Agency: Australian Government – Department of Social Services
Closing: December 2025
Eligibility:
- Are a social enterprise or a trading Indigenous owned or controlled organisation with a defined social benefit
- Have a direct impact in one or more of the approved Department of Social Services outcome areas
- Currently provide direct benefit to those experiencing entrenched disadvantage in Australia
- Have a trading revenue that exceeds $50,000 per year
- May be early stage but have progressed beyond the start-up phase
The grants are targeted towards supporting social enterprises to be more effective and efficient in demonstrating and increasing social impact for the people and communities they exist to support.
Each grant to a social enterprise will be up to $120,000 which can be used to buy capability building support, such as:
- business planning
- financial management
- contract negotiation
- legal support
- outcomes measurement and evaluation
- help to access finance such as investment loans or grants.
A focus for the SEDI is First Nations and regional and rural social enterprises and we strongly encourage applications from these groups.
Link for information here
