2021 Grants

In the Heritage Bank Charitable Foundation's second round of grants, there were two different levels of grants that eligible charities could apply for. 

Our Shout Workplace Giving Grant - 1 x $25,000 

Area of Focus:

• Positive educational and alternative pathways to help at-risk children and teenagers.

Growing Stronger Communities Grants - 4 x $15,000 

Areas of Focus:

• Positive educational and alternative pathways to help at-risk children and teenagers;
• Health care services for vulnerable Australians and their families; and
• Support for the economic and social wellbeing of people in regional, rural and remote communities, including in times of natural disasters.

Our 2021 Heritage Bank Charitable Foundation Grant recipients needed to meet the following criteria.

• Be a non-profit with deductible gift recipient (DGR) status.
• Be able to show evidence of an effective existing program supporting one or more of the following areas:
  • Positive educational and alternative pathways to help at-risk children and teenagers;
  • Health care services for vulnerable Australians and their families; and
  • Support for the economic and social wellbeing of people in regional, rural and remote communities, including in times of natural disasters. 

• Be clearly able to demonstrate the number of people who will be positively impacted by provision of the grant.
  
• Have an annual income for 2020 (based on their latest audited report) of under $10 million.
• Obtain less than 70% of their annual income from government sources.