The Trustee of the Self-Determination Fund FUNDING GUIDELINES - For Equal Footing (Charitable Purpose 1)

HOW WILL APPLICATIONS BE ASSESSED? The Trustee will support Traditional Owner However, the Trustee will also ensure Groups to make an application and through that the Self-Determination Fund is the application process, with a goal of ensuring managed sustainably and for the benefit all eligible groups who want to access the of First Peoples throughout Victoria. [...] WHEN AN APPLICATION IS APPROVED This section provides guidance to successful 8.2 W HAT ARE THE FUNDING applicants on their obligations, including CONDITIONS? conditions on the release and use of the funds, reporting back to the Trustee, and The use of funds will be subject to the terms consequences for failure to comply with and conditions of the Funding Agreement, the funding conditions. [...] The Trustee has Use of funds The funding must only a standard Funding Agreement, and will arrange be used for the activities a time to discuss the Funding Agreement with described in the successful the applicant. [...] The Trustee will consider a request based on factors such as: Information requested • how it affects the proposed activities in questionnaire: • whether the change is consistent with the • How the funds have been used purposes of the relevant funding Phase and • The outcomes and benefits of Self-Determination Fund the funding • availability of funds • The amount of funding spent on professional se. [...] Community The land and waters the Traditional How the Traditional Owner Group Owner Group represents represents the Community that are the Traditional Owners of the area it represents 3.