The Community Improvement District (CID) Seed Funding program is a $1 million, open, demand-driven grant program designed to support early CID proponents with seed funding to contribute toward eligible costs incurred during the process of becoming a CID.

The CID Seed Funding program will support CID proponents to prepare the statutory documentation required for CID establishment. The objectives of the program are to:

• provide seed funding to enable CID proponents to prepare the statutory documentation required for CID establishment
• reduce financial and procedural barriers for motivated CID proponents
• build CID proponent capacity in governance, consultation, and financial modelling
• support early engagement that demonstrates the benefits of CID formation to key stakeholders.

The program will offer potential CID proponents with funding limits based on the number of all parcels of land within the proposed CID boundary:

• up to $150,000 (excluding GST) in funding available for CID proponents with a boundary of 125 parcels of land or fewer
• up to $350,000 (excluding GST) in funding available for CID proponents with a boundary of more than 125 parcels of land.

The program will also inform Transport for NSW, as the CID Authority, in shaping future grant opportunities and capacity building activities that support CID establishment across NSW, in line with the CID Act.

Eligible applicants must

• Be either an incorporated association, or a legal entity that is able to provide written evidence of their intention to become an incorporated association; and
• Have previously received funding under CID Pilot Program and/or Uptown Grant program and completed all reporting and acquittal activities associated with the program/s; and
• Be located within a gazetted Local Government Area (LGA).

• Email: communityimprovementdistricts@transport.nsw.gov.au