CBF Content Grants

• Eligibility Criteria
  – You can apply for the Content grants if you are a current or prospective community broadcaster who is producing content for broadcast by a recognised community media organisation;
  – While the application process is open to any producer, the grant itself must be managed by one eligible organisation. They recommend you negotiate an auspice agreement with any auspice organisation you work with;
  – Eligible organisations include: a community radio station, a community television station, an incorporated non-profit community media sector organisation, a Remote Indigenous Media Organisation or Remote Indigenous Broadcasting Service, an incorporated not-for-profit organisation;
  – Incorporated not-for-profit organisations are eligible where they are producing content or auspicing on behalf of an independent producer (the producer must have a distribution agreement with a recognised community media organisation).
• Type of Funding: Programmatic
• Target Region: Australia
• Application Language: English

The Community Broadcasting Foundation is seeking applications for Content Grants to increase and diversify the voices heard in Australian media by supporting the creation of compelling content.

Objectives

Content grants increase and diversify the voices heard in Australian media by supporting the creation of compelling content.

The objectives of the Content grants are to support community media organisations to:

• Increase community participation and engagement in community media that is inclusive and accessible to all.
• Amplify and reflect the voices, cultures and languages of Australia’s diverse communities.
• Build audiences by supporting creativity, excellence and innovation in community media content production.
• Expand partnerships to explore new forms of storytelling across topics and platforms.

Funding Information

• You can apply for any number of content projects. A maximum of six content projects can be supported per organisation, per financial year, excluding support for Specialist Radio Programming.
• Requests for more $20,000 or more must demonstrate financial contributions from other funding sources such as other funding partners, sponsors, crowdfunding or financial contributions from your organisation’s own resources. Contributions cannot include other CBF funding, in-kind or volunteer support. The proportion of the co-contribution will be considered in assessment.

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