Google.org Impact Challenge in Australia
OFFICIAL RULES
THIS CHALLENGE IS OPEN ONLY TO ORGANISATIONS BASED IN AUSTRALIA THAT MEET THE
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA DESCRIBED BELOW (“ORGANISATION”). ENTRY IN THIS CHALLENGECONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES.
The ​Google.org Impact Challenge in Australia ​(the “Challenge”) is a challenge where participating
Organisations submit grant applications and Marketing Materials (as defined below), including adescription of their mission, specific project idea and implementation plan, and track record; and forselected Finalists (as defined below), an in-person presentation in front of a live audience (“Application”),
for the chance of being awarded a monetary and/or in-kind grant as described below (“Award”).
Applications will be evaluated by the Reviewers and Judges (as defined below), who will choose the grantrecipients in accordance with these Official Rules. The Awards will be granted to the Organisations whose
Applications are evaluated as having the highest scores in the judging criteria (“Winners”) or who win the
public vote. See below for the complete details.
1. ​BINDING ​AGREEMENT​: In order to enter the Challenge, you must agree to these Official Rules(“Rules”) on behalf of your Organisation. Therefore, please read these Rules prior to entry to ensure you
understand and agree. You agree that submission of an Application in the Challenge constitutes your andyour Organisation’s agreement to these Rules. You may not submit an Application to the Challenge andyour Organisation is not eligible to receive an Award described in these Rules unless you and yourOrganisation agree to these Rules. These Rules form a binding legal agreement between yourOrganisation and Google with respect to the Challenge.
2. ELIGIBILITY:​ To be eligible to enter the Challenge, an Organisation must:(a​) be EITHER: (1) a charity or not-for-profit currently registered with the Australian Charities andNot-for-profits Commission; OR (2) be a duly registered business in Australia that is seeking grant funding
and is substantially oriented toward extending value toward the public.
(b) suggest a project with a clear charitable or related purpose, as determined by Google and/or Google’s
donor advised fund, the Tides Foundation (“​Tides​”);(c) not be an entity under U.S. or Australian export controls or sanctions.
(d) have a registered office in Australia;(e) not discriminate on any unlawful basis in either hiring/employment practices or in the administration ofprogrammes and services;(f) not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in hiring/employment practices;(g) agree that if it receives an Award, the Award will not be used for religious instruction.
The Challenge is void where prohibited by law. Google (as defined below) reserves the right to verify
eligibility and to adjudicate on any dispute at any time. These rules are binding on you, individually, and/or
your Organisation. You warrant that you are acting within the scope of your employment, as an employee,
officer or director of Organisation, and that such Organisation has full knowledge of your actions and has
consented thereto, including the Organisation’s potential receipt of an Award. You further warrant thatyour actions do not violate your Organisation’s policies and procedures.

3. ​CHALLENGE SPONSOR​: The Challenge is sponsored by Google LLC ("Google"), a limited liability
company ​with its principal place of business at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043
USA.
4. ​APPLICATION PERIOD​: The application period begins at 12:01 a.m. AEST on 28 May 2018 and ends
at 11:59 p.m. AEST on 6 July 2018 (“Application Period”).
5. ​HOW TO ENTER: To enter the Challenge, visit the Challenge website located atg.co/australiachallenge (“Challenge Site”) during the Application Period and follow the instructions for
submitting an Application that includes information about your Organisation and your specific project idea
and implementation plan. The Application must meet the “Application Requirements” described below.
LIMIT OF ONE (1) APPLICATION PER ORGANISATION. All Applications must be received during theApplication Period. Applications are void if they are in whole or part illegible, incomplete, damaged,
altered, counterfeit, obtained through fraud, or late. All Applications will be deemed made by theauthorised account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry, and the person submitting
an Application may be required to show proof of being the authorised account holder for that email
address. The "authorised account holder" is the natural person authorised by the Organisation to submit
an Application and assigned to an email address by an Internet service provider, online service provider,or other Organisation responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain.
