The Funding Centre. Australia's best grants & fundraising hub. Find Money Now! Funding Centre. ourcommunity.com.

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1 The Funding Centre Australia's best grants & fundraising hub. Find Money Now! Funding Centre An OurCommunity.com.au enterprise ourcommunity.com.au

2 What is the Funding Centre? The Funding Centre is the best place to go to get information on grants and fundraising in Australia. The Funding Centre s grants database, helpsheets, and tools are designed specifically for not-for-profit organisations and schools, no matter your location, size or type. Grants Database: Fully searchable directory of more than 2500 live grants, updated daily Funding Centre Scoop: Comprehensive PDF listing of all relevant and currently open grants, plus the latest fundraising news and tools Grant Alerts: Customised daily or weekly s alerting you to grants that fit your profile Fundraising Help: Help sheets, video and audio to guide you through the process of raising funds with minimum effort Fundraising News: No fluff, just the stuff you really need to know if you re raising funds in Australia Fundraising Tools: Checklists, templates, policies and planning tools Who runs the Funding Centre? The Funding Centre is an initiative of Our Community, Australia s Centre for Excellence for the nation s 600,000 not-for-profit groups and schools, providing advice, tools, resources and training. Our other key offerings include: OurCommunity.com.au: Training, tools and resources with Australia s most useful website for not-for-profit organisations - accelerating the impact of Australia s 600,000 charities, community groups and schools. Institute of Community Directors Australia: Accredited training, short courses, educational tools and peer support for members of Australian not-for-profit boards, committees and councils, and the staff who support them. GiveNow.com.au: Australia s leading giving hub, providing commission-free online donations for not-for-profits and giving education for businesses, families and individuals - helping people give more, give smarter, give better, GiveNow! Australian Institute for Corporate Responsibility: Information and tools to help create stronger, more authentic linkages between businesses and their communities. Australian Institute of Grants Management: Best practice education, support, training and services for government, philanthropic and corporate grantmakers, including Australia s most-used online grants management solution, SmartyGrants

3 Sustainable Fundraising A sustainable fundraising plan rests on six pillars pull too many pillars away and you risk wobbling or toppling. 6 rofit -for-p t o n 6 GRANTS donations ERSHIPS MEMB welcome EVENTS SALES SORSHIP SPON An organisation needs its funding to come from as many sources as possible. While it will continue to stand if one or even a few pillars are pulled away, it s considerably weaker. Reduce the support base to just one pillar, and the organisation s position becomes perilous. Many organisations run into trouble because they only have one or two sources of funding, or because they only have two or three people really involved in raising money. If any of the sources or any of the people go away, the organisation will likely find itself in trouble. The Funding Centre provides all the information you need to know to ensure your organisation is resting on solid foundations.

4 You need Grants More than 2500 grants in searchable database Every grant in Australia state, federal & local government, corporate, philanthropic & community foundations Search Grants My Favourites: UPDATED Community Heritage Grants UPDATED Community Investment Program UPDATED Community Support Grants UPDATED Economic Infrastructure Program UPDATED Fire Ready Communities Grants UPDATED Small Grants for Small Rural Communities Go Monthly grants newsletter ( Funding Centre Scoop ) Funding Centre ALERT An OurCommunity.com.au service Hi Kathy, The following grants have recently been updated: Caring for our Country - Community Action Grants What s Changed: Closing Date Confirmed Complete customisation: only receive information on grants you are eligible or interested in Daily/weekly updates (optional) Help sheets, audio, video, tools and templates to help turn you into a grantseeking whizz Books and training practical advice for grantseekers to take you from novice to pro

5 You need instructions on what, when and how to fundraise. Knowledge Information is everywhere. The trouble is finding the right kind of information, and then finding the time to read it. Our plain-english help sheets and books provide advice on everything you need to know about fundraising. If you prefer to listen and watch, we have audio and video too.

6 Tools Fundraising is not rocketscience. Many people, representing many groups, for many causes, have done this before you. Why reinvent the wheel? The Funding Centre contains dozens of templates and tools checklists for your special events; grants templates; budgeting tools that can be downloaded and adapted to your needs. News No fluff. Just the things you really need to know if you re raising funds in Australia. NEWS: Kids Grants on Offer Does your group have any Telstra employees on its parents lists? If so, you could be eligible for a $1200 grant... NEWS: Charity defined Australia s legal definition of charity will no longer be based on a 400-year-old English statute, following the...

7 Training You re dedicated. You re enthusiastic. But you re busy we get that. There s no puff in our grants and fundraising training. No setting the scene. No highminded theory of what it should be like. Just insider advice about what works, and practical tips that you can implement immediately. This was the best fundraising seminar I ve been to. Many thanks. All I have to do now is put all the thousands of ideas into action! It is very refreshing to be presented to by a real subject matter expert and not just a facilitator working from notes. Your style, delivery and humour made it a very enjoyable few hours indeed. best Like all not-for-profit single deskers, I m flat out and stretched thin. I want to say that I found this course extremely useful and the presentation was one of the I have ever attended. As a clinical social worker with over 20 years experience, I would like to let you know that I learnt more from you in 45 minutes than I have learnt from ANY in-service I have attended. Just wanted to say thank you for yesterday s grant forum. It was the best fun, most practical and productive workshop I have been to in years.

8 Subscribe to the Funding Centre Today (and start raising money for your organisation) Benefits: Full grants database access Customised grants and fundraising e-newsletter (Funding Centre Scoop) Grant alerts Fundraising help and tools SmartyFile secure storage of your grants and fundraising documents Our Community membership Subscribe: Option 1: Online at Option 2: Call us on Option 3: Fax or scan and this form: Fax: Option 4: Post this form: Our Community, PO Box 354, North Melbourne VIC 3051 Not-for-Profit/School - SINGLE USER Subscription to the Funding Centre: $85 (inc GST) (If you require a MULTI-USER subscription, visit Name Position Org Address State Pcode Phone ( ) Payment Details: CHEQUE: Cheque Payable to Our Community Pty Ltd EFT: BSB: ACC: CREDIT CARD: Visa Mastercard AMEX CARD NUMBER: Cardholder s Name Signature Expiry Date Date Total Amount: $ / /