ClosedNon-Profit2025-26 Coordination Grants

Community Food Relief Program – Coordination Grants

Department of Families, Fairness and Housing · Australia

The Community Food Relief Program – Coordination Grants support food relief partnership projects across Victoria. Funding is for projects that improve food supply and delivery effectiveness and help food relief reach more people and places across the state.

Official Grant Page

Funding

$150K – $300K

Closed

5 Aug 2025

Duration

up to 2 years

Location

Victoria

Who Can Apply

Current Australian Business Number required. Must be an established, large-scale food relief distribution service with warehousing, logistics capacity and charity partner networks. Application must be in a formal partnership with at least one other organisation and address at least two program objectives. Not eligible: for-profit companies, sole traders, individuals, charitable trusts, local government entities and unincorporated groups.
To be eligible, applications must respond to at least two program objectives, be submitted by an eligible organisation in a formal partnership with at least one other organisation, seek funding for eligible activities, and include mandatory attachments. Eligible organisations must be established, large-scale food relief distribution services with existing donor relationships, significant warehousing and logistics capacity, and a formal approach to supporting a network of charity partners. Organisations must have a current Australian Business Number and be either a not-for-profit entity, an Aboriginal entity incorporated under Commonwealth or Victorian legislation, or a social enterprise that is an incorporated entity with a clearly stated purpose related to supporting food relief or food security. Organisations must not have any overdue reports from other grant programs or service agreements managed by the department. Ineligible entities include unincorporated associations and groups, private for-profit companies, sole traders and individuals, charitable trusts, and local government entities. Auspice arrangements are not appropriate.

What's Funded

Eligible activities include enhancing shared infrastructure or facilities such as commercial kitchens or food storage, sourcing nutritious and culturally appropriate food and packaging materials, building formal partnerships and networks, strategic planning, training and development for staff and volunteers, direct program delivery costs including transport, logistics and coordination, and reimbursing volunteer expenses directly related to project delivery.

Expected Outcomes

Projects are expected to strengthen Victoria’s food security system, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of food supply and delivery, expand food relief reach to more people and places, and build stronger collaborative food relief networks and capacity across the state.

Key Information

Applicant Types

non_profitindigenous_organisationother

Stage

established

Funding Purposes

communitytrainingsustainabilitycapital_expenditureother

Keywords

food relieffood securitycommunity supportnot-for-profitVictoriawarehousingtransport and logisticscharity partnerships

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Community Food Relief Program – Coordination Grants?

The Community Food Relief Program – Coordination Grants is a non-profit grant offered by Department of Families, Fairness and Housing in Australia, providing $150K – $300K in funding. The Community Food Relief Program – Coordination Grants support food relief partnership projects across Victoria. Funding is for projects that improve food supply and delivery effectiveness and help food relief reach more people and places across the state.

How much funding does the Community Food Relief Program – Coordination Grants provide?

The Community Food Relief Program – Coordination Grants provides $150K – $300K in funding. The typical project duration is up to 2 years.

Who is eligible for the Community Food Relief Program – Coordination Grants?

Current Australian Business Number required. Must be an established, large-scale food relief distribution service with warehousing, logistics capacity and charity partner networks. Application must be in a formal partnership with at least one other organisation and address at least two program objectives. Not eligible: for-profit companies, sole traders, individuals, charitable trusts, local government entities and unincorporated groups.

When does the Community Food Relief Program – Coordination Grants close?

Applications closed on 5 Aug 2025.

What activities are funded?

Eligible activities include enhancing shared infrastructure or facilities such as commercial kitchens or food storage, sourcing nutritious and culturally appropriate food and packaging materials, building formal partnerships and networks, strategic planning, training and development for staff and volunteers, direct program delivery costs including transport, logistics and coordination, and reimbursing volunteer expenses directly related to project delivery.

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