Money council pays outside bodies outside its grant rounds, from its budgets, reports and minutes.
Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation as the trustee for the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Trust
Funding from Noosa Council outside its grant rounds, under funding agreement, levy program, one-off contribution, partnership agreement, from Environment Levy; general rates. 45 figures found, 2014-15 to 2025-26. ABN 12733644586.
Each total counts one kind of figure and never adds it to another: a budget and the payment it became are the same money. Years with no figure of that kind are not in its total.
Every figure
| Year | What | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | Paid · funding agreement · general rates Column 'Actuals paid to NBRF (Operational)'. Paid in July 2015 per note 2. AR 2014-15 p.21 also states '$40,000 (excluding GST) contribution for start-up operational expenses'; GC 19 Oct 2015 report says 'Prior to 30 June 2014, the Council also paid $40,000' (date as printed, conflicts with note 2). |
$40,000 | 2018-06-12_2018_06_12_Planning_Environm… lines 164-187
council's words“2014/15 40,000 40,000 0 0 40,000 ... The 2014/15 funding was an initial payment for start-up operational expenses. In practice, although budgeted in 2014/15 this was carried over and paid in July 2015” |
| 2014-15 | Approved by resolution · funding agreement · Environment Levy funding deed to 30 June 2018 Ordinary Meeting 12 March 2015 Excluding GST. Deed (P&O 3 Mar 2015 report pdf p.111) made this an initial payment 'for the financial year 2014-15'; OM 7 May 2015 authorised CEO to amend clause 4 so project funding under 4.1 b) ii) and iii) is 'paid after 30 June 2015'. P&E 12 Jun 2018 table records $330,000 grant program paid in 2015/16. Committee: Planning & Organisation 3 Mar 2015 + GC 9 Mar 2015. |
$250,000 | 2015-03-12_2015_03_12_Ordinary_Meeting_… pdf p. 10
council's words“Agree to enter into a funding deed with the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation Ltd ... Amend clause 4.1 b) ii) to read "$250,000 (excluding GST) – payable to the NBRF Public Trust from the Environment Levy for projects that conserve and/or improve biodiversity in the Noosa Shire” |
| 2014-15 | Approved by resolution · funding agreement funding deed to 30 June 2018 Ordinary Meeting 12 March 2015 Excluding GST. Economic projects. Payment moved to after 30 June 2015 (OM 7 May 2015). P&E 12 Jun 2018 report: 'a one-off grant for economic purposes (in 2015/16)' funded from general rates. |
$80,000 | 2015-03-12_2015_03_12_Ordinary_Meeting_… pdf p. 10
council's words“Amend clause 4.1 b) iii) to read "$80,000 (excluding GST) – payable to the NBRF Public Trust for economic projects consistent with the purposes of the Trust.” |
| 2014-15 | Budgeted · funding agreement · general rates 2015-2018 Funding Deed summary table. Report says operational contributions 'funded from general rates'. Note 2: 'The 2014/15 funding was an initial payment for start-up operational expenses. In practice, although budgeted in 2014/15 this was carried over and paid in July 2015 as Doonella House was not ready for occupation.' Amounts exclude GST. |
$40,000 | 2018-06-12_2018_06_12_Planning_Environm… lines 164-179
council's words“FY Original Budget Allocation $ ... 2014/15 40,000 40,000 0 0 40,000” |
| 2015-16 | Paid · funding agreement · general rates Column 'Actuals paid to NBRF (Operational)'. |
$140,000 | 2018-06-12_2018_06_12_Planning_Environm… line 176
council's words“2015/16 470,000 140,000 330,000 360,000 830,000” |
| 2015-16 | Paid · funding agreement Column 'Actuals paid to NBRF (Grant Program)' = the $250,000 (Environment Levy) + $80,000 (economic, general rates) of the 12 Mar 2015 deed, paid after 30 June 2015. Mixed sources, so funding_source left blank. |
$330,000 | 2018-06-12_2018_06_12_Planning_Environm… line 176
council's words“2015/16 470,000 140,000 330,000 360,000 830,000” |
| 2015-16 | Paid · one-off contribution · Environment Levy multi-year projects Column 'Additional funding paid to NBRF (multi-year projects)'. Council's own row total for 2015/16 is 830,000 (not summed here). Amounts exclude GST where applicable. |
$360,000 | 2018-06-12_2018_06_12_Planning_Environm… lines 176, 192-193
council's words“2015/16 470,000 140,000 330,000 360,000 830,000 ... The additional multi-year project funding of $360,000 in 2015/16 was approved by Council at its meeting on 17 December 2015.” |
