Tax Status Requirements          Funding Exclusions              Test Your Eligibility

In order to be eligible to apply for a grant from The Myer Foundation and the Sidney Myer Fund, applicants must:

1. Meet our Tax Status Requirements; and
2. Ensure they do not fall within our Funding Exclusions.

If you are unsure of whether you meet the above requirements, you can also test your eligibility through our online questionnaire.

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1. Tax status requirements

Organisations

The Myer Foundation and the Sidney Myer Fund will accept applications for grants for charitable purposes from Australian incorporated organisations that have been endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as Tax Concession Charities (TCC).

If you are unsure of your organisation’s tax status, check with your financial advisor and the Australian Government’s ABN Lookup website.

If your organisation is not endorsed as a TCC, but you are an Australian incorporated organisation, you may still be eligible to apply as long as we can be satisfied that the nature of your project is charitable.

Please note that Deductible Gift Recipient status is not mandatory to apply for funding although if your organisation is so endorsed, please provide evidence to us.

Individuals and Unincorporated Organisations

The Myer Foundation and the Sidney Myer Fund do not provide grants directly to individuals or unincorporated bodies.

If you fall within this category, an application for funding must be made through a funding partner that has been endorsed by the ATO as Tax Concession Charities. If your funding partner organisation is not endorsed as a TCC, but is an Australian incorporated organisation, you may still be eligible to apply as long as we can be satisfied that the nature of the project is charitable.

Your funding partner will need to demonstrate their willingness to accept and administer a grant for the project, and supply the relevant documentation to accompany your application. They will also have a degree of responsibility with respect to the acquittal of the grant, should your application be successful. 

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2. Funding Exclusions

The Myer Foundation and the Sidney Myer Fund do not accept funding submissions from the following applicants:

Individuals without a funding partner;

Private schools;

'For-profit' bodies;

Government bodies

Sports clubs;

Political parties or their candidates;

Organisations based outside Australia; and

Organisations that have not acquitted previous projects funded through the Foundation or the Fund.

Furthermore, the Foundation and the Fund do not make grants for the following activities:

Personal living, education, medical or travel expenses;

Equipment for personal use;

Conferences;

Commercial film making;

Loans;

Retrospective funding;

Commercial activities;

Private scholarships and bursaries;

Professional development for teachers 

Public appeals and fundraising strategies; and

Proposals that are identical to a previously submitted, unsuccessful application.

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