• Impact Area alignment
    To be eligible to apply for a grant, you must demonstrate that your application aligns with one or more of the outcomes within the Impact Area you are applying under.
  • Tax endorsements

    Your organisation must be endorsed as a Tax Concession Charity (TCC) and, depending on the grant program, a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) as covered by Item 1 of the table in section 30-15 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997. 

    Evidence of these endorsements must be attached to your application:

    • A copy of the organisation’s most recent Notice of Endorsement as a Deductible Gift Recipient as issued by the ATO; and

    • A copy of the organisation’s Notice of Endorsement for Charity Tax Concessions (as issued by the ATO on or after 1 July 2005).

    Please note: a copy of the organisation’s entry on the ABR Register is not be considered sufficient evidence of tax endorsement status.

  • Location
    Grants from the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Fund are provided for projects delivered in Victoria, especially but not limited to Greater Melbourne.  Grants made from the Eldon & Anne Foote Trust (part of the Eldon Foote Bequest) may be made for projects delivered nationally.
  • Exclusions
    Grants are not provided for:
    • Clinical research projects;
    • Endowment funds;
    • Retrospective funding;
    • Auspicing - the organisation applying must be the organisation undertaking the project or program.