Grant amount A total of $145,000.00 (GST exclusive) is available for the 2018-19 financial year for the GIA program. The maximum grant to any national ESO is $10,000 within the financial year. Grants are limited to one per organisation. Depending on the demand for funding, and if applicants meet the eligibility and assessment criteria, the grant amount will be pro-rated. The GIA program funds projects that are planned for the future. Funding is not available as a reimbursement for costs already incurred. Grant eligibility criteria We cannot consider your application if it does not meet all the eligibility criteria. Who is eligible to apply for a grant? Only bona fide national incorporated ESOs are eligible to apply for a grant. For the purposes of GIA grants a bona fide national incorporated ESO is considered to be an organisation: which has direct links to the ex-service community; whose membership consists primarily of veterans, past and present members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and/or their dependants; which is established primarily to provide pensions, advocacy and/or welfare assistance to veterans, past and present members of the ADF and/or their dependants; which does not charge any fee for acting on behalf of the veterans, past and present members of the ADF and/or their dependants in the provision of claims or welfare services; which has objectives that aim to benefit the welfare of its members nationally; and which is incorporated. Who is not eligible to apply for a grant? You are not eligible to apply if you: are not a bona fide national incorporated ESO; receive funding from another government source for the same purpose as the project proposed under this granting opportunity.
Grant amount A total of $145,000.00 (GST exclusive) is available for the 2018-19 financial year for the GIA program. The maximum grant to any national ESO is $10,000 within the financial year. Grants are limited to one per organisation. Depending on the demand for funding, and if applicants meet the eligibility and assessment criteria, the grant amount will be pro-rated. The GIA program funds projects that are planned for the future. Funding is not available as a reimbursement for costs already incurred. Grant eligibility criteria We cannot consider your application if it does not meet all the eligibility criteria. Who is eligible to apply for a grant? Only bona fide national incorporated ESOs are eligible to apply for a grant. For the purposes of GIA grants a bona fide national incorporated ESO is considered to be an organisation: which has direct links to the ex-service community; whose membership consists primarily of veterans, past and present members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and/or their dependants; which is established primarily to provide pensions, advocacy and/or welfare assistance to veterans, past and present members of the ADF and/or their dependants; which does not charge any fee for acting on behalf of the veterans, past and present members of the ADF and/or their dependants in the provision of claims or welfare services; which has objectives that aim to benefit the welfare of its members nationally; and which is incorporated. Who is not eligible to apply for a grant? You are not eligible to apply if you: are not a bona fide national incorporated ESO; receive funding from another government source for the same purpose as the project proposed under this granting opportunity.
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