After you apply
After applications close, we:
- Check that your application is eligible.
- Send eligible applications to the Gambling Community Benefit Committee.
- Ask the Committee to recommend which applications should receive funding.
- Email your accountable officer after the Minister makes the funding decisions.
We usually announce funding results 4 to 5 months after applications close.
How we decide
The Committee looks at each eligible application.
Applications are considered in this order.
- Essential repairs or replacements
Items damaged or destroyed by a declared natural disaster in the last 2 years.
- Equipment or building improvements
Equipment or building work that helps your community.
- Vehicles and large equipment
Buses, cars, caravans, boats, tractors, trailers, large mowers, tractors and similar items.
- Community events and programs
Training, workshops, festivals, publications, printing and marketing.
- Recent grant recipients
Organisations that received more than $15,000 from the GCBF in the last 2 years.
The Committee also looks at:
- how the project will help the community
- where the funding will be spent in Queensland
- which community groups will benefit
- your organisation’s financial position
- how long your organisation has been operating
- value for money
- other money or in-kind support for the project
- whether your organisation can earn income
- how many applications the same sponsor has submitted
- government priorities set by the Minister.