Training courses (local classroom-based courses and local/overseas online courses) for charities’ board members and staff (who have served in the charities for at least 6 months with an official designation) in key governance and management areas.

This includes courses on:

Funding Quantum

The approved applications are co-funded up to the quantum specified below:

Reimbursement of Course Fees

Funding will be disbursed upon the completion of the course and receipt of the following supporting documents:

CCF Training Grant Applications

Pre-approved courses

For pre-approved local training courses conducted by the Social Service Institute (SSI), your charity will register via the SSI website.

For pre-approved courses by other training providers, please register with the training providers directly. Your charity is not required to submit its Local Training Grant applications to the CCF Secretariat.

For list of pre-approved courses, please click here.

Non Pre-approved courses

For non pre-approved courses, your charity may submit its applications at go.gov.sg/ccf-training-grant at least 1 month before the commencement of the course to be considered for funding.

Pre-Approval of Training Courses

For Training Providers Only

Training providers may submit applications for their courses to be pre-approved under the Training Grant through the Training Partners Gateway. Applications should reach the CCF Secretariat at least 3 months before the commencement of the courses.

Consultancy projects by external consultants to review and draft policies and standard operating procedures for the charity, and in attaining organisational excellence certifications and accreditations in key governance and management areas such as:                                                                              

Funding Quantum
                                                                           

CCF Consultancy Grant Application                                                                             

Applications for CCF Consultancy Grant should be submitted at https://oursggrants.gov.sg with your charity’s preferred vendor's quotation. For project costs exceeding $6,000, your charity should attach 3 quotations of comparable scope.                                                                             

Applications for the Consultancy Grant should be submitted to the CCF Secretariat at least 3 months before the project commences to be eligible for the funding.                                                                             

Project should only commence upon successful approval of the funding application.
                                   

Reimbursement Process                                                                             

The first 50% of the funding amount will be disbursed upfront upon the signing of the CCF funding agreement and submission of the signed agreements with the vendor.                                                                             

The remaining 50% will be reimbursed upon submission of the following:                                                                              

These documents are to be submitted to the CCF Secretariat within 1 month after the completion of the consultancy project. The total reimbursement will be granted at the approved funding amount or 80% of the actual expenditure, whichever is the lower.                                                                             

Outsourcing of corporate functions such as payroll, finance, accounting, human resource and information technology functions to third-party service providers in areas such as those below to improve backroom-operations efficiency.                                                                     

Funding Quantum                                                                                   

For All Charities: Up to 50% of monthly charges for 1st year and up to 25% for 2nd year, capped at $30,000 per charity over 5 years.                                                                     

CCF Shared Services Grant Applications                                                                                   

Charity can only tap on the fund for one shared services project at a time. Services which have already been supported for up to 2 years between 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2027 will not be funded the second time. The cumulative funding cap is $30,000 per charity from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2027.                                                                     

Applications for CCF Shared Services Grant should be submitted at https://oursggrants.gov.sg with your charity’s preferred vendor’s quotation. For project costs exceeding $6,000, your charity should attach 3 quotations of comparable scope.                                                                     

Applications for the Shared Services Grant should be submitted to the CCF Secretariat at least 2 months before the service commences to be eligible for the funding.                                                                     

Project should only commence upon successful approval of the funding application.
                                 

Reimbursement Process                                                                     

First 30% of the approved amount                                                                   

Second 30% of the approved amount                                                                   

Final 40% of the approved amount or actual shared service charges, whichever is lower.                               

(A) Basic infrastructure components                               

For Small and Medium size Charities: 80% of the supported cost or actual expenditure, whichever is lower, and capped at:                                                                 

(B) Digital solutions that can enhance productivity and operational efficiency of charities, in areas such as those below.                                                           

For All Charities*: Up to 80% of the supported cost or actual expenditure, whichever is lower, and capped at $40,000 per charity over 5 years.                                                           

* For digital solutions, Social Service Agencies will continue to receive funding support under the Community Capability Trust (CCT).                                                           

Charities from the Arts & Heritage, Community, Education, Health, Sports and Others sector which are interested in adopting large scale / specialised IT systems, you may check out: Charities - Tech Subsidy (ncss.gov.sg) for funding.                                                            

CCF ICT Grant Applications                                                                                

Your charity may submit its ICT Grant applications at https://oursggrants.gov.sg with its preferred vendor’s quotation.For more information, please contact NCSS Pumpkin Squad at Tech-and-GO@ncss.gov.sg.                                                           

(A) Basic infrastructure components          

Applications for Basic infrastructure components should be submitted at least 1 month before the purchase or project commencement, including purchase contracts/engagement letters which the charity entered into with the vendor, to be eligible for the funding. Purchase and project should only commence upon successful approval of the funding application.                               

(B) Digital solutions          

Applications for Digital solutions should be submitted at least 2 month before the purchase or project commencement, including purchase contracts/engagement letters which the charity entered into with the vendor, to be eligible for the funding. Purchase and project should only commence upon successful approval of the funding application.                               

Reimbursement Process                                                         

Category A (Basic Infrastructure)                                                         

The full 100% of approved amount will be reimbursed upon the submission of the following:                                                         

Category B (Digital Solutions)                                                         

First 80% of the funding amount will be disbursed upfront upon:                                                         

The remaining 20% will be disbursed upon the satisfactory assessment of the following, within 8 months of project completion:                                                         

The grant aims to encourage ground-up collaborations and incentivise charities to consolidate their needs and build capabilities/solutions that can be shared among charities. It will support projects that could enhance charities’ governance, productivity, operational efficiency and capabilities development. Examples of projects are:                               

Charities may engage an external consultant to support the project or implement the project themselves. To qualify as a collaborative project, it must involve and benefit at least 2 charities (i.e. with 2 different UEN No.). In the project proposal, the Lead Charity should list out the Names of Charities (and UEN No.) that would benefit from the collaborative project.                                      

Charities can apply for Collaboration Grant in addition to the other existing grants.                               

Funding Quantum                                     

CCF Collaboration Grant Application                                     

Applications for CCF Collaboration Grant should be submitted at https://oursggrants.gov.sg with your charity’s preferred vendor's quotation. For project costs exceeding $6,000, your charity should attach 3 quotations of comparable scope.                                     

Applications for the Collaboration Grant should be submitted to the CCF Secretariat at least 3 months before the project commences to be eligible for the funding.                               

Project should only commence upon successful approval of the funding application.                               

Reimbursement Process                               

The first 50% of the funding amount will be disbursed upfront upon the signing of the CCF funding agreement and submission of the signed agreements with the vendor.                               

The remaining 50% will be reimbursed upon submission of the following:                               

These documents are to be submitted to the CCF Secretariat within 1 month after the completion of the project. The total reimbursement will be granted at the approved funding amount or 80% of the actual expenditure, whichever is the lower.