Youth Grants 2025-26 Round 1

To be eligible

• Applications are encouraged from incorporated not-for-profit organisations and groups.
• NOTE: Groups that are not incorporated need an incorporated body willing to accept the funds on your behalf and accept responsibility for the funding of the activity (auspiced by an incorporated body).
• Applications must include completed financial information and necessary quotations.
• Schools/educational institutions are eligible to apply, provided they can demonstrate:
  • The activity is delivered outside of normal school hours, this also applies to external facilitators conducting activities within schools.
  • The activity is meeting an identified need that is not limited to the school environment and demonstrates how the activity will have benefits to the wider youth population.
  • The activity does not form part of the core business of the Department for Education.
  • Alternative funding sources for the activity are not available from the Department for Education.

The following will make an application ineligible

• Funding for individual, private, political or commercial enterprise or activities.
• Fundraising or sponsorship.
• Ongoing operational costs, core business and costs not directly related to activity delivery.
• Activity is implemented outside of the City of Marion council boundaries (unless the activity clearly demonstrates significant benefits to the participants, being City of Marion’s young people).
• If applicants have already applied within other City of Marion grant streams for the same activity within the same round.
• The activity has commenced or retrospective funding (money spent before a grant is approved).
• Funding for academic research or conference costs, interstate or overseas travel.
• Funding for once off events.
• Activities that duplicate a community need that is already being met.
• The organisation has an outstanding acquittal or debt owing to Council. Please note this does not apply to organisations that have a loan with Council and are complying with the repayment terms.
• Site improvements on residential property

Ineligible applications will not progress to the assessment stage.

Before completing this Youth Grant application form please read the guidelines: Youth Grant Guidelines

The timeline for Council’s final decision making to award funding is approximately 5 months from the grant round closing date. Applicants should consider this timeline when making their application for their proposed activities. Given this timeframe, it is essential that the activities seeking funding have flexible start dates and implementation schedules to accommodate potential delays in the approval process. 

If you have any questions about your eligibility, please contact Ashley Lambourne, Grants Officer on (08) 8375 6600 or email ashley.lambourne@marion.sa.gov.au