Get Grants-in-Aid funding
The City of Cape Town makes Grants-in-Aid available to organisations to fund projects that benefit the community and assist the City in realising its goals and objectives as set out by the
Integrated Development Plan (IDP).
Grants-in-Aid 2024/25
There are currently no funding opportunities available.
Remember
- Only qualifying Grants-in-Aid applications will be considered for Grants-in-Aid funding.
- Other Grant-in-Aid applications should be directed to the applicable funding department.
- Subcouncil Grants-in-Aid funding requests must be
submitted via your local subcouncil office.
Submission requirements
All organisations should take note of the Grants-in-Aid Policy.
Make sure your organisation meets the qualifying criteria and that you provide all the required documentation when applying:
Qualifying criteria
Qualifying applicants should ensure that they:
Both registration numbers are required on the Grants-in-Aid application form.
Supporting documents
Qualifying applicants should ensure that they:
- Provide certified copies of IDs for all committee members/responsible officials
- Provide a valid registration certificate (e.g. PBO/NPO certificate)
- Provide a valid tax clearance certificate
- Provide proof of bank account details
- Provide a copy of the latest paid-up municipal account. If in arrears, a
repayment arrangement must be made in order to be eligible for grant-in-aid funding. If a lease agreement is in place, the paid-up municipal account must be provided, as well as the lease agreement.
- Provide an affidavit (if the organisation does not have a municipal account)
- Provide a copy of the organisation’s constitution/articles of incorporation
- Provide details of the date of the establishment of the organisation and organisation type (NPO/Section 21 company)
- Provide a copy of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) minutes (not older than 18 months), which should reflect the decision to apply for the City’s funding. If the AGM minutes does not reflect such decision, the minutes of the meeting where this decision was taken or a letter signed by all members of the board indicating agreement thereto needs to accompany the application.
- Provide an income and expenditure statement for the organisation's previous financial year as tabled at its annual general meeting (AGM), signed by the chairperson or another authorised member of the organisation together with a copy of the minutes of the relevant AGM
(if the funding request is under R50 000)
- Provide independently reviewed financial statements
(if the funding request is between R50 001 and R100 000)
- Provide audited financial statements
(if the funding request is more than R100 000)
- Submit a zero-rated tax invoice with the amount applied for and the City’s VAT number (4500193497), if registered as a VAT vendor
You will also need to provide the following information in order to complete the application forms:
- A detailed business plan explaining the funding proposal applied for
- A detailed description of the project, including breakdown of project costs, and start and end dates
- Details of other funding received from the City for the current financial year, and previous funding received by the City
- Information on how the allocation of a grant-in-aid will promote job creation and the estimated number of job opportunities it will create
If your application is successful, expenditure on the approved project will start within two months after the Grants-in-Aid funds are deposited into your organisation’s bank account, as provided for in clause 8.8 of the MOA.
How to apply
application deadline
Applications closed at 17:00 on 31 August 2024. No late or incomplete applications will be considered.
Ensure that you submit a completed application form along with all required supporting documentation. Failure to produce all relevant documentation will result in disqualification of the application.
Download and complete the application forms:
electronic submissions
Applications submitted via email must be in PDF format. The maximum size for each document is 2 MB.
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