The Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF) is an independent

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funding organisation based in

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. The CBF receives funds from the Australian Government to distribute through grant programs to support the maintenance and development of community broadcasting in Australia. The mission of the CBF is to assist the Australian community broadcasting sector in becoming well-resourced, independent, diverse and accessible. The CBF aims to reflect the non-profit

volunteer Volunteering is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor for community service. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve ...

driven philosophy of the community broadcasting sector. As such it operates with a small

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and around forty volunteers who sit on various

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advising on grants and projects as well as the board of directors.

Funding

The CBF receives the bulk of its funds from the

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through the

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. The Foundation distributes funding through its ''Grants Advisory Committees''. CBF funding is designed to supplement the operational and development costs of the community broadcasting sector. Grants are made for: * national program production * online developments including program distribution and exchange * station infrastructure and operational support * training * national infrastructure development projects * promotion of contemporary Australian music and musicians * sector coordination and research. Funding is also provided specifically for

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, Indigenous, and RPH program production. Their home page contains also interesting information very helpful in writing a grant proposals in general.

References

External links

* CBF {{Authority control Community radio organizations * Organisations based in Melbourne

Funding

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