All Finalists (as defined below) will be required to submit marketing materials to Google, which may
include video, photos, and/or additional Application information (“Marketing Materials”). In the event
Google determines additional Marketing Materials are required, Google will pay for the creation of any
such new Marketing Materials (“New Marketing Materials”). Any New Marketing Materials that consist ofvideo or photos will be shot at Google Australia’s office in Sydney or at Finalist’s office, or other locations
to be mutually determined by Google and Finalist, during the period between 7 July 2018 and 8 October
2018​. If the New Marketing Materials are shot at Google Australia’s office, Google will pay for the travel
related expenses for a representative of each Finalist to travel to Sydney, if they are not based in Sydney(as described below). Any Finalist that does not submit Marketing Materials or does not work with Google
to create New Marketing Materials will be disqualified from this Challenge, and the Judges (as defined
below) will select the next highest scoring Application as a new Finalist. Marketing Materials and New
Marketing Materials may be used on the Challenge site to allow the public to select one of the Winners,
as described below.
6. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: ​The Application must meet the following Requirements(“Application Requirements”):(a) it must not be derogatory, offensive, threatening, defamatory, disparaging, libelous or contain any
content that is inappropriate, indecent, sexual, profane, tortuous, slanderous, discriminatory in any way,or that promotes hatred or harm against any group or person, or otherwise does not comply with thetheme and spirit of the Challenge;(b) it must not contain content, material or any element that is unlawful, or otherwise in violation of orcontrary to all applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws and regulations in any state where theApplication is created;

(c) it must not contain any content, material or element that displays any third party advertising, slogan,logo, trademark or otherwise indicates a sponsorship or endorsement by a third party, commercial entity
or that is not within the spirit of the Challenge, as determined by Google, in its sole discretion;(d) it must be an original, unpublished work that does not contain, incorporate or otherwise use any
content, material or element that is owned by a third party or entity;(e) it cannot contain any content, element, or material that violates a third party’s publicity, privacy orintellectual property rights;(f) it must be in English; and(g) it must be submitted by an Organisation that meets the eligibility requirements provided in Section 2
above.
Google reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any Organisation that does not meet the
Eligibility Criteria, or which submits an Application that does not meet the Application Requirements.
7. ​JUDGING​: Applications will be evaluated by a team of Google employees and external experts(“Reviewers”); the Finalists’ (as defined below) Applications will be reviewed by a panel of internal andexternal experts (the “Judges”), and by the public. Each Application will be evaluated based on thefollowing criteria (“Judging Criteria”):
1. Impact. ​How will the proposed project improve lives? How many people will be affected if
successful and to what extent? Is the proposal rooted in research that identifies the size of the
problem and how the proposed idea will help solve it?
2. Technology / Innovation. ​ What is the core insight or innovation that differentiates this projectfrom others, in philosophy or execution? What makes the proposed project unique? How does the
proposal leverage technology in a new and creative way to tackle the issue it seeks to address?
3. Scalability. ​If successful, how easily can this project scale? Can this proposal serve as amodel for other efforts?
4. Feasibility. ​ ​Is the team well-equipped to execute on the project and do they have awell-developed and realistic plan? Is the organization’s leadership nimble and inspired?
There will be 2 rounds of judging. For the first round, Reviewers will evaluate each Application based on
the Judging Criteria. The 10 ​Applications that receive the highest overall scores, and which pass therequired due diligence, will be selected as the finalists (“Finalist(s)”). In the event of a tie, the Applicationthat received the higher score from the Reviewers in the category of “Technology / Innovation” will beselected as one of the Finalist(s). In the event an Organisation is disqualified for any reason, theApplication that received the next highest total score will be chosen as a Finalist, provided it passes therequired legal due diligence.
In order to permit the Reviewers to select the Finalists, an Organisation may be required to attend
interviews and submit additional information, including but not limited to the following:(a) Financial statements for each of the last 3 fiscal years, including income statement, balance sheet andcash flow statement(b) Relevant bank wire information;(c) Recent bank statements;

(d) Full list of full legal names of senior leadership, trustees, and board members;(e) List of countries where Organisation has operations outside of Australia, if any;(f) Relevant information on any government affiliation or public funding; and(g) Further details or information on Organisation’s project idea and implementation plan.
If an Organisation does not respond to the request for additional information within ​2 ​business days fromthe first notification attempt, then such Organisation will be disqualified.
The Finalists will be selected and notified during the period of 10 September 2018 and 9 October 2018.
All Finalists may be required to agree to the terms of a grant agreement, as described below. If a Finalist
does not respond to the notification attempt within ​2 ​business ​days from the first notification attempt, or
does not sign a grant agreement, then such Finalist will be disqualified and an alternate Finalist will beselected from among all eligible Applications received based on the judging criteria described herein. With
respect to notification by telephone, such notification will be deemed given when the Finalist engages in alive conversation with Google or when a message is left on the Finalist’s voicemail service or answeringmachine by Google, whichever occurs first. All notification requirements, as well as other requirements
within these Rules, will be strictly enforced.
