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Tote Board

Grant application

Find out how to apply for a Tote Board grant.

Last updated 5 January 2026

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Application for Grants
Tote Board Direct Funding

Application for Grants

Applying for a Tote Board Grant? Visit the respective information pages by our Fund Administrators.

List of publicly available funds and their respective administrators with links to their information pages for application details.

Fund
Only funds that are available for public application are listed

Fund Administrator

Information page

Arts Grant

National Arts Council

https://www.nac.gov.sg/singapore-arts-scene/arts-education/national-arts-council-arts-education-programme-(nac-aep)/overview-of-nac-aep/for-schools

Community Capability Trust

National Council of Social Services

https://www.ncss.gov.sg/our-initiatives/community-capability-trust-(cct)

Enabling Lives Initiative (ELI)

SG Enable

https://www.eli-grant.sg

Enhanced Fundraising Programme

Tote Board

https://www.toteboard.gov.sg/grants/enhanced-fundraising

Future-Ready Society Impact Fund

Institute of Policy Studies

https://futurereadysociety.sg/

Tote Board Arts Fund

National Arts Council

https://www.nac.gov.sg/support/funding-and-schemes/arts-fund/overview

Tote Board Better Health Fund (TBBHF)

Agency for Integrated Care

https://www.aic.sg/partners/tote-board-community-health-fund

Tote Board Direct Funding

If you are unable to find a suitable Fund to support your project, you may submit a direct grant application to Tote Board. Our Direct Funding supports new programmes from not-for-profit organisations that meet emerging community needs and are aligned with broad national policy directions and our strategic outcomes.

Eligibility

  1. Your project must support one or more of Tote Board’s strategic outcomes:

    • Healthy lives

    • Empowered vulnerable groups

    • Cohesive society

    • Liveable home

  2. Your project's expenditure as listed in the budget must be above $50,000.

Examples of projects that are not eligible:

  • Project(s) that benefit only an individual

  • Religious activities for the promotion of religion

  • Political activities for the promotion of political ideology or party

  • Commercial project(s) for the sole purpose of profit making

  • Debt/ loan repayments

Read more about Tote Board’s Grantmaking Principles.

Application

Application period

At least 6 months before the start of the programme/ project.

Application process

There are two parts to the General Projects grant application process on the OSG Portal:

  • Part 1 - Pre-Application: Applicants are required to provide basic details of the project (e.g. Project Summary, Project Rationale and Projected Budget)

  • Part 2 - Application: Applicants are required to provide more details of the project (e.g. Project Budget Breakdown & Key Performance Indicators)

Applicants will be invited to Part 2 of the application process only if Part 1 is successful. 

Application acknowledgement

Applicants will receive an acknowledgement of the application from OSG.

Application assessment

A Tote Board staff will be in touch if clarifications of the project details are required. 

Application outcome

An email notification will be sent to inform the applicant of the outcome of the application.