| 2015-16 | Approved by resolution · one-off contribution · Environment Levy multi-year projects Ordinary Meeting 17 December 2015 GC 14 Dec 2015. P&E 12 Jun 2018 note 3: 'This amount attracted GST as it was a grant tied to specific purposes.' Paid in 2015/16 per that table. Budget review GC 8 Feb 2016 (lines 1156-1157) records it as '$360k contribution for environmental grants through Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation Ltd'. |
$360,000 | 2015-12-17_2015_12_17_Ordinary_Meeting_… pdf p. 10
council's words“Advise the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation that Council agrees to provide $360,000 funding for multi-year projects as outlined in the report; and B. The funding be provided by 31 December 2015 from the Environment Levy restricted cash reserve.” |
| 2015-16 | Budgeted · funding agreement Column 'Original Budget Allocation'. Does not include the $360,000 approved Dec 2015 (shown separately as additional). |
$470,000 | 2018-06-12_2018_06_12_Planning_Environm… line 176
council's words“2015/16 470,000 140,000 330,000 360,000 830,000” |
| 2015-16 | Stated in a council report · funding agreement · general rates GC 19 Oct 2015 CEO report. Funding source per P&E 12 Jun 2018 ('contribution for operational expenses ... funded from general rates'). |
$140,000 | 2015-10-19_2015_10_19_General_Committee… pdf p. 14
council's words“The Council also pays $140,000 in the 2015/16 financial year for operational funding.” |
| 2016-17 | Paid · funding agreement · general rates 'Amount paid to NBRF' column. P&E 12 Jun 2018 note 4: NBRF 'did not require the full $140,000 budget ... and provided invoices requesting $70,000 only.' |
$70,000 | 2018-02-06_2018_02_06_Planning_Environm… lines 1637-1645
council's words“2016/17 1. Operational Funding -$140,000 1. Operational Funding - $70,000” |
| 2016-17 | Paid · funding agreement · Environment Levy Also AR 2016-17 and GC 17 Jul 2017 annual review ('Council also provided $250,000 to the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation'). |
$250,000 | 2018-02-06_2018_02_06_Planning_Environm… lines 1548-1550
council's words“For the 2016/17 financial year Council provided $250,000 from the Environment Levy for delivery of programs aligned with the principal purposes of the trust as well as the reduced amount of $70,000 for operational funding.” |
| 2016-17 | Budgeted · funding agreement · general rates 'Council Budget Provision' column; footnote: 'Operational Funding is funded from general rates'. Budget review GC 18 Apr 2017 (lines 742-743) removed '(-$70k)' as 'reduction in the contribution to Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation for operating costs not required'. |
$140,000 | 2018-02-06_2018_02_06_Planning_Environm… lines 1637-1645
council's words“2016/17 1. Operational Funding -$140,000 1. Operational Funding - $70,000” |
| 2016-17 | Budgeted · funding agreement · Environment Levy 'Council Budget Provision' column; footnote: 'Environmental Grant Funding is funded from the environment levy'. |
$250,000 | 2018-02-06_2018_02_06_Planning_Environm… lines 1637-1645
council's words“2016/17 ... 2. Environmental Grant Funding - $250,000 2. Environmental Grant Funding - $250,000” |
| 2017-18 | Paid · funding agreement · general rates Table line 3526 'Operational Funding - $140,000 *' (* = general rates). P&E 12 Jun 2018 table: 2017/18 paid 140,000 operational + 250,000 grant. |
$140,000 | 2019-03-12_2019_03_12_Planning_Environm… lines 3517-3534
council's words“In 2017/2018 NBRF drew down on both the operational funding allocation of $140,000 and the Environment Grant Funding of $250,000.” |
| 2017-18 | Paid · funding agreement · Environment Levy P&E 6 Feb 2018 had said NBRF would not request this; P&E 12 Jun 2018 note 5: 'this amount has now been drawn down at NBRF's request'. |
$250,000 | 2019-03-12_2019_03_12_Planning_Environm… lines 3517-3527
council's words“In 2017/2018 NBRF drew down on both the operational funding allocation of $140,000 and the Environment Grant Funding of $250,000.” |
| 2017-18 | Budgeted · levy program · Environment Levy Budget adoption 2017-18 Footnote to 'Environment Levy*' in Separate Charges Schedule of the budget adopted at Special Meeting 29 Jun 2017. Page header reads '2016/17 Budget Statements' with columns 2017/2018; P&E 6 Feb 2018 confirms '$250,000 provided in the 2017/18 budget for the NBRF program'. |
$250,000 | 2017-06-29_2017_06_29_Special_Meeting_A… line 4215
council's words“* Note - includes $250,000 funding to Noosa Biosphere Reserve for environmental projects” |
