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Thank you for your interest in the Ian & Shirley Norman Foundation. Please complete this questionnaire to determine if you are eligible to apply for donations.

Are you applying on behalf of an organisation?*

Yes

Is your organisation an endorsed Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) Item 1?*

Yes

Do you have an eligible auspice for your application? *

Do you have an eligible auspice for your application? **

Yes

Unfortunately, you are not eligible to apply for donations with the Ian & Shirley Norman Foundation. Under the terms of the Constitution of The Ian & Shirley Norman Foundation and Australian taxation laws, we can only make donations to registered charities based in Australia with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) Item 1 status. For more information on DGR endorsement please access the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) website

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Does your proposal fit into one or more of the four pillars of the Ian & Shirley Norman Foundation?*

Yes

Please select all relevant pillars:*

Pillar 1 – Being Ecologically Sound

Pillar 2 – Protecting People from Harm

Pillar 3 – Walking Together with Traditional Custodians

Pillar 4 – Empowering Communities

Unfortunately, you are not eligible to apply for donations with the Ian & Shirley Norman Foundation. The Board will only consider proposals that align with our pillars.

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Is this application for a proposal that has previously been declined by the Foundation?*

Yes

Unfortunately, you are not eligible to apply for donations with the Ian & Shirley Norman Foundation. Applications for proposals that have previously been declined cannot be resubmitted.

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Does your proposal fit into any of the following categories?*

Retrospective donations - projects that are already underway.

Recurrent expenditure for which there is no future provision.

Requests from kindergartens, primary or secondary schools.

Capital or endowment funds to establish a corpus for institutions.

Applications for public charitable purposes outside the Commonwealth of Australia.

Applications from organisations that have not successfully acquitted previous grants from the Ian & Shirley Norman Foundation.

Unfortunately, you are not eligible to apply for donations with the Ian & Shirley Norman Foundation. The Foundation will not consider these types of proposals.

Based on your answers, you are eligible to apply for donations from the Ian & Shirley Norman Foundation. Please proceed to learn more about our application process and provide us with more information about your proposal.

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1. Applicant Organisation Entity Name*

(Exactly as per the ACNC and the Australian Business Register)

2. Applicant organisation - AKA (acronym, trading name, former name, or name commonly known by)*

Some organisations are known more commonly by a trading name. If your organisation uses a trading name, please check that it is listed with your Entity Name on the Australian Business Register. Acronyms are the abbreviations formed by the initial letters of words e.g. The Ian & Shirley Norman Foundation - ISNF. If an acronym applies to your organisation, please include it here.

3. Australian Business Number (ABN)*

4. If you are using an auspice for your application, please provide the registered name and ABN of the auspice organisation Registered Name (auspice organisation)

ABN (auspice organisation)

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5. Primary Contact for the Application

Name*

Position*

Email*

Telephone*

Mobile*

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6. Title of Proposal.*

7. Describe your proposal, clearly stating what you want to do with the funds.*

(Please provide a succinct statement of what your proposal intends to do and achieve. 300 words)

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8. Anticipated outcome(s) i.e. what will success look like?*

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9. Approach i.e. how will you do it?*

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10. If relevant, outline relevant partnerships or other donation sources for this proposal. Please name organisations you are planning to partner with and describe how this partnership is likely to contribute to the success of your proposal.*

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11. Proposal Budget. Please provide an indication of the total expenditure of the proposal.*

(Please round up to the nearest dollar e.g. $90,000)

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Max. file size: 256 MB.

12. Requested Amount. How much are you requesting from the Foundation?*

(Please only enter a dollar amount (e.g. $210,000)

13. Is the requested amount a one-off donation or a multi-year funding request? Please make selection:*

One-off Donation

Multi-year funding

Note: If multi-year funding, over what period? (e.g. $90,000 over 3 years - Year 1: $30,000; Year 2: $30,000; Year 3: $30,000)

14. Optional – Please upload any supporting documentation (No more than 3 x 1-2 page documents. i.e. proposal overview and/or budget).

Max. file size: 20 MB.

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