ENVIRONMENT GRANTS - ENVIRONMENT PROJECT GRANTS (ROUND 18), MULTI-YEAR ENVIRONMENT COLLABORATIVE (MEC) GRANTS (ROUND 2: 2023-2026) AND ENVIRONMENT ORGANISATION ALLIANCE GRANTS (2023-2026) · Attachment 2 - MEC Grants Summary and Recommendations Rev 2

Attachment 2: MEC Grant applications 2023-26 – Recommendations
Applicant         Project name              Application     Requested funding      Funding                Funding              Comments on application
                                            score (%)       amount (total for 3    recommendation         recommendation per
                                                            years)                 (total for 3 years)    year
Noosa             Noosa Cat's Claw          90%             $78,371.00              $78,371.00             $26,123.67          Fully funded
Landcare          Crusade
MRCCC             Noosa hinterland rural    70%             $66,240.00              $66,240.00             $22,080.00          Fully funded
                  extension program
Noosa             Kicking on with           89%             $273,638.61             $273,638.61            $91,212.87          Fully funded
Landcare          Keeping it in Kin Kin
MRCCC             Biodiversity Resilience   83%             $43,115.00              $43,115.00             $14,371.67          Partial funding – Projects 1 and 2
                  in the Noosa Shire                                                                                           funded. Project 3 not supported as
                  (frog monitoring)                                                                                            project could be funded from
                                                                                                                               alternative grant programs.
Hinterland Bush   Noosa Roving              70%             $74,346.00              $74,346.00             $24,782.00          Fully funded
Links             Restorers
Tourism Noosa     Plastic Free Noosa        80%             $200,844.00             $200,844.00            $66,948.00          Fully funded
Pty Ltd
MRCCC             Citizen Science           75%             $149,757.00             $48,000.00             $16,000.00          Partial funding – Project is similar
                  Waterwatch Program                                                                                           to work being undertaken by
                                                                                                                               Noosa Council. Support
                                                                                                                               recommended for continuation of
                                                                                                                               on-ground monitoring, technical
                                                                                                                               advice on annual report cards and
                                                                                                                               3 x training workshops with
                                                                                                                               Landcare & NICA.
                                                    Total   $886,311.61           $784,554.61            $261,518.20
                        Recommended funding per year        $261,518.20

                         Total funding available annually   $261,574.00
                                     Underspend annually    $55.80