Women and Change is Queensland’s first giving circle and was established in 2014 to give women the chance to experience high impact giving.

Each year Women & Change offers one or two grants of $50,000 to eligible charitable organisations with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status. The project must be focussed on Queensland communities.

Funds should be applied to a project that is completed within 12 months of receiving the grant monies. As the grant amount is $50,000 we encourage all applicants to present a proposal for this amount. These funds may be combined with other funds but the Women & Change grant should be significant and impactful to the project.

Applications are open to charitable organisations that:

• have BOTH Deductible Gift Recipient 1 (DGR1) and Tax Concessional Charity status (TCC), from the Australian Taxation Office. (To confirm your DGR 1 status, enter your ABN at this link http://www.abr.business.gov.au/)
• propose projects that are Queensland based, with all grant funds going to help Queenslanders experiencing social disadvantage and in need of support.
• are based anywhere in Australia (with all funds to be spent in Queensland).

Only charities that meet the above criteria are eligible to apply.

Grants will not be awarded to or for: individuals; political parties; government entities; commercial sponsorships; religious groups (except for projects that support a non-religious purpose); retrospective requests; debt retirement, budget deficits, endowments or bequest programs; or general fundraising appeals.  

• Email: grants@womenandchange.com.au