To be eligible for funding, multicultural organisations must:
- be non-government and not-for-profit, and
- have a registered Australian Business Number (ABN), and
- provide satisfactory evidence that their core purpose is to deliver initiatives, services or support for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in South Australia, and
- South Australian based, and
- incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1985 or
- Australian Public Company Limited by Guarantee under the Corporations Act 2001, or
- a Statutory Authority established through an Act, or
- registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission with a comparable legal status.
Not for profit multicultural groups that are unincorporated or do not have an ABN may be sponsored by an eligible multicultural organisation who applies on their behalf.
There is no limit to the number of times an eligible organisation may sponsor other organisations.