Community Benefit SA assists disadvantaged individuals, families and communities by providing one-off project funding to incorporated, non-government, non profit, charitable and social welfare organisations to:

• Improve the well-being, quality of life, community participation and life management skills of disadvantaged individuals and communities
• Develop and strengthen communities across the metropolitan, rural and remote regions of South Australia.

Priority is given to funding a number of special needs groups including Aboriginal communities. In 2008/09, a total of 70 projects were approved for $988,000 to benefit Aboriginal communities, or 31% of all funds allocated.

Proposed funding rounds

2010 timetable:

• Round 29 - opens on Monday 25 January 2010 and closes on Monday 22 February 2010 at 5:00pm. Applicants will be notified in June 2010.
• Round 30 - opens on Monday 26 July 2010 and closes on Monday 23 August at 5:00pm.  Applicants will be notified in December 2010.

To download the Funding Guidelines and Application Form Booklet, see Community Benefit SA forms.

For more information, see our Annual Report under Community Benefit SA publications. The Community Benefit SA Annual Reports provide information on:  

• The assessment of applications
• Lists of funded projects
• Responses from funded agencies
• The history of the fund along with statistics, tables, charts and graphs.