For the second round, the Finalists will be required to pitch their idea to the Judges at a final event inperson in Sydney (the “Final Event”). If a Finalist does not participate in the Final Event in person, it will
be disqualified from the Challenge. The Judges will evaluate and attribute a score to each of the Finalists’Applications made up of scores based upon the Judging Criteria. A total of four (4) Organisations will beselected as winners (“Winners”). The three (3) Applications that receive the highest overall scores fromthe Judges will be selected as Winners. In the event of a tie, the Application that received the higherscore from the Judges in the category of "Technology / Innovation” will be selected as one of the Winners.
One additional Application will be chosen as a Winner by the public based on the public’s vote. The public
voting will take place between 9 October 2018 and 30 October 2018 via the Challenge Site and, at
Google’s discretion, may also be carried out offline. Determinations of the Judges and the public are final
and binding. All Winners will be required to sign a grant agreement, as described below.
8. AWARDS​: Each of the four Winners will receive AU$1,000,000 in grant funding, and the opportunity toreceive limited mentorship and support from Google and/or its subsidiaries, its affiliates or partners. The
next six (6) Finalists who were not GIC Award Winners will each receive AU$250,000 in grant funding,and the opportunity to receive limited mentorship and support from Google and/or its subsidiaries,
affiliates or partners (“​GIC Award(s)​”).
9. TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR FINALISTS NOT RESIDING IN SYDNEY: ​Google will pay reasonable
travel expenses for two representatives from each Finalist organisation who does not reside in Sydney inorder to travel to the Video shooting (if not filmed at Finalist’s office); and to the Final Event. Travel
expenses will include: ​(1) round-trip airfare (economy) or train fare or bus fare (as determined by Google)
for the Finalist to travel from the major Australian airport/train or bus station closest to the individual’s
residence to Google Australia’s Sydney office; (2) double-occupancy hotel accommodation for one nightin Sydney; and (3) meals. Organisation is responsible for any other expenses including incidental travel
costs not expressly stated above, including but not limited to, ground transportation, passenger tariffs orduties, surcharges, airport fees, service charges or facility charges, personal charges at lodging, security
fees, taxes or other expenses are the responsibility solely of the Finalist. Finalist will be required to liaise
with Google and/or its agents in order to book travel and accommodation. Travel award is not redeemablefor cash.

10. GRANT AGREEMENTS: ​All selections of Finalists are subject to a legal due diligence review of each
Organisation, and the execution of a grant agreement between Google (and/or its donor processing
agent, the Tides Foundation) and each Organisation, if applicable as determined by Google. If theOrganisation (whether selected by the Reviewers, Judges or by the public) does not pass the legal due
diligence review (as determined by Google and/or its donor processing agent the Tides Foundation, in
their sole discretion), or if the Organisation does not sign a grant agreement, Google will select another
Organisation as a Finalist, or in the case of a Winner, the Finalist with the next highest score from the
Final Event as a Winner.
No transfer, substitution or cash equivalent for Awards is allowed, except at Google’s sole discretion.
Google reserves the right to substitute an Award, in whole or in part, of equal or greater monetary value if
an Award cannot be awarded, in whole or in part, as described for any reason. Value is subject to market
conditions, which can fluctuate and any difference between actual market value and approximate retailvalue will not be awarded.
11. ​TAXES​: IN-KIND OR MONETARY GRANTS TO FINALISTS AND/OR WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO
THE EXPRESS REQUIREMENT THAT THEY SUBMIT TO GOOGLE ALL DOCUMENTATIONREQUESTED BY GOOGLE TO PERMIT IT TO COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE, FEDERAL,LOCAL, PROVINCIAL AND FOREIGN TAX REPORTING AND WITHHOLDING REQUIREMENTS. ALL
AWARDS WILL BE NET OF ANY TAXES GOOGLE IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO WITHHOLD. ALL
TAXES IMPOSED ON AWARDS ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FINALISTS AND/OR
WINNERS. In order to receive an Award, Finalists and/or Winners must submit the tax documentation
requested by Google or otherwise required by applicable law, to Google or the relevant tax authority, allas determined by applicable law, including, where relevant, the law of the Finalists’ and/or Winner’s
country of residence. The Finalist and/or Winner is responsible for ensuring that it complies with allapplicable tax laws and filing requirements. If a Finalist and/or Winner fails to provide such documentationor comply with such laws, the award may be forfeited and Google may, in its sole discretion, select analternative Finalist and/or Winner.
