GO6263: Indigenous Advancement Strategy: Support for Community Sector Organisations Grant Opportunity Guidelines

As a part of the October 2022-23 Budget, the NIAA has been allocated $190 million over four years (2022-23 to 2025-26), to support Community Sector Organisations (CSOs) already receiving an Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) grant for an eligible activity.

The purpose of this funding is to support these organisations at need of funding supplementation due to additional staff wages pressures and high inflations rates.

Funding amounts and the length of grant agreements available to each eligible CSO will be based on: § the duration of existing IAS funding agreements for eligible grant activities § a percentage of the current IAS funding granted to each eligible CSO for each eligible grant activity § the location of service delivery for each eligible grant activity, noting that eligible grant activities delivered in remote and very remote areas may receive a higher percentage of supplementation funding The NIAA expects to conduct annual grant rounds under this grant opportunity to allow the NIAA to refresh its list of eligible organisations and eligible grant activities, and to reflect emerging economic circumstances in its funding calculations.

The NIAA may conduct additional, smaller-scale rounds if these are required.

An organisation is an eligible CSO if: it is a not-for-profit organisation, and it is affected by the Fair Work Commission's minimum wage decision and/or higher inflation outcomes.

An activity delivered by an eligible CSO is an eligible grant activity if: the activity is funded through the IAS administered by the NIAA, the activity was current on 31 October 2022 (i.e. on that date the activity was the subject of an executed grant agreement with the Commonwealth as represented by the NIAA to deliver services at any time during 2022-23 to 2025-26), and the activity is directly linked to community service delivery.

An activity cannot be current if its funding agreement was not executed by both parties on or before 31 October 2022.

The NIAA may deem an otherwise eligible organisation or activity ineligible if it is the subject of a breach notice and the NIAA is not satisfied with the organisation's response.