COMPACT Social Cohesion and Community Resilience Grants 2026-2028

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INSTRUCTIONS AND ELIGIBILITY CHECK

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INSTRUCTIONS

You will be issued with a unique reference number when you start your application. Please quote this reference number in any correspondence or queries regarding your application.

Your application can be completed in more than one session. You can save your progress and return to complete your application later. Remember to save your application form regularly to avoid losing data.

Deadline for submitting your application is at 4:00 pm (AEDST), Friday 29 May 2026. The closing date and time is a strict deadline. No extensions to the deadline will be permitted.

Once you have submitted your application, a confirmation email will be sent to your nominated email address linked to your SmartyGrants account. If you have not received this email, it means that you have not officially submitted your application. This confirmation email will also include a copy of your application for reference. Please keep the confirmation email and the copy of your application in a safe place as part of your records as you may need to refer to it later.

Your application is not submitted until you have received an email confirmation of successful submission. Pressing the save button does not submit your application. If you ‘review and submit’ your application and there are unanswered questions that must be responded to (mandatory), they will be marked in red. Click 'Go to page' to complete the question, then click 'Review and Submit' again. By clicking 'Go to page', your application form will be in edit mode. Your application cannot be changed once submitted. If you realise that you have made an error once you have submitted your application, please contact Multicultural NSW for assistance before the closing deadline via email at compact@multicultural.nsw.gov.au

For any technical difficulties or issues with SmartyGrants, please e-mail: service@smartygrants.com.au 

The COMPACT Social Cohesion and Communty Resilience Grants 2026-2028 will be assessed on merit through a competitive process. 

Thank you,

Multicultural NSW

ELIGIBILITY CHECK

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SAVE YOUR APPLICATION EVERY 20 MINUTES TO AVOID LOSING YOUR APPLICATION PROGRESS

Is the applicant a non-profit sharing organisation? * Required
Are the project and its beneficiaries based in New South Wales? * Required
Has the applicant organisation acquitted all Multicultural NSW grants (if any) that are due for acquittal? * Required
Confirm you understand if successful in receiving grant funding you will be required to provide all appropriate insurances and licenses * Required
Confirm that your organisation:
Clear the selected value for Confirm that your organisation:
If applicable, all 5 must be selected. Please see https://www.nationalredress.gov.au/ for more information about Redress sanctions.

WHAT WILL NOT BE FUNDED

Funding is not available for:

  • applications seeking ongoing or recurrent funding for programs
  • applications directly from individuals seeking individual personal payments
  • applications from for-profit organisations and or commercial enterprises
  • applications that are seeking funding for the same stage of a project, or the same project resulting in duplicate funding
  • supplementing, increasing, or continuing ongoing service delivery that is the core business of the organisation
  • an organisation’s operating costs including office rent and administration costs
  • broader work that the organisation already delivers such as services, programs and activities that are not aligned with the priorities and objectives outlined in these guidelines
  • reimbursement of expenses already incurred
  • covering existing debts or budget deficits of the organisation
  • party political activities
  • purchase of TV’s, alcohol, tobacco products, gaming services, computer software, entertainment streaming
  • capital works and equipment purchases (for example, purchase of phones, computer hardware, laptops, tablets, routers, modems, webcams, entertainment systems, TVs, etc. will not be funded)
  • commercial or fundraising activities
  • celebration of national or independence days with the exception of key Australian days including ANZAC DAY, Australia Day, Clean Up Australia Day and NAIDOC day
  • Prizes, trophies, awards, donations, gifts or souvenirs.
  • Accommodation costs
  • Software and licenses
  • Items with unclear descriptions like ‘miscellaneous’ or ‘contingency’ in the application and budget.
  • religious festivals, rituals, religious events, or religious promotion, except multi-faith events which involve people from more than one religion
  • media productions that have not been endorsed by Multicultural NSW prior to publication or broadcast.

Grant funding will not be awarded to any organisation that:

  • has National Redress Scheme sanctions www.nationalredress.gov.au/ The National Redress Scheme has been created in response to recommendations by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The Scheme includes sanctions against those Organisations who have been named and failed to join the National Redress Scheme. If your Organisation has redress sanctions, then you cannot apply for Grant funds.
  • is subject to a winding up order or has an appointed administrator
  • has a pending/ongoing legal case
  • is bankrupt
  • has no sound financial management and governance
  • has not demonstrated a commitment to multicultural principles.

Multicultural NSW may seek confirmation or clarification regarding a project’s activities and funds sought as part of this program before funds are released.

If any of these eligibility criteria are not met you will not be able to proceed with the application.

Please click HERE for guidelines.

Is the project an excluded activity? * Required