Frozen Funds Contestable Grant 2025

• Registered with Charities Services.
• Applications may be submitted by individuals or groups without charitable status. However, individual or groups without charitable status must apply through a registered charitable organisation that has agreed to administer the funds on their behalf.

PLEASE NOTE:

• Applications must be for people who use, or have used, mental health or intellectual disability services.
• Projects need to be run by and for people with intellectual disabilities or mental health illness.
• Applications must show evidence of how service users are going to be involved in the project/programme.
• Applications must be directly linked to and address one of the objectives.
• Up to $10,000 per grant is offered to successful organisations.
• The Trust will accept more than one application per organisation, individual or group, however only one project/program will be funded if successful.

Any applications with the following circumstances will not be considered.

• Incomplete or late applications
• Applications for Retrospective funding
• Accountability requirements from 2024 - any applicant who received funding in 2024 and has not uploaded a receipt and an accountability report for the grant to the SmartyGrants database, and has not made alternative arrangements with the Trustee 
• Applications from individuals who do not apply through a registered charitable organisation
• Applications from sports organisations or service clubs
• Applications requesting funding for overseas projects
• Applications submitted for funding that exceeds $10,000 per grant
• Financial Statements that do not comply with the Reporting Standards set by the Department of Internal Affairs - Charities Services. You must attach the same completed financial statements you used with your latest Charities Filing return