Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO4505
Building Better Regions Fund – Community Investments Stream – Round 5
The $1.04 billion Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) supports the Australian Government’s commitment to:
- drive economic growth
- build stronger regional communities into the future.
For Round Five a total of $200 million is available, with $100 million dedicated to tourism-related infrastructure projects.
The Community Investments Stream will fund new or expanded local events, strategic regional plans, or leadership and capability strengthening activities that provide economic and social benefits to regional and remote areas. Infrastructure projects are not eligible under the Community Investments Stream.
For most projects grant funding will be up to either 50% or 75% of your eligible project costs. Your location will determine the percentage of grant funding you can receive.
You may apply for a partial or full exemption to your cash contribution if you can demonstrate that you are experiencing exceptional circumstances.
For small projects with a total grant amount of equal to or less than $20,000, grant funding will be up to 100% of eligible project costs.
Your project will need to deliver economic and social benefits to a regional or remote community.
To be eligible you must have an Australian Business Number (ABN).
You must be one of the following:
- an incorporated not-for-profit organisation
- an Australian local government agency or body as defined in the glossary of the grant opportunity guidelines
- a non-distributing cooperative.
We can only accept applications where:
- your project is located in an eligible location as outlined under section 5.2 of the grant opportunity guidelines
- you can provide evidence of how you will provide your share of the project costs.
For more information on eligibility please refer to the grant opportunity guidelines.
Not eligible
You are not eligible if you are:
- a for-profit organisation
- an individual, partnership or trust (however, an incorporated trustee may apply on behalf of a non-for-profit trust organisation)
- a Commonwealth, state or territory government agency or body (including government business enterprises) with the exception of those organisations referred to in section 4.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines
- a university, technical college, school or hospital
- a Regional Development Australia committee
Infrastructure activities as defined in Appendix B of the grant opportunity guidelines are not eligible for the Community Investments Stream. If your project involves infrastructure activities you should apply under the Infrastructure Projects Stream.
Eligible and excluded areas
Your project must be in an eligible area. You will need to show this in your application by providing the latitude and longitude of your project location.
Our mapping tool will help you determine your project location and its eligibility.
$200,000,000.00
From $5,000.00 to $1,000,000.00
To apply, go to www.business.gov.au/bbrfci
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