| 2017-18 | Budgeted · funding agreement · general rates 'Council Budget Provision' column; operational funding from general rates. |
$140,000 | 2018-02-06_2018_02_06_Planning_Environm… lines 1640-1645
council's words“2017/18 1. Operational Funding -$140,000 1. Operational Funding - $140,000**” |
| 2018-19 | Paid · funding agreement · Environment Levy Operational funding, levy half. |
$70,000 | 2019-12-10_2019_12_10_Planning_Environm… lines 3390-3391
council's words“In 2018/19 NBRF drew down on the operational funding allocation of $140,000. This was funded from two different sources with $70,000 from the Environment Levy and $70,000 from general rates.” |
| 2018-19 | Paid · funding agreement · general rates Operational funding, general-rates half. P&E 8 Jun 2021 table: 2018/19 paid 140,000 operational, 0 projects. |
$70,000 | 2019-12-10_2019_12_10_Planning_Environm… lines 3390-3391
council's words“In 2018/19 NBRF drew down on the operational funding allocation of $140,000. This was funded from two different sources with $70,000 from the Environment Levy and $70,000 from general rates.” |
| 2018-19 | Paid · funding agreement · Environment Levy Project funding paid = 0 (council statement). |
$0 | 2019-12-10_2019_12_10_Planning_Environm… lines 3372-3374
council's words“$125,000 was quarantined from the Environment Levy for contribution of the NBRF projects that align with the principal purposes of the trust. NBRF did not seek that funding during the 2018/19 financial year, so it was not provided.” |
| 2018-19 | Approved by resolution · funding agreement 3-year Funding Deed 2018-19 to 2020-21 Ordinary Meeting 21 June 2018 Resolution states no amount (agreement row, no figure). Carried 5/1 (Cr Jackson against). Report (P&E 12 Jun 2018 line 345-351): year 1 '$140,000 for operational expenses' and '$125,000 funded from the Environment Levy'; years 2-3 subject to negotiation. GC 18 Jun 2018. not counted in any total: no single figure |
not stated | 2018-06-21_2018_06_21_Ordinary_Meeting_… lines 640-660
council's words“Agree to enter into a 3-year Funding Deed with the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation (the Foundation) as set out in Attachment 1 to the report” |
| 2018-19 | Budgeted · funding agreement 2018-19 (year 1 of deed) Split per P&E 12 Mar 2019 table: $70,000 general rates + $70,000 Environment Levy. |
$140,000 | 2018-06-12_2018_06_12_Planning_Environm… lines 345-353
council's words“In the first year of funding under the new arrangement, provision is made for $140,000 for operational expenses ... The draft 2018/19 budget includes the funding proposed under the new arrangement.” |
| 2018-19 | Budgeted · funding agreement · Environment Levy 2018-19 (year 1 of deed) 'quarantined from the Environment Levy for applications for project funding'. Not drawn: P&E 10 Dec 2019 'NBRF did not seek that funding during the 2018/19 financial year, so it was not provided.' |
$125,000 | 2018-06-12_2018_06_12_Planning_Environm… lines 345-348
council's words“a reduced amount for project funding from $250,000 to $125,000 funded from the Environment Levy.” |
| 2019-20 | Paid · funding agreement Mixed source (50% Environment Levy, 50% general rates). 'NBRF did not request any funding for projects ... no funding was provided for projects in the 2019/20 financial year.' P&E 8 Jun 2021 table: 2019/20 budget 120,000, paid 120,000. |
$120,000 | 2021-01-18_2021_01_18_General_Committee… lines 205-209
council's words“NBRF requested $120,000 funding for operational expenses and this request was supported by Council during the budget process, and provided in quarterly payments in the 19/20 financial year. This contribution was funded 50% by the environment levy and 50% by general rates.” |
| 2019-20 | Paid · levy program · Environment Levy Noosa Environment Strategy Monitoring Report, 'Table 22: A summary of Environment Levy Expenditure'. Levy-funded expenditure only. not counted in any total: the Environment Levy half of the $120,000 paid in 2019-20 (GC 18 Jan 2021 report says 50% levy / 50% general rates) |
$60,000 | 2023-12-05_Planning_Environment_Committ… lines 13148-13178
council's words“Item 2022/23FY 2021/22FY 2020/21FY 2019/20FY ... Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation 186,000.00 103,000.00 125,000.00 60,000.00” |
| 2019-20 | Budgeted · levy program · Environment Levy Budget adoption 2019-20 Footnote to 'Environment Levy*' in the Schedule of Levies and Separate Charges. |
$60,000 | Budget_Document_2019-20.pdf pdf p. 11