12. ​GENERAL CONDITIONS​: All federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. Oncethe travel schedule has been arranged, it cannot be altered and failure of a Finalist to follow suchschedule will not obligate Google in any way to provide the Finalist with alternate arrangements. Google
reserves the right to disqualify any Organisation from the Challenge if, in Google’s sole discretion, it
reasonably believes that the Organisation has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the
Challenge by cheating, deception, or other unfair practices or annoys, abuses, threatens or harasses anyother Organisations, Google, or the Judges.
13. ​INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS​: ​The Organisation retains ownership of all intellectual andindustry property rights (including moral rights, to the extent permitted by applicable law) in all materials
submitted to the Challenge Site or to Google or its representatives as part of its Application, including,
without limitation, photographs, comments, information, text, video, feedback, creative ideas, suggestions,or other materials (each a “Submission” and collectively, the “Submissions”). Finalists hereby grant
Google and its affiliates, partners, and representatives a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual,irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right for the maximum duration permitted by applicable law to use,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, copy, and display
any Submission, in whole or in part, throughout the world in any form, media, or technology now known or
hereafter developed, including all promotion, marketing, publicity, and any other uses thereof related tothe Challenge, without notice or attribution to Organisation, or any other entity or person and withoutobtaining any further permission or license or making any payment whatsoever, and Organisation
acknowledges that Google has no obligation to use its Submission.
Any material an Organisation submits to the Challenge Site or to Google or its representatives
and partners is not confidential or proprietary and Google and its representatives and partners
shall be under no obligation to maintain the confidentiality of any content submitted.
All Organisations that receive an Award will be required to sign a grant agreement, which will
include a provision requiring that any intellectual property rights created with Award funds must
be placed and widely disseminated in the public domain, free for any use.
14. ​PRIVACY​: Organisations agree and explicitly consent that personal data entered during theregistration, including name, mailing address, phone number, and email address may be collected,
processed, stored, shared and otherwise used for the purposes and within the context of the Challenge.
This data will also be transferred into the United States. By entering, Organisations agree to thetransmission, processing, sharing and storage of this personal data in the United States.
Organisations also understand this data may be used by Google and its partners in order to verify an
Organisation’s identity, postal address and telephone number in the event an Application qualifies for anaward. Organisations have the right to access, review, rectify or cancel any personal data held by Google
in connection with the Challenge by writing to Google at the address listed above. If an Organisation does
not provide the data required at registration, that Organisation’s Application will be ineligible. Otherwise,
all personal information that is collected from the Organisation is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy,
located at:​ ​http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/​.
15. PUBLICITY: By participating in the Challenge and/or accepting an Award, Organisation agrees andconsents to Google and its agencies use of Organisation’s name and/or likeness, logo(s), Marketing
Materials and/or other materials submitted as part of the Application for a reasonable time during andafter completion of the Challenge in promotional material of Google (or its agents) as a Finalist or Winnerof the Challenge without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law.
By participating in the Challenge, Organisation further agrees that Google (and its affiliates, partners andagencies) may make or have made audio, visual and/or audio-video recordings of (i) any aspect ofOrganisation’s participation in the Challenge; and/or (ii) the Organisation’s premises (“Recordings”). As
between Organisations and Google, Google owns all intellectual property rights in the Recordings, andmay use the Recordings for any purpose and in any way (including advertising and promotional
purposes), without further approval from Organisation. Organisation will ensure that any of Organisation’s
representatives, staff or volunteers who may appear in Recordings enter into separate releases with
Google allowing Google to make and use the Recordings.
