Dyson Community Grants
Enhancing Community Wellbeing
Dyson Community Grants 2024
Dyson Community Grants seek to enhance community wellbeing within the communities that Dyson Group serves in Victoria, with a focus on migrant communities, people with disability, women and girls, and those facing economic hardship.
Due to the volume of applications received, the 2024 Dyson Community Grants will be closing earlier than anticipated. This grant round will open again in mid-2025. Please follow Dyson on social media to receive updates about later grant rounds.
Grants of between $500 and $2,000 are available for community groups and sporting clubs for the purchase or provision of tangible resources or equipment.
Grants of between $2,000 and $5,000 are available for community programs, events, training or services (inclusive of any equipment or resource costs).
Before you apply, read the guidelines below or download here.
ABOUT DYSON GROUP
Dysons, a family business with over 70 years of history, operates Metropolitan, Regional, School, and Charter bus services across Victoria. We take great pride in being an integral part of the communities we serve. Dyson Group provides funding for community resources and initiatives that have a tangible and positive impact amongst those experiencing disadvantage in the Victorian communities that Dyson Group serves. We firmly believe that communities know best what they need to thrive. We champion initiatives that are led by community, for the good of the community.
Dyson Giving Fund is a Named Fund at Australian Communities Foundation.
Guidelines
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply for a grant, your organisation should meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Be, or be auspiced by, an incorporated not-for-profit conducting activities with charitable purposes
- Be based within or deliver the majority of your activities within the communities that the Dyson Group services in Victoria and southern NSW. To confirm if you meet this criteria, please check our website here: https://www.dysongroup.com.au/public-transport/metro
Dyson Group will not consider funding for:
- Individuals
- Activities that are partisan or religious in nature
- Retrospective activities (activities that have already occurred)
- Fundraising support for an organisation
- Capital works that do not directly support community wellbeing
- Sporting activities that do not also have a focus on alleviating disadvantage
- Organisations that received a grant in the most recent funding round (ie. Successful applicants of the March 2024 round are not eligible to apply for the August 2024 round).
General conditions
The funds available for each round are limited and it is likely that not all applications will receive funding.
Dyson Group may choose to offer part funding to an applicant at our discretion.
Applications received after the closing date of a round will be held over until the next round of funding.
Organisations will be asked to acknowledge the Dyson Group as the source of funding wherever practical including media releases and any communications to members.
Dyson Group reserves the right to publish in any public forum, including the media, the results of each funding round, including the details of successful grant applicants.
How to apply
Applications for the 2024 Grant Round open at 9am AEST on Monday August 5, 2024 and close at 11.59pm AEST, Sunday September 1, 2024.
To submit an application, create a profile or login to the Australian Communities Foundation Grants Portal. Enter the access code DCG24 to start your application.
If you are unable to submit an application online and require an application form, please contact Claudia Lang at Australian Communities Foundation as below.
Preview the application form here.
Need help?
If you have any questions in relation to the grant guidelines or require technical assistance with the application process, please contact Claudia Lang (Senior Grants Coordinator, Australian Communities Foundation) on 03 9412 0412 or email grants@communityfoundation.org.au. Australian Communities Foundation’s office hours are Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.