Income OrangeAid Caregiver Support Accelerator Grant

Who qualifies

• Organisation types: Registered charity or Institution of a Public Character.
• Open to IPCs that either have prior caregiver-programme experience or collaborate with a partner having relevant experience or expertise; other caregiver-led or experienced not-for-profit organisations and social innovators without an IPC partner may be considered case by case.
• Participation in both the accelerator workshops and the pitch workshop is mandatory for selection and award.
• The programme must target human caregivers of vulnerable or at-risk groups, not professional care workers or care recipients.
• The grant will not cover products intended for sale or other commercialisation.
• Pilot and existing caregiver programmes may apply, but an existing programme must be open to refinement.

What it funds

• Community, arts, heritage, sports, social-good projects
• Core capabilities — strategy, HR, finance, branding, processes

Costs covered: Internal staff salary attributable to the project; Physical materials and consumables consumed by the funded project (e.g. construction materials, prototypes); Explain in notes.

Maximum support: up to 90%.

Years 1 and 2 are funded up to 90% of projected total operating expenditure; an approved third year is funded up to 45%.

Recorded cap: S$200,000.

Up to $200,000 or actual operating expenditure, whichever is lower, in each of the first two years; a possible third year is capped at $100,000 or actual operating expenditure, whichever is lower.

Payment: Paid in tranches against milestones.

How to apply

The first call required applicants to fill in the OrangeAid Caregiver Grant application form via FormSG and attend the accelerator workshop if selected.

1. Submit the project proposal and supporting documents through FormSG in one sitting.
2. If selected after eligibility screening, attend the accelerator workshops and submit a revised final proposal.
3. If shortlisted again, attend the mandatory pitch workshop and present at pitch day.

Documents

• Project write-up — Must cover project description, target group and service-user count, service gap and landscape value-add, interventions, innovation/collaboration/empowerment, and timeline.
• Theory of change — No prescribed format or maximum word count is stated.
• Project outcomes — Must give target outcomes and the measurement process and timeline; both WHOQOL-BREF and the Zarit Burden Interview 6-item are compulsory at pre- and post-intervention.
• Projected income and expenditure for project — Use the Budget Template available in FormSG. Agency document ↗
• Brief plans to sustain project resourcing beyond the funding period — Required application information.
• List of previous caregiver programmes and summary of experience and outcomes — Required to demonstrate the applicant's or partner's relevant experience.
• Other supporting documents (if applicable) — Applicants may provide documents they deem necessary; no prescribed format or maximum word count is stated.
• Reference materials substantiating unmapped manpower costs (if applicable) — Required only for manpower items not found in or mappable to the NCSS salary guidelines.
• Demonstration of cost reasonableness (if applicable) — Required for other operating-cost items of $6,000 or more; examples include catalogue rates, email quotations, past procurement or audit utilisation.

Processing time: Applicants were to be informed by end December 2025 if shortlisted.

Claiming support

At project start, 50% of Year 1 funding is paid after signing the funding agreement. Later milestones pay the prior year's balance adjusted for actual TOE plus 50% of the next year's funding, subject to reports, at least 50% utilisation and satisfactory achievement. Under-50% utilisation may roll forward; missing reports can suspend disbursement.

Progress reports are half-yearly; Annual Reports and Statements of Accounts are annual; End of Funding and financial reports are due after the final funded year. Exact calendar deadlines are provided after award, not stated publicly.

Contact: caregivergrant@empact.sg

Application window: First grant call.

Opens: 2025-10-23

Closes: 2025-12-14