16. ​WARRANTY AND INDEMNITY​: Organisations warrant that their Applications are their Organisation’s
original work and, as such, the Organisation is the sole and exclusive owner and rights holder of thesubmitted Application and that it has the right to submit the Application in the Challenge and grant all
required licenses. Each Organisation agrees not to submit any Application that (1) infringes any third
party proprietary rights, intellectual property rights, industrial property rights, personal or moral rights or
any other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy, publicity
or confidentiality obligations; or (2) is confidential or proprietary information; or (3) otherwise violates theapplicable state, federal, provincial or local law. To the maximum extent permitted by law, each
Organisation indemnifies and agrees to keep indemnified employees, interns, contractors, and official
office-holders of Google, or their parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates (“Challenge Entities”) at all
times from and against any liability, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs and expenses resulting
from any act, default or omission of the Organisation and/or a breach of any warranty set forth herein. To
the maximum extent permitted by law, each Organisation agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless
the Challenge Entities from and against any and all claims, actions, suits or proceedings, as well as any
and all losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) arising outof or accruing from (a) any Application or other material uploaded or otherwise provided by theOrganisation that infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret, trade dress, patent or other intellectual
property right of any person or defames any person or violates their rights of publicity or privacy, (b) any
misrepresentation made by the Organisation in connection with the Challenge; (c) any non-compliance by
the Organisation with these Rules; (d) claims brought by persons or entities other than the parties tothese Rules arising from or related to the Organisation’s involvement with the Challenge; (e) acceptance,
possession, misuse or use of any award or participation in any Challenge-related activity or participationin this Challenge; (f) any malfunction or other problem with the Challenge Site; (g) any error in thecollection, processing, or retention of entry information; or (h) any typographical or other error in theprinting, offering or announcement of any award, Finalist(s), or Winner(s).
17. ​ELIMINATION​: Any false information provided within the context of the Challenge by any
Organisation concerning identity, mailing address, telephone number, email address, ownership of rightor non-compliance with these Rules or the like may result in the immediate elimination of the Organisationfrom the Challenge.
18. ​INTERNET​: Challenge Entities are not responsible for any malfunction of the entire Challenge Site or
any late, lost, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, undeliverable, or destroyed Applications due tosystem errors, failed, incomplete or garbled computer or other telecommunication transmission
malfunctions, hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections,typographical or system/human errors and failures, technical malfunction(s) of any telephone network orlines, cable connections, satellite transmissions, servers or providers, or computer equipment, traffic
congestion on the Internet or at the Challenge Site, or any combination thereof, including othertelecommunication, cable, digital or satellite malfunctions which may limit an Organisation’s ability toparticipate.
19. RIGHT TO CANCEL, MODIFY OR DISQUALIFY: If for any reason the Challenge is not capable ofrunning as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention,
fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness,
integrity, or proper conduct of the Challenge, Google reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel,
terminate, modify or suspend the Challenge. Google further reserves the right to disqualify any
Organisation which tampers with the submission process or any other part of the Challenge or ChallengeSite. Any attempt by an Organisation to deliberately damage any web site, including the Challenge Site,or undermine the legitimate operation of the Challenge is a violation of criminal and civil laws and shouldsuch an attempt be made, Google reserves the right to seek damages from any such Organisation to thefullest extent of the applicable law.
20. ​NOT AN OFFER OR CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT​: Under no circumstances shall the submissionof an Application into the Challenge, the awarding of an Award, or anything in these Rules be construed
as an offer or contract of employment with either Google, or the Challenge Entities. You acknowledge thatyou have submitted your Application voluntarily and not in confidence or in trust. You acknowledge thatno confidential, fiduciary, agency or other relationship or implied-in-fact contract now exists between youor your Organisation and Google or the Challenge Entities and that no such relationship is established byyour submission of an Application under these Rules.
21. ​FORUM AND RECOURSE TO JUDICIAL PROCEDURES​: These Rules are governed by, subject to,and your Organisation submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State of California, United States ofAmerica in relation to any dispute (contractual or non-contractual), excluding all conflict of law rules. In
any provision(s) of these Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof willremain in full force and effect. To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, seek injunctive relief ormake any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from orin connection with this Challenge are hereby excluded, and all Organisations expressly waive any and allsuch rights.
22. ARBITRATION: By entering the Challenge, your Organisation agrees that exclusive jurisdiction forany dispute, claim, or demand related in any way to the Challenge will be decided by binding arbitration.
All disputes between your Organisation and Google of whatsoever kind or nature arising out of theseRules, shall be submitted to Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. (“JAMS”) for binding
arbitration under its rules then in effect in the San Jose, California, USA area, before one arbitrator to be
mutually agreed upon by both parties. The parties agree to share equally in the arbitration costs incurred.
23. ​FINALISTS AND WINNERS​: The Finalists will be announced on the Challenge Site website on or
about 9 October 2018. Winners will be announced at the Final Event on 1 November 2018.