Reporting – all organisations
Use your project’s budget reporting template, which we’ll send you after your grant is approved. Fill out the ‘actual expenditure’ worksheet.
Certification
Government agencies and councils – grants of any size
Your final financial report must be certified by your Chief Financial Officer or equivalent. It doesn’t need to be independently certified.
All other organisations – grants under $20,000
You must sign and attach a statutory declaration (DOCX 16KB) that states that your final financial report is accurate.
- download the form
- fill it out
- print it and sign it by hand
- scan and email it to us
The report doesn’t need to be independently certified.
All other organisations – grants over $20,000
Final financial reports for grants over $20,000 to recipients that are not government agencies or councils must be certified by an independent certifier.
A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Australian Society of Practising Accountants or the National Institute of Accountants, must certify your financial report and submit a Report on Factual Findings in accordance with Australian Auditing Standard ASRS 4400.The certifier should not be a member of your organisation.
The certifying accountant should also provide a Report on Factual Findings declaring that:
- the financial report accurately reflects income and expenditure for the project
- all payments were supported by adequate documentation to show that expenditure was for bona fide goods and services related to the project
- competitive pricing was obtained for all individual items of expenditure of $5000 and over.
Certification summary
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Independent certification
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Chief Financial Officer
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Statutory declaration
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Government or council grants up to $20,000
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Yes
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Government or council grants over $20,000
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Yes
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All other organisations – grants up to $20,000
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Yes
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All other organisations – grants over $20,000*
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Yes
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Eco School grants
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Yes
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