Grant Application

Please read through all the guidelines before commencing your application.

There are a number of questions you will need to answer in the live form to determine eligibility. You will then be asked to present your concept and supply supporting documentation, such as images or a short video pitch.

Should you need any further information, please email: info@yogaforgood.com.au

Best of luck. We look forward to reviewing your application. And remember, if you are not successful in this round, you will have another opportunity to apply again.

Yoga for Good Foundation

The Yoga for Good Foundation (YFG) is a provider of a Small Grant Program supporting Yoga Teacher and Organisation applicants seeking small levels of funding for special projects that cultivate and do good within communities using yoga tools.

Funding of up to $20,000 per successful application is available. Funding rounds are currently scheduled for each quarter – this is subject to change. Please add your email to our mailing list to stay up to date with grant openings and opportunities to do good for your community or a project you are passionate about.

If you are awarded funding from YFG you, that may involve you agreeing to be one of their brand ambassadors, and they will promote your work via their website, eNewsletters and Social media channels – helping you raise your profile and awareness for the project.

Funding supports all types of practices, including the following:

• Yoga classes
• A yoga event
• A Meditation Course
• Sound healing
• Chanting classes
• Bhakti Yoga
• Research
• Ayurveda
• Special projects

Each year, YFG will offer financial grants to inspire yoga teachers and organisations with worthy goals to do good in their community via yoga.

Grants are designed to aid organisations and individuals to achieve their goals to do good in the community.

By helping various community leaders to do good, YFG aims to achieve four strategic outcomes:

• Make yoga and its practices more accessible to more people.
• Garner interest and awareness of the benefits of yoga practices.
• Support yoga teachers in realising their dreams and dharma.
• Support the broader yoga industry in Australia with funding to support innovation, research and accessibility of yoga.

Yoga for Good Foundation Grants are open for a period of one month (subject to change at any time).

Applications must be received at least four weeks prior to your activity start date. Notification of the outcome of your application will occur within eight weeks from submission of your application.

Assessment of applications is done by YFG at its sole discretion, and each determination by YFG is final for each round.

If your application is submitted less than four weeks prior to your activity commencing, YFG may consider your application to be ineligible for support.

Subject to other eligibility requirements, you can apply for funding multiple times but can only receive funding once in each 12-month period.

The average amount of funding that is applied for is up to $10,000.

Typically, YFG will not support 100 per cent of your project’s costs. You must show income from sources other than YFG in your application budget.

• do not meet the eligibility requirements in this document and as determined by YFG from time to time.
• are received less than four weeks before the funded activity start date.
• request funding to cover 100% of the project’s costs.

You must consider and respond to the assessment criteria in your application clearly articulating the rationale, impact and objectives of the project and your capacity to deliver.

Guidance on what you should consider when responding to the criteria is provided below.

There are four main areas to consider in your response:

1. Quality

Things to consider when responding to the Quality criteria

• How can you show strong evidence of the quality of your current and previous work – both in your application and through your support material?
• Have you included relevant and recent examples of your previous work?
• Do you have responses from peers or client testimonials you can use to support your work?
• What is your creative vision/rationale for the project?

2. Reach

Things to consider when responding to the Reach criteria include:

• Who is your project for?
• How will they be engaged through your project?
• How many participants/audience members will your project involve?
• Is there evidence of demand or need for your project? How do you know this?
• How will you communicate and market your project to your target audience?
• Does your project respond to diversity within the community? Will it engage diverse participants or audiences, including Aboriginal people, Torres Strait Islander People, Australian South Sea Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, older or younger people, people with disability?

3. Viability

Things to consider when responding to the Viability criteria include:

• Can you show evidence of good planning and achievable outcomes for your project?
• Do you have other financial and/or in-kind support for your activity?
• Will your project or activity bring in any revenue (e.g. ticket sales, hospitality, merchandise)?
• Is your budget balanced and expenditure appropriate to the scale of the project?
• Have you clearly shown your capacity to achieve the activities, including through engaging key people with appropriate expertise/skills, your previous track record in delivering similar projects, engaging partners that will contribute to the delivery of the project?

4. Support

Things to consider when responding to the Support criteria include:

• Do you have an existing membership/student database? How many people can you reach via this?
• What is your Instagram following and community engagement?
• Do you have any imagery or video of you demonstrating your passion project or something that speaks to the activity you seek funding for
• Can you support this application with a video application that will help us

Step 1

Read the guidelines provided to prepare and determine eligibility.

Step 2

Submit your application online via our portal once applications open and before midnight on the day that they close.

Step 3

In the weeks following members of the Yoga for Good Foundation community and the board of directors will review the applications.

Step 4

All applicants will be notified of the result of their application by email within six weeks of submission closure. The list of successful applicants will be published on our blog.

If your application is approved for funding, you will receive a funding agreement, including a Letter of Acceptance. If the Committee has set special conditions on your funding, these will be set out in your agreement. You will need to sign and return the Agreement to the Yoga for Good Foundation Liaison Officer, and satisfy any special conditions, prior to any payments being made.

Payment terms are 30 days from the date of invoice, subject to the receipt of a signed funding agreement (which may contain provisions regarding the payment of the grant in tranches), tax invoice and a copy of a bank statement header, including applicant’s name and address, the bank name and address, BSB and account details. These details must match the details provided on the invoice. Payments will only be made on satisfaction of any conditions of funding.

All YFG funded applicants are required to complete an Outcome Report within eight weeks of the completion of their project (or as otherwise outlined in the funding agreement), including imagery or videos which YFG can use across their marketing channels. The Outcome Report includes information about the success of your project, budget and applicable support material. Returning this in a timely manner is a prerequisite of your application.

Further information about YFG Grants: info@yogaforgood.com.au