Donations for Charitable Purposes Program 2024/2025

The Donations for Charitable Purposes Program addresses monetary and in-kind donations to individuals, not for profit community groups and organisations in the Camden Local Government Area.

The program is intended to provide a clear and consistent process for the determination of requests for monetary and in-kind donations from Council to individuals, community groups or organisations for charitable purposes. Applications will be accepted anytime throughout the year.

Applications will be accepted from individuals, not-for-profit community groups or organisations working or residing within the Camden LGA, or where the donation is to provide benefit to residents of the Camden LGA. The application must demonstrate direct benefit to residents of Camden LGA.

Applications are to be for one-off donations for individuals or per project for organisations. Requests of up to $1000 will be considered on an individual bases by a committee comprising of the Mayor and General Manager, with an assessment and recommendation from Council officers. Applications for recurrent funding, including operating expenses, refundable bonds or insurance will not usually be considered.

Primary and Secondary Schools in the Camden LGA are eligible to apply for the Mayoral Citizenship Prize under this program. This prize consists of a certificate and book prize to one student at each school who is nominated by their school and the prize are awarded at the end of each school year. Please contact Camden Council's Executive Services department on 4645 5157 or email for further information.

Written applications should provide information required to meet the eligibility criteria. The following information needs to be provided:

• Name and address of the individual, group or organisation applicant;
• Name and contact details of office bearer, or authorised contact person;
• Amount requested;
• Purpose of the donation;
• Benefit to residents of Camden LGA;
• Copy of an accepted Authority to Fundraise through the Office of Charities, NSW Department of Gaming and Racing; or for individuals, completion of a Statutory Declaration stating that the funds are to be solely used for charitable purposes OR Relevant incorporation details and copy of incorporation documentation;
• Evidence of funds requested (e.g. Invoices) and
• Bank account details

IMPORTANT: Please read information below to assist you in completing your application online.

You may begin anywhere in this application form. Please ensure you save as you go. You can save and log out of your application and come back to it, but once it is submitted you can make no further changes.

You can also download any application, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download PDF' button located at the bottom of the last page of the application form.

For queries about the guidelines, or questions in the form, please contact Community Project Officer - Grants and Women (02) 4645 5106 during business hours or email grants@camden.nsw.gov.au and quote your submission number.

If you need more help using this form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out Applicant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION

You will find a Review and Submit button at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. You need to review your application before you can submit it.

Once you have reviewed your application you can submit it by clicking on 'Submit' at the top or bottom of the screen or on the navigation panel. You will not be able to submit your application until all the compulsory questions are completed and there are no validation errors.

Once you have submitted your application, no further editing or uploading of support materials is possible.

When you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your submitted application attached. 

If you do not receive a confirmation of submission email then you should presume that your submission has NOT been submitted.

ATTACHMENTS AND SUPPORT DOCUMENTS

You will need to upload/submit attachments to support your application. This is very simple, but requires you to have the documents saved on your computer, or on a storage device.

You need to allow enough time for each file to upload before trying to attach another file. Files can be up to 25MB each; however, we do recommend trying to keep files to a maximum of 5MB – the larger the file, the longer the upload time.

For more information please contact Community Project Officer on (02) 4645 5106 or email grants@camden.nsw.gov.au.