council's words“* Note - includes $60,000 operational funding to Noosa Biosphere Reserve” |
| 2019-20 | Requested · funding agreement | $120,000 | 2021-01-18_2021_01_18_General_Committee… lines 205-209
council's words“In accordance with the funding deed section 3(c), NBRF requested $120,000 funding for operational expenses and this request was supported by Council during the budget process, and provided in quarterly payments in the 19/20 financial year.” |
| 2020-21 | Paid · funding agreement · Environment Levy 'Actuals paid to NBRF (Operational)' = 100,000; projects 0. CONFLICT: Environment Strategy Monitoring Report (P&E 5 Dec 2023) Table 22 shows Environment Levy expenditure on NBRF 2020/21 of 125,000.00 - both recorded, not reconciled. not counted in any total: council's June 2021 report says $100,000 paid; its Dec 2023 levy expenditure table says $125,000. Neither is counted in a total until resolved |
$100,000 | 2021-06-08_2021_06_08_Planning_Environm… lines 2663-2675
council's words“2020/21 100,000 100,000 0 100,000” |
| 2020-21 | Paid · levy program · Environment Levy Table 22 Environment Levy Expenditure, 2020/21FY column. Conflicts with P&E 8 Jun 2021 table (100,000 paid in 2020/21). not counted in any total: see the $100,000 row for the same year |
$125,000 | 2023-12-05_Planning_Environment_Committ… line 13169
council's words“Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation 186,000.00 103,000.00 125,000.00 60,000.00” |
| 2020-21 | Budgeted · funding agreement · Environment Levy 'Original Budget Allocation' column. |
$100,000 | 2021-06-08_2021_06_08_Planning_Environm… lines 2663-2675
council's words“For the final year of the Deed, the funding for operational expenses is 100% from the Environment Levy. ... 2020/21 100,000 100,000 0 100,000” |
| 2021-22 | Paid · levy program · Environment Levy Table 22 Environment Levy Expenditure, 2021/22FY column. Differs from budget footnote (125,000) and from NBRF annual report income line (125,000). |
$103,000 | 2023-12-05_Planning_Environment_Committ… line 13169
council's words“Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation 186,000.00 103,000.00 125,000.00 60,000.00” |
| 2021-22 | Approved by resolution · partnership agreement 4-year Partnership Agreement 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2025 Ordinary Meeting 17 June 2021 No figure (agreement row). Report P&E 8 Jun 2021: 'Council does not guarantee any funding to NBRF in the new Partnership Agreement'; funding decided annually in the budget. Carried unanimously. AR 2020-21: 'new 4 year Partnership Agreement'. not counted in any total: no single figure |
not stated | 2021-06-17_2021_06_17_Ordinary_Meeting_… lines 822-839
council's words“Agree to enter into a 4-year Partnership Agreement with the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation from 1 July 2021 as set out in Attachment 1 to the report” |
| 2021-22 | Budgeted · levy program · Environment Levy Budget adoption 2021-22 2022/23 Draft Budget Information Sheet - Levy Programs, column 'FY 2021/22 Current Budget'. |
$125,000 | Information_Sheet_Proposed_Key_Levy_Pro… pdf p. 1
council's words“Biosphere (NBRF) Funding 125,000 186,000” |
| 2021-22 | Budgeted · levy program · Environment Levy Budget adoption 2021-22 Footnote to 'Environment Levy*' in the Schedule of Levies and Separate Charges. not counted in any total: same figure already counted from Information_Sheet_Proposed_Key_Levy_Programs_3640.pdf (archive blob b39331857d2d) pdf p. 1 |
$125,000 | Budget_Document_2021-22.pdf pdf p. 11
council's words“* Note - includes $125,000 operational funding to Noosa Biosphere Reserve” |
| 2021-22 | Stated in a council report · funding agreement Source is NBRF's own 2021/22 Annual Report reproduced as Attachment 1 to the council GC 12 Jun 2023 agenda - the charity's statement, not a council officer's. 'NSC' = Noosa Shire Council. |
$125,000 | 2023-06-12_General_Committee_Meeting_Ju… lines 4769-4773
council's words“NBRF had a total income of $274,115 for the financial year, made up of: • $37,806 – Environmental Grant balance (NSC) • $125,000 – Operational Grant (NSC)” |
| 2022-23 | Paid · levy program · Environment Levy Table 22 Environment Levy Expenditure, 2022/23FY column. |
$186,000 | 2023-12-05_Planning_Environment_Committ… line 13169
council's words“Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation 186,000.00 103,000.00 125,000.00 60,000.00” |
| 2022-23 | Budgeted · levy program · Environment Levy Budget adoption 2022-23 Footnote to 'Environment Levy*' in the Schedule of Levies and Separate Charges. |
