2024 Permafund grant round launched
Permaculture Australia’s Permafund has opened its 2024 grant round and is inviting Australian and international organisations to submit an application
The Permafund grant program supports activities that demonstrate the principles and ethics of Permaculture, protect and improve the natural environment and help build sustainable communities. Examples include permaculture education courses, food forestry, water harvesting and regenerative agriculture.
The Permafund is the gift fund of the charity Permaculture Australia, an endorsed environmental organisation.
One of the principal purposes of Australian environmental organisations is:-
“the provision of information or education, or the carrying on of research, about the natural environment or a significant aspect of the natural environment.”
“Natural environment includes all aspects of the natural surroundings of humans, whether affecting them as individuals or in social groupings. The natural environment and concern for it can include:
- significant natural areas such as rainforests
- wildlife and their habitats
- issues affecting the environment such as air and water quality, waste minimisation, soil conservation, and biodiversity
- promotion of ecologically sustainable development principles
The natural environment excludes:
- constructions such as the retaining walls of dams
- cultivated parks and gardens
- zoos and wildlife parks (except those principally carried on for the purposes of species preservation)
- cultural sites
- heritage properties
Please download and read the Grant Guidelines carefully to check whether your organisation is eligible to submit an application.
If your organisation’s project meets the requirements in the Permafund Grant Guidelines, please complete the 2024 Grant Application form.
The Application form is available for download here in Word or PDF format.
Email your signed application form and supporting documents to the Permafund grants committee – permafund@permacultureaustralia.org.au
Applications will close at Midnight AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) on Tuesday 30 April 2024.
Successful applicants will be informed by the end of June 2024.
For enquiries about your application please contact the Permafund Grants team. permafund@permacultureaustralia.org.au
Permaculture Australia is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission ABN 13 196 056 495. PA’s Permafund has run grant rounds since 2012 – funding 73 permaculture projects in 17 countries around the world. We are volunteer-run and funded entirely by donations. Donations over $2 are tax deductible.
Thank you to our Key Supporters
Organisations
- Brogo Permaculture Gardens
- Formidable Vegetable
- Grow Do It
- Robyn Clayfield – Dynamic Groups
- Solid Ground Design
Wendy Bishop – Patricia Kolln – Richard Copeman – Jonathan Rispler – Yu-Lung Chan
Permafund provides seed grants of up to $2000 to support permaculture projects in Australia and overseas. We accept applications for small grants which are assessed on need; alignment with permaculture principles and ethics, and project sustainability. The Permafund grant program is for projects that benefit or protect the natural environment, which includes regenerative agriculture and education.
A volunteer-run committee comprised of experienced permaculture practitioners and international aid experts assess and allocates the grant amounts. Permafund has a Child Protection policy and evaluation requirements that all grant recipients must comply with.
Permafund Team
Position
- John Champagne, Convenor Permafund
- Jed Walker
- Boyd Attewell
- Felix Leibelt
- Chris Caroll
- Ronni Martin
- John McKenzie
Rowe Morrow
Permafund Ambassador
Rosemary Morrow became the first Permafund ambassador at the Intentional Permaculture Convergence in London recently. Her long permaculture career has taken many journeys from education and publication to aid and development work, across the globe.
Rosemary’s work in countries such as Vietnam, Cambodia, Uganda, Bosnia and Afghanistan, highlights why we felt she deserved the recognition of being our first patron.
Charlie Mgee
Permafund Ambassador
Soon after completing a PDC in 2011, Charlie formed Formidable Vegetable – with the hope of inspiring people to grow food, keep chickens and make the world a better place. Since then, Formidable Vegetable have performed at global festivals including Glastonbury, for the United Nations, and were described by Vandana Shiva as “connecting the creativity of nature with the creativity of music”.