Social Enterprise Grants
The Social Enterprise Grant supports startups and existing enterprises which are expanding or developing new products or services with a distinctly social purpose.
There are two grant streams available, one for those working on circular economy solutions challenging the notion of what ‘waste’ is, and finding pathways towards a circular economy and zero waste.
The open stream is available to applicants working on any other social impact solution.
The City of Melbourne’s social enterprise grants program supports social enterprise businesses to thrive in Melbourne.
Applications for the Social Enterprise Grants Program open at 9am Friday 10 February and close at 2pm Friday 10 March 2023. Apply online via SmartyGrants website.
The program supports startups and existing enterprises which are expanding or developing new products or services with a distinctly social purpose. Up to $20,000 per application is up for grabs. Additional support is also available such as mentoring or coaching sessions, workshops and training, linking your enterprise with City of Melbourne partners to use spaces, test products or concepts. Further support from programs partners is available to attend networking events or participate in collaboration opportunities.
Join an information session webinar to learn how you can get funding for your social enterprise or circular economy business.
Date: Thursday 2 March
Time: 3pm
Place: Online via Microsoft Teams
Register your interest via Evenbrite.
A specific program stream is available for those working on circular economy solutions challenging the notion of what ‘waste’ is, and finding pathways towards a circular economy and zero waste. An open stream is available to applicants working on any other social impact solution.
For this round the program we will accept applications from individual organisations and organisations proposing a collaborative project.
The Social Enterprise Grants Program will only consider applications from organisations that:
are located within the City of Melbourne, or
have most of their workforce for their main activity within the City of Melbourne, or
are looking to become established within the City of Melbourne.
More information on how to apply, program guidelines visit this website:
You can also contact the Business Concierge team on 9658 9658 press one (1) for business.
Other grants and funding options
There are a range of other grants and funding options available to businesses. We recommend you do an online search for new funding opportunities in addition to visiting the following websites:
Business Victoria publishes a comprehensive list of grants, vouchers and assistance programs available to businesses in Victoria from the Victorian Government.
Business.gov.au has a grant finder which publishes grants and funding opportunities from all levels of government.
