Eligibility

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.

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.

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.

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.