Community Grants - 2026

The Insignia Community Foundation welcomes grant applications during the months of July and December each year.

To be eligible for grant funding from the Foundation, charitable organisations must have an Australian Taxation Office Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) endorsement of DGR1 / Item 1.

Assessment criteria will be based on the following:

• One Impact Area must be chosen and entered onto the Expression of Interest Form.

  • Financial wellbeing
    Improving skills, confidence and know-how of people so they can achieve greater financial wellbeing now and into the future. Programs being supported may include those that help people understand their finances better, training that leads to employment or initiatives that keep students in school.

  • Basic needs
    Initiatives that provide vital and basic items to people so they can go about their daily life, such as items to make people feel more included, healthier, happier, or enable people to be more financially secure.

  • Reconciliation
    Aligning with Insignia Financial’s Reconciliation Action Plan, aiming to further the endeavours of First Nations people through employment, business ownership, education and financial training.

  • Diversity and inclusion
    Support inclusion, diversity and wellbeing in the community through programs that enable social participation for all.

  • Mental health
    Aim to address mental health challenges for people of all ages with access to quality care, support and resources.

• Be clear on your organisations purpose and why the program exists.
• Programs may be preventive and are being delivered as an early intervention initiative, or programs may be addressing or relieving an existing need for its participants.
• The Program Description must provide clear details on why the program exists, the problem or gap the program is addressing and how the program will be delivered.
• Program outcomes must be explained, including how people will be connected, improved and impacted through the program.
• Evidence of good corporate governance.
• Sustainability of the program beyond our support.
• Considered use of technology to achieve scale, realise greater efficiencies, see environmental benefits and/or improve the experiences of people during program delivery.