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AustralianBouldering.Com Grants Program

Introduction

The AustralianBouldering.Com Grants Program funds projects that;

• promote bouldering in Australia,

• promote bouldering by Australians, or,

• enhance opportunities for bouldering in Australia.

You (or your organisation) can join the program in one of two ways; as an applicant for funding, or as a partner making a contribution.  For a list of the current program partners and their level of participation please go to the Partners page.  For a list of the latest recipients of funding and their amount please go to the Recipients page.

Applicants

Hopefully in this first round of funding in excess of $5,000 will be dispersed to successful applicants at a maximum amount of $500 per applicant and 50% of the project budget.  However, the average allocation is likely to be less than $200 to ensure we support as many of the applicants as possible.  Only the highest quality (and budget) applicants would/could receive the maximum amount of $500.

We fund projects that meet the following criteria:

• Promote bouldering in Australia whether by Australians or foreigners.
• Promote bouldering by Australians whether in Australia or overseas.
• Enhance opportunities for bouldering in Australia.
• Are supported by the bouldering community.
• Respect the impacts on natural and cultural resources within the bouldering environment.
• Incorporate a degree of volunteer labour and/or in-kind contributions.
• Utilise your own and/or matching funds to support the project. (This shall be at least 50%)
• Project area is within Australia (not necessarily undertaken by Australian residents) or project area is overseas (must be undertaken by Australian residents).

Suggested grant applications (in no specific order):

• Competition participation- Towards transport, accommodation, entry fees etc for local, interstate and overseas bouldering competitions.

• Film financing- Towards production, marketing and distribution costs.

• Article financing- Towards research and production of published bouldering articles.

• Area clean-up- Towards equipment hire costs for trail maintenance, rubbish removal, chalk removal etc.

• New area development- Towards transport, accommodation etc to develop a (preferably non-local) bouldering area.

• Road/Overseas trip- Towards transport, accommodation etc to boulder “ambassadorially” interstate or overseas.

• Home woodie - Towards construction and fit-out etc of a home woodie if you’re not near a gym or bouldering area.

• Guide production - Towards printing, graphic design etc of bouldering guides.

• Other ?... We are pretty much open to funding anything that matches the above funding criteria and would like to hear about your proposal so send it in.

For full details and how to apply please download the Guidelines for applicants or email [email protected].  Good luck!

Partners

By partnering with AustralianBouldering.Com, you or your company actively contributes to the bouldering community.  Your involvement with this work ensures the bouldering future of Australia.

Partnership includes your company's support for the following initiatives and programs.  Your participation will assist our efforts to promote Australian bouldering.

• Promotion/Support- Your Partnership guarantees your support and promotion of the Australian Bouldering community.  AustralianBouldering.Com is a non-profit organization (we actually run at a loss!) that works tirelessly to promote Australian Bouldering and now you can help too.  To get things started we have donated $1,000 to start the fund.
• Stewardship/Conservation- Your Partnership guarantees your role as stewards of the nation's bouldering areas.  If you want to go one step further then hosting a cleanup or trail maintenance project at your local crag will benefit the local bouldering community and offer you a chance to connect with your clientele in a unique environment.

• Recognition- Listing on the AustralianBouldering.Com Grants Program Partners page.

• Logo use- All partners may acknowledge their participation in any advertising or catalogues – please list partnership level.  The following wording could be used for a diamond level partner "XXX is a Diamond level partner of the AustralianBouldering.Com Grants Program" or "Proud Diamond level sponsor of the AustralianBouldering.Com Grants Program".  The AB.C and blocman logos can be supplied as an electronic file attached to e-mail.

Your contributions (whether cash, gear or in-kind) are tax deductible (we are in the process of being endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR)) and will qualify you for the following levels:

For full details and how to join please download the Guidelines for partners or email [email protected].  Thanks.