2025-26 Social Impact Round 1

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Grants SA 2025-26 Social Impact One Grant Round

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1.1 Welcome to Grants SA 2025-26 Social Impact One Funding Round

Please use this form to apply for funding up to $10,000 to support your community.

Before commencing this application, please make sure you have read and are familiar with the requirements contained within the Funding Guidelines.

Funding is prioritised for projects that support people and/or communities experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage and other vulnerabilities.

Please note:

  • If your application is successful there is no guarantee that you will receive the full amount of funding requested.
  • Successful organisations will only have one grant awarded within this funding round.

If you have problems completing the form or have questions about the process, including eligibility please contact the Grants SA team on  1300 650 985 or email grantssa@sa.gov.au.

1.2 Eligibility

The guidelines provide detailed information about the requirements for completing this application, including applicant and project eligibility.  Please read the Guidelines carefully to check that you meet the following requirements.

1.2.1  Organisations must:

  • Be an incorporated not-for-profit organisation / Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisation or have evidence of a comparable legal status, such as Australian Public Company limited by guarantee or Social Enterprise that holds a current certification with Social Traders
  • Have a registered Australian Business Number (ABN)
  • Be currently operating within South Australia, and delivering the program / service / initiative to residents of South Australia.
  • Have an Australian Bank account in the name of the legal entity.
1.2.2 Do you comply with the above eligibility? * Required
Response required.
Please review page 4 of the Grant Guidelines

1.2.3 Applications will not be accepted from organisations or sponsored organisations that:

  • Have any outstanding contractual or financial obligations (including reports, acquittals, unpaid invoices) for any funded Department of Human Services projects/programs.
  • Have licensed gaming machines in their facilities or hold a gaming machine license.
  • Are educational institutions or related representative bodies. For example, schools and/or their parent or student associations, universities, colleges.
  • Are family trusts and are not Social Trader certified social enterprises.
  • Are individuals, sole traders, or organisations applying on behalf of an individual.
  • Are for-profit organisations or private companies and are not Social Trader certified social enterprises.
  • Are Government agencies -Commonwealth or State Departments and Local Government Agencies. (Local Government Agencies can only act as a sponsor forcommunity organisations).
  • Organisations that have been operating for less than 12 months.

Any eligible organisation or sponsored organisation can be funded for a maximum of two Grants SA grants per financial year. There is no limit to the number of times an eligible organisation can sponsor.