Background
Currently, the Foundation’s grants are focussed on capacity building activities supporting charitable and not-for-profit organisations.
In 2005, QCF, in partnership with QUT, Centre for Philanthropy and Non Profit Studies, commissioned research to determine where best QCF could effectively make grants to meet areas of unmet need in the philanthropic sector.
The Philanthropy’s Future in the Smart State report highlighted the need for funding in capacity building of the not-for-profit sector.
Capacity building involves the development of an organisation’s structures, systems, people and skills in order to deliver improved outcomes.
QCF's capacity building grants are directed at the development of the organisation itself to facilitate improved program delivery. These are single one-off grants not normally directed at ongoing costs such as provision of new staff.
Examples include:
- Training of staff and volunteers,
- Evaluation of programs to strive for process improvement,
- Provision of important back office tools and equipment.
Grants are not made for:
- Administration/operating expenses such as rental, stationery, postage or insurance
- Recurrent costs including salaries and wages of a regular nature
- Equipment requiring regular replacement
- Loan repayments
- Projects started or completed by the time grants funds are approved
- Sponsorship
- Uniforms
- Contingency
- Airfares, accommodation, meals