Social Service / Nonprofits

4ST Partnership Fund

The 4ST Partnership Fund mobilises the social service sector to co-develop solutions that improve the quality of life of service users. It offers two funding tracks: Seed funding for turning innovative ideas into working prototypes, and Grow funding for scaling proven solutions to reach more users. Grow track projects also receive a separate evaluation budget and must adopt NCSS Service Standards and the Sector Evaluation Framework.

Active Citizen Grant

The Active Citizen Grant, administered by Sport Singapore, encourages innovative ground-up initiatives and community-based activities across three domains: sports volunteerism, physical activity, and health & wellness initiatives. It supports community sporting events and projects that promote Team Singapore, sport volunteerism (Team Nila), and youth-led sporting initiatives (YouthCreates). The grant has three distinct tracks: Team Singapore (strengthening athlete affinity), Team Nila (sport volunteerism), and YouthCreates (youth-led sporting initiatives). A smaller Young ChangeMakers x YouthCreates grant supports youth-led projects with enhanced funding terms.

Enabling Sports Fund

The Enabling Sports Fund is a new funding initiative under the refreshed Disability Sports Master Plan (DSMP), announced in November 2024. It aims to empower and grow community-led disability sports efforts by providing funding support for programmes and activities that enable more persons with disabilities to participate in sport and discover their sporting aspirations, creating a more inclusive and connected society through sport. The fund is supported by the President's Challenge, with Sport Singapore appointed as an Impact Partner. Members of the public can contribute by donating via the giving.sg platform, with all donations matched dollar-for-dollar by the Government. The goal is to raise at least $10 million by 2030.

Enterprise Innovation and Capability Development Grant (InnoGrant)

Sport Singapore's enhanced Enterprise Innovation and Capability Development Grant (InnoGrant) is designed to catalyse the development of stronger growth engines within Singapore's sport and fitness industry. The grant offers financial support for innovative solutions in sport and fitness. The InnoGrant has three core objectives: (1) build capability and/or capacity of enterprises in the development and application of technology and/or innovation solutions, (2) enable sport and fitness as a platform to encourage collaborative R&D with adjacent industries, and (3) surface innovative ideas/solutions that have potential to be new growth engines for the sport and fitness industry.

Income OrangeAid Caregiver Support Accelerator Grant

A strategic partnership between Income Insurance Limited and NCSS to accelerate the growth of social service programmes through innovative, collaborative, and empowering solutions that strengthen caregivers' resilience and ease their caregiving burden. Selected applicants attend accelerator workshops on design thinking to refine programme design, followed by a pitch session. Up to 10 grantee programmes are funded per grant call.

Organisation Health Diagnostic Scheme (OHDS)

The Organisation Health Diagnostic Scheme helps social service agencies identify areas for improvement through an in-depth organisational health analysis conducted by Korn Ferry, NCSS's appointed consultant. Agencies receive a 3-year strategy document with recommended strategies to strengthen their organisation. This scheme is often a prerequisite for the Transformation Sustainability Scheme (TSS) Part A and B applications.

Professional Capability Grant (PCG) — Open Grant

The Open Grant empowers initiatives within the social service sector to enhance professional capabilities through diverse projects, including clinical supervision. It supports agencies in engaging external consultants for clinical supervision, fostering the growth of social workers, case workers, counsellors, and psychologists. Projects must be one-off and non-recurring. Multi-agency collaborative projects receive higher funding caps.

Professional Capability Grant (PCG) — Overseas Training Grant

The Overseas Training Grant supports specialised training programmes that are not available in Singapore, including short-term conferences and seminars, specialised certification courses, and study trips. Higher funding rates are available for professionals presenting papers at international conferences, encouraging agencies to showcase their work to the international community.

Professional Capability Grant (PCG) — Professional Development Sponsorship

The Professional Development Sponsorship provides funding for in-service staff at social service agencies to achieve their first recognised qualifications in social work and psychology. It also offers training support for additional graduate and postgraduate studies in social services. A bond period pegged to study duration applies. Liquidated damages apply for non-compliance.

Professional Capability Grant (PCG) — Sabbatical Leave Scheme

The Sabbatical Leave Scheme offers social service professionals 10 weeks of paid leave with salary support of up to $15,000. Available for Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech Therapists, Psychologists, Counsellors, and EIPIC teachers. After completing the sabbatical, recipients may be asked to mentor junior professionals and must conduct a sharing session and submit a written report.

Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE)

SG Eco Fund

The SG Eco Fund is a $50 million fund set up in 2020 by the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment to support projects that advance environmental sustainability and involve the community. It supports ground-up initiatives from individuals, groups, and organisations. A sustainable and green Singapore can only be achieved with the people, private, and public sectors working in partnership to protect our environment and keep public spaces clean, green, and liveable. Through the SG Eco Fund, the government enables the community to co-create environmental solutions. Projects are evaluated on four criteria: environmental benefit, community action, innovation (technological and/or social), and sustained impact through building local expertise and developing scalable solutions.

SG60 Towards Sustainability Fund

The SG60 Towards Sustainability Fund recognises the contributions of social service agencies to Singapore and supports them in building capabilities for measuring, monitoring, and reporting programme effectiveness. Stronger outcomes reporting enables SSAs to scale high-impact programmes and attract more resources from funders. Each eligible agency receives a one-off grant of $30,000.

National Parks Board

Social Enterprise Community Urban Farm (SECUF) Grant

The SECUF Grant encourages Social Enterprises (SEs) to set up and operate Community Urban Farms and conduct gardening/horticulture-related programmes for seniors, persons with special needs, and low-income individuals/families. Launched in 2021 under the Gardening with Edibles initiative as part of Singapore's vision of Growing our City in Nature. Community Urban Farms are gardening hubs that bring the community together through edibles gardening and curated horticulture programmes. Activities include leasing allotment gardening plots, organising workshops and lessons, community harvest festivals, and coordinating the sale/distribution of harvests.

SportCares Communities of Care (COC) Grants

The SportCares Communities of Care (COC) Grants support individuals and organisations who are focused on using sport as a tool for community development. The grants support long-term, regular programmes that empower the vulnerable and underserved through sport, foster equal access to sports opportunities, promote innovative and collaborative efforts using sport to build communities and achieve social inclusion. The programme offers two types of grants: Starter Grant for individuals and groups seeking seed funding for smaller scale programmes, and Development Grant for intermediary organisations running holistic, larger-scale programmes with multi-year funding that decreases each year.

Transformation Sustainability Scheme (TSS)

The Transformation Sustainability Scheme (TSS) provides funding to social service agencies for consultancy, digital projects, and project implementation support. It focuses on strengthening seven critical organisational health areas: Strategy & Leadership, Governance, People, Finances, Digitalisation, Communications & Partnerships, and User-Centric Services. Previously funded through the Tech-and-GO! scheme, TSS offers up to 80% co-funding across three components — consultancy and headcount support, bespoke digitalisation projects, and pre-scoped solutions like HR systems, CRMs, and cybersecurity tools.