Charities Capability Fund

Who qualifies

• Organisation types: Registered charity or Institution of a Public Character.
• Open to all exempt or registered charities and Institutions of a Public Character.
• Training-grant staff and sub-committee participants must have completed at least six months of service with their charity.
• Shared Services permits only one application per function during 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2027, supports up to two years per function, and excludes scopes already supported for two years in that period.
• Basic ICT infrastructure funding is for small and medium charities.
• Social Service Agencies continue to receive digital-solution funding under the Community Capability Trust.
• A Collaboration Grant project must involve and benefit at least two charities with different UENs and name the benefiting charities and UENs in the lead charity's proposal.
• Extended warranty and bank charges are not supported under the listed digital-solution scope.

What it funds

• Core capabilities — strategy, HR, finance, branding, processes
• Adopting digital tools, software, e-commerce, cybersecurity
• Employee training, upskilling, course fees

Costs covered: Third-party consultant or professional service fees; Software licences and SaaS; Hardware, machinery, IT equipment; Course fees and trainer costs; Explain in notes.

Maximum support: up to 80%.

Maximum component rates: training 80% for Singaporeans/PRs and 60% for work-pass holders; consultancy, ICT, and collaboration 80%; shared services 50% in year 1 and 25% in year 2; specified digital-solution recurring costs fall to 50% in years 2 and 3.

Recorded cap: S$100,000.

Training: $1,000/course, $500/full day, $250/half day for Singaporeans/PRs; $750/$375/$187.50 for work-pass holders. Consultancy: $100,000/5 years for small/medium charities, $50,000 for large. Shared services: $30,000/5 years. ICT: computers $1,500 each (4), printers $300 each (2), broadband $1,700, website $3,000, conferencing $250, firewall $3,000; digital solutions $40,000/5 years and professional fees/add-ons $6,000. Collaboration: $50,000/project. Small means receipts up to $1m, medium $1m-$10m, and large at least $10m in each of the prior 2 financial years.

Payment: Not stated on official pages.

How to apply

Choose the relevant CCF component and submit through OurSG with the required lead time. Pre-approved training courses instead use SSI or direct provider registration, and training providers use Training Partners Gateway for course pre-approval.

1. Choose the relevant CCF component and check its one-, two- or three-month lead time.
2. Ensure the training, project or purchase has not commenced and the required Charity Portal filings are current.
3. Submit through OurSG, or use the stated SSI, training-provider or Training Partners Gateway route for pre-approved training.

Before applying

• Training, projects and purchases must not commence before submission and approval of the CCF application.
• The charity's latest annual reports, financial statements and Governance Evaluation Checklists must be submitted on the Charity Portal.
• The applicant must not receive other government funding for the same purpose unless specifically allowed.

Documents

• Preferred vendor quotation (if applicable) — Required for consultancy, shared-services, ICT and collaboration applications; accepted file format is not stated.
• Three quotations of comparable scope (if applicable) — Required for applicable project costs exceeding $6,000; funding is based on the lowest comparable quotation.
• Project proposal (if applicable) — Collaboration Grant only; must state project objectives, project cost and deliverables.

Claiming support

Training is paid after course completion; pre-approved providers claim the subsidy, while non-pre-approved participants claim reimbursement. Consultancy and collaboration pay 50% upfront and 50% after completion. Shared Services pays 30%/30%/40%. Basic ICT reimburses 100% of the approved amount; digital solutions pay 80% upfront and 20% after satisfactory assessment.

Consultancy and collaboration final documents: within one month after completion. Shared-services invoices: within two months of the last invoice for each service year. ICT LOA acceptance: within two weeks of the approval package. Digital-solution final assessment documents: within eight months of project completion.

Contact: NCSS_Grants@ncss.gov.sg

Application window: Applications are accepted subject to component lead times of one to three months; collaboration proposals may be submitted anytime throughout the year. Shared Services conditions refer to the support period ending 31 March 2027.