$125,000 | Budget_Document_2022-23.pdf pdf p. 11
council's words“* Note - includes $125,000 operational funding to Noosa Biosphere Reserve” |
| 2022-23 | Proposed in a draft budget · levy program · Environment Levy 2022/23 Draft Budget Information Sheet - Levy Programs, column 'FY 2022/23 Proposed Budget'. A proposed (draft) figure; the adopted 2022/23 Budget Document footnote says the levy 'includes $125,000 operational funding to Noosa Biosphere Reserve' - see that row. Both are recorded, neither is a payment. |
$186,000 | Information_Sheet_Proposed_Key_Levy_Pro… pdf p. 1
council's words“Biosphere (NBRF) Funding 125,000 186,000” |
| 2022-23 | Stated in a council report · partnership agreement Officer report GC 12 Jun 2023 ('allocated'). Funding source not stated in this sentence. |
$186,000 | 2023-06-12_General_Committee_Meeting_Ju… lines 4520-4521
council's words“NBRF have requested $180,000 for operational expenses, slightly less than the $186,000 allocated for the 22/23 financial year.” |
| 2023-24 | Budgeted · levy program · Environment Levy Budget adoption 2023-24 Footnote to 'Environment Levy*' in the Schedule of Levies and Separate Charges. |
$140,000 | Budget_Document_2023-24.pdf pdf p. 11
council's words“* Note - includes $140,000 funding to Noosa Biosphere Reserve for operations and environmental projects” |
| 2023-24 | Requested · partnership agreement NBRF letter (line 5679): 'The NBRF is requesting $180,000 for operational expenses'. OM 15 Jun 2023 noted the request (no amount resolved). |
$180,000 | 2023-06-12_General_Committee_Meeting_Ju… lines 4518-4522
council's words“To this end, NBRF have requested $180,000 for operational expenses, slightly less than the $186,000 allocated for the 22/23 financial year. This funding request will be decided as part of budget process.” |
| 2025-26 | Approved by resolution · partnership agreement · Environment Levy Partnership Agreement to 30 June 2029 (4 years) Ordinary Meeting 19 June 2025 No figure in resolution or agreement ('Provide annual funding in response to a Funding Request'). Expiration Date 'Means 30 June 2029' (GC 16 Jun 2025 packet pdf p. 172). Deferred from GC 16 Jun 2025 item 8.10. Carried 6/1 (Cr Phillips against). Report prints trust ABN as '12733644585' (ACNC ABN is 12733644586) so recipient_abn left blank. not counted in any total: no single figure |
not stated | 2025-06-19_Ordinary_Meeting_19_June_202… lines 907-933
council's words“Authorise the CEO to execute the presented Partnership Agreement between the Noosa Council and the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation as the trustee for the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Trust” |
| 2025-26 | Requested · partnership agreement An INCREASE over existing funding, not a total. Report: request 'being considered as part of the 25/26 budget process'. No 2025-26 budget document figure for NBRF found. |
$95,000 | 2025-06-16_General_Committee_16_June_2025.pdf pdf p. 156
council's words“The precise annual increase in funding is variable depending on the current and proposed activities of the NBRF. and is subject to annual budget processes. NBRF have requested an annual increase to assist with Operational Expenses for 2025/26 by $95,000.” |
| — | Range as council described it · partnership agreement · Environment Levy 2015 to June 2025 Range row: low 140000, high approx. 700000 (amount left blank; range not a single figure). Next sentence: 'The annual partnership contribution to NBRF is allocated through Council's annual budget process from the Environment Levy.' Identical text in OM 19 Jun 2025 packet (2025-06-19_Ordinary_Meeting_19_June_2025.pdf pdf p. 49) and read aloud at OM 19 Jun 2025 (transcripts/2025-06-19_Ordinary_Meeting_19_June_2025_video.txt [03:26:04]-[03:26:27]). Note council's own P&E 12 Jun 2018 table shows 2015/16 total paid 830,000, above 'approx. $700,000'. Earlier years were not all levy-funded (operational funding from general rates to 2019/20). not counted in any total: no single figure |
not stated | 2025-06-16_General_Committee_16_June_2025.pdf pdf p. 152
council's words“Noosa Council has supported the NBRF since inception in 2015. ... The range of financial support has been between approx. $700,000 (when NBRF were administering a large component of the Community and Environmental Grants Program) and $140,000 where it has sat for the previous two years.” |
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