Social enterprise grants for Singapore businesses

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Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore logoMinistry of Manpower logoSG Enable
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Enabling Employment Credit (EEC)

Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), Ministry of Manpower (MOM), SG Enable

Automatic wage offset for employers of Singapore Citizen and PR persons with disabilities earning below $4,000 a month, with an extra offset for hires who were out of work for 6 months. Available until end-2028.

Support: Up to 20% of monthly wage (cap $400/month) for wages up to $3,000; tapered for $3,000 to under $4,000. Additional 20% (cap $400/month) for the first 9 months…

Hiring & wage supportSocial enterprise
SG EnableMSF
OpenGrant

Open Door Programme Job Redesign Grant (ODP JRG)

SG Enable, Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)

Funds equipment, workplace or process changes and consultancy so that employers can hire and keep employees with disabilities. Planned to be merged into a new Enabling Employment Grant in the first half of 2027.

Support: Up to 90% of job redesign costs (excluding GST), capped at $20,000 per employee with disability.

Hiring & wage supportSocial enterprise
Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment logo
OpenGrant

SG Eco Fund (SGEF)

Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Funds ground-up, community-involving environmental sustainability projects by individuals, groups and Singapore-registered organisations (incl. companies).

Support: Up to 80% of supportable costs. Sprout category cap S$30,000; Main category cap S$1 million.

SustainabilitySocial enterprise
Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore logoMinistry of Manpower logoYellow Ribbon Singapore logo
OpenWage creditNo application needed

Uplifting Employment Credit (UEC)

Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Yellow Ribbon Singapore

Wage offset for employers who hire local ex-offenders earning below $4,000 a month, for the first nine months of employment. Covers hires up to December 2028.

Support: Up to 20% of monthly wage, capped at $600 per month per employee, for the first 9 months. Tapered for wages over $3,000 to under $4,000.

Hiring & wage supportSocial enterprise
Ministry of Health logoAIC
OpenGrant

Community Silver Trust (CST)

Ministry of Health, Agency for Integrated Care

Government dollar-for-dollar matching of donations raised by community care providers to build capacity, capabilities and services.

Support: 1:1 matching of eligible donations from the previous year; no cap stated.

Sector-specificSocial enterprise
SG EnableMSF
OpenGrant

Employer Development Grant (disability-inclusive hiring) (EDG (SG Enable))

SG Enable, Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)

Helps employers build in-house capability to recruit and retain persons with disabilities, such as appointing an in-house job coach or engaging external job coaches or consultants. Planned to be merged into the Enabling Employment Grant in 2027.

Support: Up to $40,000 per employer, depending on the number of new hires with disabilities. Percentage rate not published on the ODP page.

Hiring & wage supportSocial enterprise
SG Enable
OpenGrant

Open Door Programme Training Grant for Employers (ODP Training Grant)

SG Enable

Course fee subsidies for disability inclusion training for employers and co-workers, and for skills training of employees with disabilities.

Support: Workplace Disability Inclusion Training: 90-100% course fee subsidy (Disability Awareness Talk and Introduction to Disability Management fully funded; other…

TrainingSocial enterprise
raiSE
OpenGrant

VentureForGood Grant (VFG)

raiSE (Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise)

Grant of up to S$300,000 for growth-stage social enterprise members of raiSE to scale human-centred social impact (inclusive products, hiring disadvantaged people).

Support: Up to S$300,000; typically reimbursed in three tranches, once every six months.

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