Lifecycle: { "status": "open", "edition": "Believers Fund III / FY27", "cadence": "rolling until funds exhausted or fiscal-year end", "duration": "projects completed within 12 months", "renewable": null, "dates": { "opens": "2026-06-30", "deadline": "2027-06-30 or earlier when fully allocated" } } Funding and benefits: { "amount": { "minimum": 5000, "maximum": 25000, "currency": "AUD assumed from Australian program; source displays $ without currency code", "scope": "per grant" }, "total_pool": null, "benefits": [ "grant", "Blackbird Foundation community", "low-burden reporting" ] } Eligibility and filters: { "citizenship": null, "residence": "individual/group/organization established in Australia and/or New Zealand on current project page", "age": "applicant over 18; no upper limit", "applicant_type": [ "individual", "group", "organization" ], "education": null, "experience": "early or scaling project; organization revenue under USD/AUD 1.5m as stated without currency clarification", "fields": "projects that unleash creativity in young people at scale", "institution": null, "language": "English application", "location": "project in Australia and/or New Zealand", "remote": null, "route": "expression of interest/direct application", "exclusions": [ "established groups/projects outside 0–1 or 1–10 stage", "projects longer than 12 months", "non-creative core outcomes" ] } Application: { "opens": "2026-06-30", "deadline": "2027-06-30 or funds exhausted", "decision": null, "start": null, "end": "within 12 months", "url": "https://www.blackbird.foundation/projects", "materials": [ "initial form/referral", "meeting", "project/impact discussion" ], "selection_stages": [ "first contact", "meeting", "investment committee", "offer", "community onboarding" ] } Past editions and people: { "people": { "program_leaders": [ "Theia Gabatan", "Bella Allen" ], "latest_recipients": [], "past_recipients": [], "coverage": "official projects directory exists; names not transcribed" }, "history": { "launched": null, "editions": [ { "year": "FY27", "name": "Believers Fund III" } ], "statistics": [] } } Known evidence gaps: [ "explicit currency code", "total pool", "award count", "recipient roster" ] Source conflicts: [ "General funding FAQ says Believers projects are Australia-only, while the current Fund III project page says Australia and/or New Zealand; current Fund III page retained with conflict flag" ]