Supporting our local community - Grants Information

The MCU Charitable Trust funds eligible groups or organisations to support community activities that provide benefit to the Maleny and District Community through a number of small grants programs.

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MCU Enabling Communities Small Grants Program 2024 2025

The MCU Enabling Communities Small Grants 2024 2025 will open on the 13th December 2024 and close 5pm January 31, 2025.

There is a maximum of $500.00 available for each activity and we invite applications. These applications will be assessed by a selection committee against the broad criteria outlined below. The committee exercises its discretion in assessing applications in accordance with an annual budget and the governing principles of the Trust.

Who can apply?

Are you:

A community group within the Maleny and District area;
An incorporated not for profit organisations; or
An unincorporated peer support, advocacy or community group that is auspiced by an incorporated organisation that has aims and objectives compatible with the Trust’s?

Is the activity for which you are applying designed to assist or support one of the following community needs?

The small grant funding can be used for a range of projects, events or activities which have an overall benefit to our community by fostering the environment; diversity; education; sport and recreation; by supporting those in need, or by raising community awareness of any of these issues.

Preference will be given to grant requests that are not available to be resourced through other funding sources.

Applications are to be completed online in the form below

Applications must be received by 5:00pm on 31st January 2025.

Questions relating to the MCU Communities Ltd small grants round should be directed to Darryl Ebenezer 0407696792 darryl@mcucommunities.au

Small Grant Application Form

Please complete this application by the closing date - 5pm AEST 31st January 2025 - incomplete applications will not be accepted.

1. Your Group or Organisation

Group or Organisation Name(Required)

Contact Person(Required)

Position(Required)

Phone(Required)

(A fixed line number must include the area code)

Email(Required)

Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 (if applicable) City State Postcode Country

Website

Organisation Type

Incorporated Association

Unincorporated

Limited Liability Company

Cooperative

ABN

(If you don't know it click here to find it)

Given your group is unincorporated, you will require an auspice partner. Please provide their details below.

To auspice means to lend support to someone. In the context of grant applications, an auspice organisation is one that gets given the grant money on your behalf. They also have the responsibility for making sure that the project gets completed on time. An auspice organisation could be: your school; your local council; a not-for-profit organisation.

Auspice Partner Organisation Name

ABN of Auspice Partner Organisation

(If you don't know it click here to find it)

Address of Auspice Partner Organisation

Street Address Address Line 2 (if applicable) City State Postcode Country

Contact Person

Position

Phone

(A fixed line number must include the area code)

Their Website

2. Project Details

2.1 Project Title:(Required)

2.2 Demonstrate how this project will build have an overall benefit to the group in question and our community. Please include information around the need for the project and attach any supporting documentation.(Required)

2.3 Provide a brief description of the purpose of your group/organisation(Required)

2.4 Financial Details

Grant amount requested(Required)

Please enter a number less than or equal to 500.

Applicant’s contribution

Cash

Inkind

Other Contributions

2.5 Project expenditure

Provide a budget based upon your requested funding amount and anticipated expenditure. All costs must be specifically defined so please attach to your application supporting documentation such as obtained fee schedules, quotes or pricing guides.

Budget

Item

Supplier

Amount

3. Project Objectives/Outcomes - What are the specific objectives and outcomes of your project?(Required)

Outline how you will measure whether the project objectives/outcomes have been met.(Required)

Outcome

Measurement

4. Projects must be completed within twelve months of receiving funding

Start Date(Required)

Completion Date(Required)

5. Project Risks

Please identify the risks associated with the project and the strategies to be used for mitigating them(Required)

Description of risk

Associated mitigation activities

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.