The Community Benefit Fund Program aims to: support and strengthen communities, making them more cohesive and resilient, foster partnerships among organisations to deliver community-based services, encourage innovative solutions to local issues, and more.

The Community Benefit Fund Program aims to: 

• Give back to the communities that host our clean energy projects. 
• Support and strengthen communities, making them more cohesive and resilient. 
• Empower communities to identify their priorities and decide which initiatives should be supported. 
• Encourage innovative solutions to local issues. 
• Foster partnerships among organisations to deliver community-based services. 
• Promote long-term positive outcomes and capabilities within communities. 
• Work towards reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which Pacific Blue operates, in accordance with Pacific Blue’s Reconciliation Action Plan. 
• Promote awareness and commitment to sustainable community ideals.

The Clements Gap Sustainable Community Fund is open to community groups and not-for-profit organisations that serve from:

• Clements Gap
• Crystal Brook
• Fisherman Bay 
• Merriton
• Mundoora
• Port Broughton
• Red Hill 
• Wandearah East
• Wandearah West 

To be eligible, any proposed project or initiative must:

• Meet the Community Benefit Fund Program's aims and objectives (as outlined in Section 1.1).
• Directly benefit at least one of the local communities served (as outlined in the table in Section 1.2).
• Not be for the private gain of particular individuals.
• Have the support of the community (shown by endorsement from prominent members of the community).
• Have necessary approvals and permissions in place prior to applying, such as planning or other council approvals (if required).

In most cases, only not-for-profit (NFP) organisations are eligible to apply for funding. For reference, "A not for profit organisation is an organisation that is not operating for the profit or gain (either direct or indirect) of its individual members".

NFP organisations eligible to apply to Community Funds include:

• Incorporated Associations
• Committees of Management
• Unincorporated (Voluntary) Associations with an ABN and a formal constitution
• Co-operatives (that are defined as not-for-profit in their charter or constitution)
• Companies Limited by Guarantee.

NFP organisations that do not yet have an ABN are eligible, but additional paperwork may be required if their proposed project is successful.

• Phone: +61 3 8621 6329
• Email: communityfund@pacificblue.com.au