Capital Funding

The Association of Independent Schools of NSW (AISNSW) has the responsibility of administering the Australian Government's Capital Grants Program (CGP) and the NSW Government’s Building Grants Assistance Scheme (BGAS) for independent schools in NSW. It does this through a separate entity called the AISNSW Block Grant Authority Ltd (BGA). Each year these Governments allocate a fixed 'block' of money to be administered by the BGA to independent schools in NSW for capital works projects on a needs basis.

The specific objectives of both Capital Grants Programs are to:

  • provide and improve school infrastructure, particularly for the most educationally disadvantaged students
  • ensure attention to refurbishment/upgrading of capital infrastructure for existing students, while making provision for needs arising from new demographic and enrolment trends
  • pursue the Australian Government's other priorities and objectives for schooling as outlined in the latest version of the Capital Grants Programme (CGP) for Non-Government Schools -  CGP Operating Manual

Step 1.

In December each year the BGA will email Principals and Business Managers of all AISNSW BGA member schools with details of the commencement of the application round for the upcoming year.

Schools intending to apply for a grant in the 2020 round must then lodge an Expression of Interest (EOI) being the first page of the online application form. Closing date for this step is 31st  January 2020. Feedback will be provided to you, if necessary, about the eligibility of the proposed project and whether the school's expectations of the level of possible grant is realistic.

Step 2.

In past years, schools that had lodged an Expression of Interest were required to attend or participate in a mandatory briefing session in February before being provided with access to the CGP application form. 

In 2020 the BGA may trial an alternate delivery method for the briefing information. Further details will be provided later in the year.  

Step 3.

After the briefing you can submit an application for a Capital Grants Project by:

  • Logging in to the AIS website
  • Selecting the My Profile tab at the top of the page
  • Selecting BGA Grant Management

If you work at more than one Independent school, you may then need to select the school for which you now wish to apply for Capital Grants (BGA). 

Applications close on 30th April 2020 after which the AISNSW Grants Management Team will commence checking the financial, costing and educational content for validity and completeness before assessing them from both an educational and financial need perspective.  The assessment and analysis of the application information is the basis for formulating recommendations for grant assistance. The recommendations are then reviewed by the AISNSW BGA Funding Allocation Committee who determines which project applications will be recommended to the AISNSW BGA Board. The recommendations for grant assistance are then sent to the relevant Government Education Ministers. Successful schools are usually notified by January the following year.

Schools that are not yet participants in the AISNSW BGA should contact AISNSW for details of how to apply.

 2019 BGA Capital Grants Approved Project Briefing Presentation


2019 BGA Capital Grants Application Briefing Presentation


Capital Grants Program Annual Overview

Projects Snapshot 2014

Projects Snapshot 2015

Projects Snapshot 2016

Projects Snapshot 2017

Projects Snapshot 2018

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