A WA parliamentary question seeks details on Mid West Ports Authority community grant allocations, including committee members, grant amounts for past years, and a list of successful and unsuccessful applicants. The answer provides grant details for 2017-2020 and explains why unsuccessful applicants aren't named.

AnsweredQoN 3122Legislative Council
Asked
13 August 2020
Portfolio
Ports

QuestionView source ↗

I
refer to the recent announcement of the Mid West Ports Authority (MWPA)
relating to $101,907 in community grants, and I ask: (a) what are the names of the
committee members that formed the committee and decided on the allocation of
funds; (b) what was the allocation of
the grants for the following years: (i) 2017-18; (ii) 2018-19; (iii) 2019-20; and (iv) 2020-21; and (c) can the Minister provide a
full list of community groups that applied for funding that weren’t successful
and the amount of funds allocated to each community group that was successful?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
17 September 2020
Responded by
Minister for Ports
Response time
9 days
All submitted applications and committee recommendations are then reviewed by the Executive Management Team before a final decision is made.
Applications exceeding $10,000 require approval by the MWPA Board. A report is provided to the Board at every board meeting with a status of the community grants program.
b-c
(i)  2017-18
Successful Grants
Grant amount
Ride to Conquer Cancer
$909.09
Bluff Point Primary School - Safety House Child and Parent Handbook
$336.36
Geraldton Yacht Club - Gold Sponsorship for the 2017-2018 Season
$2,272.73
Bronze Sponsorship package - Waggrakine Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade Cadet
$500
Sponsorship of Peter Lyndon-James - Tough Love Seminar in Geraldton
$250
Session sponsor at 2017 LiveXchange Conference in Perth
$6,000
Sponsorship - 2017 Sunshine Festival
$2,000
Door Prize - Business After Hours
$27.27
Donations for Seafarers Christmas gift bags
$495
Purchase of goods for the Pet Xmas donation
$265.43
Target - purchase of vouchers as prizes for the West Tech Festival
$181.82
Gold Sponsorship - Geraldton Board Riders - Junior Development Club
$500
Funtavia - Sponsorship - 8-10 February
$1,500
Everlasting Partnership Program for the Wind On Water Festival
$3,333.32
Team Sponsorship in the Outback Air Race 2018 - raising money for the Royal Flying doctor Services
$2,000
Rotary District Conference sponsorship
$2,000
City of Greater Geraldton - sponsorship of Tourism Investment Summit
$1,011
Transafe WA - sponsorship of Road Safety Forum
$4,900
Rotary Club of Geraldton-Greenough - sponsorship of Science and Engineering Schools Challenge
$2,000
Sun City Print – MWPA’s share of advertising in the Geraldton Maritime Brochure
$111.11
It is not appropriate nor is it common practice to release the names of unsuccessful applicants for grant programs
(ii)  2018-19
Successful Summary
Grant amount
Outback Air Race 2018
$2,000
Leeuwin Student Voyage sponsorship
$2,727.27
Half page advert Karara lift out
$1,500
Everlasting Partnership Program for the Wind on Water Festival
$6,666.68
Silver Sponsorship for 2018 Sunshine Surfmasters (Geraldton Board Riders)
$300
Sponsorship of Geraldton Yacht Club (Gold Sponsor)
$2,272.73
PCYC circus tickets x2
$109.09
Sponsorship 2018 Sunshine Diamond 60th Festival
$2,000
Sponsorship of beach clean-up day
$2,500
Sponsorship of Festival of Lights
$2,000
2018 Mitchell and Brown Midwest Charity Begins at Home Gala Dinner
$1,200
Sponsorship of Funtavia Festival
$1,500
Sponsorship of Dessert Blue Connect Domestic Violence Forum
$272.73
City of Greater Geraldton - sponsorship of tourism investment summit (adjustment)
-$11
Sponsorship of Wind on Water festival
$10,000
Ticket for Rochelle to attend Desert Blue Connect International Women’s Day function (Port sponsored)
$45.45
Desert Blue Connect - 1 Pull up Banner for CRE
$154.55
Mission to Seafarers - Donations for Building Fund
$1,400
Sponsorship of Frothin' Fools Gero Groms Fest Jnr surfing comp
$500
WIBB Sponsorship for 2019
$5,000
Finer Images - Pictures of MWPA office building provided to WIBBS
$163.55
Leeuwin Ocean Adventure sponsorship of two berths
$2,670.45
Contribution to the purchase of new shine shirts
$1,000
ACA Foundation Ltd - Community Grant for 'All at Sea' School Resource
$5,000
It is not appropriate nor is it common practice to release the names of unsuccessful applicants for grant programs
(iii)  2019-20
Successful Grants
Grant amount
Platinum Sponsorship and Grants to Geraldton Yacht Club
$10,972.73
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research - Donate to Team Iluka in the Maca Cancer 200
$1,500
Midwest Bounce and Fun - Sponsorship for the Father’s Day Family Ride
$280
Midwest Chamber of Commerce - Annual Membership Service Fee for Diamond
$11,500
Sponsorship of Geraldton Mission to Seafarers
$2,895
Sponsorship of Festival of Lights
$909.09
Donation of towels and sheet sets for Geraldton Women's refuge
$483.30
Sponsorship of 15 cartons of soup containers for Red Cross season
$977
Hollomby Foundation - Sponsorship for an Engineering and Environmental Student
$5,000
Sponsorship of PIANC APAC 2020 Conference
$6,818.18
Sponsorship of Geraldton Touch Association
$3,000
Sponsorship of Outside the Locker Room
$9,090.91
Mens Shed Donation
$5,000
Brendan Moir lead project
$1,200
Grant for Geraldton Boardriders Junior Development Club
$3,200
Grant for Geraldton Scouts
$5,000
Sponsorship of the Midwest Multicultural Association
$6,000
Grant for Midwest Charity Begins at Home
$3,000
Sponsorship of the Royal Flying Doctor Service
$10,000
Grant for Geraldton Bowling Club
$900
Grant for Desert Blue Connect
$9,090.91
Grant for Variety WA Midwest
$5,454.55
Grant for Ocean Heroes Limited
$2,727.27
Grant for NACC
$2,727.27
Latitude Gallery Jewellers Flotsam & Jetsam Sponsorship 2020
$3,181.82
Sponsorship of SHINE Inspire Achieve Belong Inc.
$9,090.91
It is not appropriate nor is it common practice to release the names of unsuccessful applicants for grant programs
(iv) MWPA is yet to allocate grant or sponsorship funding for the 2020-21 financial year.

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