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Our funding model

Multi-Year Partnerships

We seek to partner with charities delivering innovative and scalable initiatives that harness the potential of rising generations and digital technology to improve outcomes for communities in need in the following areas:

  • Environment: with a focus on food production, circular economy and sustainable dwellings.

  • Financial wellbeing: through future-focused education and employment opportunities.

Multi-Year Partnerships support initiatives designed to create big impact, with the funding provided over a period of two to three years.

We approach and invite eligible charitable organisations that align with our funding principles and areas of impact to apply for these partnerships.

While we are unable to accept unsolicited applications, eligible charities may provide a short organisational overview for our reference.

Eligibility and exclusions

To be eligible to receive any grant from our Foundation, your charity must:

You can check your DGR and TCC status by going to the Australian Government’s Business Register website.

To ensure our funding creates the greatest impact and remains aligned to our purpose, we are unable to consider funding for the following*:

  • General sponsorship, fundraising activities, and disaster appeals
  • Unsolicited emergency relief and material aid requests
  • Individual support, including personal travel, study, or medical expenses
  • Commercial activities not aimed at advancing charitable purpose and impact
  • One-time events, festivals, or community activities that are not intended for continuation or directly linked to delivering lasting impact
  • Activities outside the specified funding footprint
  • Projects considered the responsibility of government or local authorities
  • Applications from organisations with unmet responsibilities under past funding agreements
  • Retrospective funding requests
  • Requests for initiatives delivered under auspicing arrangements
  • Endowments, memorials, or named academic chairs
  • Political or religious projects, including lobbying and litigation
  • If your organisation is already funded by one of the NGM Group Foundations - Greater Charitable Foundation or Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation - and/or has not formally acquitted your initiative, you won’t be able to apply for another grant at this time.
  • Large scale capital appeals or projects, although we may consider funding infrastructure or portions of capital costs deemed essential to the long-term sustainability of the organisation's services and/or integral to delivering on the program’s objectives/meaningful impact.  This may include vehicles. 

*This list is not exhaustive; contact the Foundation regarding your specific initiative if not specified

Our history

Greater Charitable Foundation was established in 2011 with an initial allocation of $1 million from Greater Bank on behalf of its members and staff.

Each year, the Foundation distributes approximately $1 million in grant funding to eligible charities that assist communities across Greater’s footprint all the way from the Illawarra to the Gold Coast and South East Queensland.

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Greater Charitable Foundation
103 Tudor Street
Hamilton NSW 2303

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