Social Enterprise Business Planning Grant Program

About

The Social Enterprise Business Planning Grant Program by City of Parramatta Council in Australia offers funding and support to local social enterprises at different stages of development to enhance their impact, sustainability, and business management capabilities, with a deadline of May 2, 2025.

Benefits

• Participants can receive funding of up to $2,000 to engage professional services for ongoing operation and sustainability of their social enterprise or for the research, development, and writing of a social enterprise business plan. The program aims to increase community benefit, social impact, economic prosperity, business sustainability, and awareness in Parramatta.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications must be from an incorporated body or have an incorporated body providing auspice until the new entity can be set up independently or from an eligible social enterprise structure. Social Enterprises must have a social, environmental, or cultural mission/objectives core to their purpose, limited distributions of profits, and a commitment to demonstrating social return in addition to financial return, among other criteria.