Community Benefit Fund: minor community grants

This page provides information on how your application for minor community grants is assessed.

Step 1. Check

The Community Benefit Fund (CBF) secretariat will check the following:

• you are an eligible organisation
• your organisation is meeting its reporting obligations under the Act under which it is incorporated or with Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission or ORIC if applicable
• your organisation does not have any outstanding acquittals with the CBF
• your organisation does not have any outstanding acquittals with other NT Government agencies.

If there are any issues relating to your eligibility, the secretariat will contact you.

The CBF will attach a funding history for your organisation to your application to assist with assessment.

Step 2. Assessment

The Director of Gaming Control may seek input from other NT Government agencies.

The Director of Gaming Control considers all funding applications and makes recommendations to the minister who will ultimately determine if an application will or will not be funded.

Your application will be assessed against the guidelines to ensure it:

• meets the eligibility requirements
• seeks funding for a permitted activity, purpose or project permitted
• aligns with the priorities
• contains quotes - preference given to quotes from the NT
• represents value for money
• has a wide reaching impact in the community
• demonstrates the ability to self-fund if the project is ongoing
• includes an accurately costed and viable budget
• demonstrates planning, including allowance of sufficient time to conduct events and/or meet identified outcomes
• has evidence of community support or involvement
• has a strong community focus.

Other factors that will be taken into consideration include:

• has a co-contribution towards the cost of the project - including in-kind
• how much funding your organisation has already received from the CBF
• what other applications have been submitted in that round
• whether your organisation has the capacity to deliver the project/event
• evidence of sound financial management
• how much funding your organisation already receives from other sources
• how much funding is available in the round.

Step 3. A decision is made

Once an outcome has been determined for your application, the CBF secretariat will email you.

You should receive notification of an outcome 21 days after the round has closed.