Internet for the promotion of Contemporary Australian Music to the community broadcasting sector and the general public; and development of the distribution of Contemporary Australian Music to the community broadcasting sector, including commercially released recordings.
Money Available: $200,000 in total
Eligibilty: Grants are available to licensed community broadcasting stations (including TCBLs) and incorporated community broadcasting organisations only
Deadline: February
Contact: Community Broadcasting Foundation PO Box 1354, Collingwood
Phone: (03) 9419 8055 Fax: (03) 9419 8352
Email: info@cbf.com.au URL: www.cbf.com.au
Music: Music Training and Education
