Social Enterprise Development Initiative First Nations Grants Administrator
Tender ID: 584040
Tender Details
Tender Description
This Tender is restricted by the Issuer.
The Australian Government is inviting applications via a restricted process (via eligibility) to apply to deliver services under the Social Enterprise Development Initiative – First Nations Grants Administrator nationally from 2025–26 to 2026–27.
The $11.6 million Social Enterprise Development Initiative (SEDI) Program now has an additional $2.94 million across 2025–26 and 2026–27 to engage a First Nations Grants Administrator. The First Nations Grants Administrator will work with the Department of Social Services to design and deliver Capability Building Funding that effectively supports First Nations social enterprises nationally.
• The First Nations Grants Administrator will create a robust selection process, assess applications and recommend social enterprises for funding.
• The First Nations Grants Administrator will on-fund to eligible First Nations social enterprises to purchase capability building support from specialist organisations.
• The First Nations Grants Administrator will collect meaningful data in a culturally appropriate way.
• The funding will be targeted towards supporting First Nations social enterprises to access capability building support to be able to participate in the SII market and grow their impact.
• This grant opportunity will complement the existing SEDI Capability Building Grants program delivered by the Grants Administrator.
More information about the Social Enterprise Development Initiative First Nations Grants Administrator, as well as requirements for applicants, can be found in the following grant opportunity documents:
• Grant Opportunity Guidelines
• Attachments: Budget Breakdown Template, Governance and Management Structure Template, Governance Structure and Decision Making for the Proposed Project Template
• Questions and Answers
• Application Form Questions and Answers
• Sample application form
Eligibility:
To be eligible for this opportunity you must be one of the following entity types:
- Company
- Cooperative
- Corporate Commonwealth Entity
- Corporate State or Territory Entity
- Incorporated Association
- Indigenous Corporation
- Local Government
- Non-Corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority
- Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
- Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
- Partnership
- Statutory Entity.
If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must be one of the eligible entity types listed above.
You must also be an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation in one of the 3 groups outlined in 4.1 of the guidelines or form a consortium with an organisation(s) that is in one of the 3 groups outlined in 4.1 of the guidelines.
Grant Activity Timeframe:
Assessment of applications - Within 5 weeks from the closing date
Approval of selection process outcomes - Within 7 weeks from the closing date
Notification to applicants - Within 9 weeks from the closing date
Negotiations and award of grant agreements - August 2025
Earliest start date of grant activity - Late August 2025
End date of grant activity - 30 June 2027
Instructions for Application Submission:
To apply, you must:
- complete the online application form on GrantConnect
- provide all the information requested
- address all eligibility criteria and assessment criteria
- complete all required templates
- include all necessary attachments
- submit your application/s to the Community Grants Hub by 9:00 pm AEST on 20 May 2025.
Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Barkly : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin : Top End
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
