Digital8 Community Impact Fund
Applications for the 20/21 Community Impact Fund have now closed. Thanks for your interest!
Applications for the 20/21 Community Impact Fund have now closed. Thanks for your interest!
Digital8 seek to empower and enable positive organisations with defined community impact goals so that they can leverage the internet, social media and digital technology to help the organisation succeed.
Throughout our history, we have spoken to scores of underfunded and under-resourced organisations with impactful and novel goals that use their own energy and willpower to enact social change in order to improve our community, as well as the wider Australian and global communities.
These organisations are usually able to clearly demonstrate how world class digital projects could drastically improve their success, yet are unable to fund these projects due to the costs associated, as well as the limited and extremely competitive existing funding options available to them.
In short, it is our way to give back to the world.
Each organisation may apply for one, but not both, of the following options:
Here are some of our previous clients who are making a positive impact in their community.
To be eligible for the fund you must fit the below criteria:
In addition to being one of the aforementioned you must also:
If you are unsure whether you are eligible, please email [email protected] or simply apply and allow us to assess your case.
Applications for FY2021 funding are now open and will remain open until May 31st, 2020. During the month of June, all applications will be assessed by a jury comprised of a mixture of Digital8 staff as well as independent third parties. Success will be based on whether they fit in the aforementioned criteria, as well as how unique they are and the potential impact therein. Recipients will be announced on July 2nd, 2020.
If you are unsuccessful you will not receive a notification of such. However, we reserve the right to change the recipients in the event of the cessation of the successful recipient’s organisation, or any other reasonable justification for disqualification, and as such unsuccessful recipients may be offered the fund at a later date.
The delivery of services will be staggered across the year and you will be notified of your planned delivery at the time of notification of success.
If your platform requires ongoing management, hosting and development post launch, we may choose to deliver this pro bono but are not obliged to. As such, we encourage successful organisations to understand and account for the financial obligations therein. If you have any questions about what this means please email [email protected].
Applications for the 20/21 Community Impact Fund have now closed. Thanks for your interest!
The 2020/2021 Digital8 Community Impact Fund is an approximate $200,000 per annum investment of time and materials by us into the delivery of web technology with a specific positive community impact. Prior recipients of this funding have used the resources to partially or fully develop websites, apps, branding, graphic design, as well as to cover the costs of web hosting, social media management services, SEO and PPC management services and general strategy and consulting.
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