Hobsons Bay Community Fund (HBCF) Grants Program 2025 (Up to $10,000)

The vision of the Hobsons Bay Community Fund (HBCF) to ‘benefit and strengthen the community of Hobsons Bay for present and future generations’ has never felt more meaningful than right now. HBCF’s Committee works closely with key local stakeholders to ensure our priorities are aligned with the existing and emerging needs of the local community.

Their focus with the annual HBCF Community grants program is to provide grants for activities that contribute to making our local community fair, inclusive and vibrant.

In 2024, the HBCF provided $65,312 in grants to 19 local projects supporting the community of Hobsons Bay. The grants have benefited their Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities, migrants and asylum seekers, people with disabilities, and communities at risk of social isolation, as well as providing equal opportunities in education, employment and the arts.

The Hobsons Bay Community Fund aims to promote a fair, inclusive and vibrant community by promoting social inclusion and fair and equitable access to community participation.

Summary

1. Application Deadline: June 27, 2025
2. Category: Grants
3. Opportunity Locations: Australia
4. Eligible Locations: Australia
5. Sponsor Organisation: Hobsons Bay Community Fund (HBCF)

Eligibility Criteria for Hobsons Bay Community Fund (HBCF) Grants Program 2025 (Up to $10,000)

1. Any nonprofit, club, group, organization, community center, neighborhood house, school, or other organization or group delivering services or programs within Hobsons Bay.
2. Accepting grant applications from for-profit organizations is not generally within our guidelines, but if a for-profit body is seeking to deliver a charitable project or program, for example, in partnership with a not-for-profit or community group, please contact the HBCF Grants subcommittee to discuss the project before applying.
3. Community initiatives require the majority of participants to come from Hobsons Bay.
4. Applications from sporting clubs will only be considered if the sporting activity is done as an integral part of, or is incidental to, a charitable purpose.

Who Can't Apply?

1. Individuals
2. Organisations or groups that deliver projects or programs outside of Hobsons Bay
3. Applications from sporting clubs that do not have a charitable purpose. Please click here to read more about the criteria specific to sporting clubs.
4. Proposals that would require operating or recurring costs (i.e., wages, utilities, rent, administrative costs, funds for investment or debt servicing, etc.)
5. Capital projects
6. General fundraising campaigns or annual appeals
7. Proposals with more appropriate alternative funding sources (i.e., fees, sponsorships, service agreements, etc.), Council or government
8. Organisations that have previously received a grant from the HBCF and have not provided a satisfactory Acquittal Report.

Benefits of Hobsons Bay Community Fund (HBCF) Grants Program 2025 (Up to $10,000)

Grant applications of between $500 and $10,000 will be considered with needs aligning with but not limited to one or more of the categories below.

1. Access to food and housing security
2. Equal opportunities for youth in education & employment
3. Emergency aid
4. Culturally & Linguistically Diverse (CALD) groups
5. Refugees and Asylum Seekers
6. Those with a physical or intellectual disability
7. Socially marginalized cohorts
8. Physical/mental health and well-being
9. Positive ageing
10. A sustainable environment
11. Arts and culture-based

Funding Amounts

A total pool of approximately $60,000 will be made available for the 2025 HBCF Community Support Grants, with grants available from $500 up to $10,000. All applications over $5,000 should first be discussed with a member of the HBCF Grants subcommittee.

How to Apply

Once submitted, your grant application will be considered by the HBCF’s Committee.

The assessment process for applications to the HBCF grants program includes:

1. Eligibility check.
2. Assessment and recommendation to the Australian Communities Foundation (ACF). The HBCF is a sub-fund of the ACF.
3. Review panel.

In assessing funding applications, the HBCF Grants subcommittee will consider adequate dispersion and diversity of proposals both geographically and across cohorts within Hobsons Bay.

Outcomes

1. If your application is successful, you will be required to provide the HBCF with a report on your project outcomes at the earliest opportunity to demonstrate your project outcomes within the 12-month grant period.
2. If your application is successful, an authorized representative from your group/organization will be required to complete an HBCF Electronic Funds Transfer authorisation form and return it to the HBCF. Your information will be provided to the ACF for final endorsement.
3. The ACF will provide approved recipients with a letter of offer and once returned, will pay grant monies.

Click here to download and fill the application form

Please email the completed application form to grants@hbcommunityfund.org.au

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Application Deadline

27 June, 2025

Application Link(s)

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