Grants

Social Enterprise Development Initiative (SEDI) capability-building grants, valued at up to $120,000 each, are now available.

The grants are designed to help eligible social enterprises better demonstrate and grow their social impact. They are for social enterprises to purchase business and impact capability-building services.

Eligible SEDI grant applicants:

• Are a social enterprise or a trading Indigenous-owned or controlled organisation with a defined social benefit

• Have an impact in one or more of the approved Department of Social Services outcome areas

• Currently provide benefit to those experiencing entrenched disadvantage in Australia

• Are an Australian organisation

• Have beneficiaries who primarily reside in Australia

• Have a turnover of at least $50,000 per year

• May be early stage but have progressed beyond the start-up phase

• Are seeking to scale impact (now or in the future) in one or more of the approved outcome areas to address entrenched disadvantage in Australia.

Organisations that believe they qualify for a SEDI grant can submit an Expression of Interest. The grants’ administrator, Impact Investing Australia, will then arrange a phone call to discuss grant eligibility and the selection process. Organisations that meet the eligibility criteria will be invited to submit a grant application, which will be assessed by an expert panel.

The SEDI grants program will run until June 2026. There will be rolling grant rounds, so enterprises can submit anytime. Grants will be awarded based on merit, not on the order of application.

SEDI grants are funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. For details and to submit an expression of interest go here.