Community Grants and Funding Opportunities

This grant opportunity aims to improve the nutrition of children aged 0 to 5 years of age to support optimal health, development and reduce the risk of developing diet related chronic conditions and obesity. It supports activities that increase alignment of children’s dietary patterns to the recommendations in the Australian Dietary Guidelines.

It supports activities that improve knowledge and skills (e.g. education sessions to parents on appropriate foods and recipes), develop and disseminate early childhood nutrition resources (e.g. posters, online tools or learning modules) or provide services to improve early childhood meal provision (e.g. provide menu assessments or menu planning tools). These activities may be targeted towards children (0 to 5 years), their parents or carers, early childhood health care providers, health professionals, early childhood educators, early childhood care organisations or food service providers in early childhood care or education settings.  

Funding in the Rural Major Projects Program is focussed on supporting charities with a major infrastructure, capital investment, transportation and/or logistics project. Projects must directly impact and improve your food relief program and help build the organisations capacity.

When applying for a Rural Major Project Grant organisations must demonstrate that the funding will do one or more of the following:

• Significantly increase capacity and/or capability of current food relief program
• Support delivery of a new food relief program for an identified and quantified need in the local community
• Increase the reach of organisations current food relief program into areas in need
• Improve economic, operational and/or functional efficiencies of food relief programs

Funding in the Rural Grassroots Grants Program is focussed on minor infrastructure, quality kitchen equipment, capacity building training and access to food staples that will help organisations meet the demand efficiently and effectively. Funding requests must directly impact and improve your food relief programs and help build the organisations capacity.

When applying for a Rural Grassroots Grant organisation must demonstrate that the funding will do one or more of the following:

    Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of current food relief program and organisation more broadly
    Build capability and capacity to enable delivery of a new food relief program for an identified and quantified need in the local community
    Increase the reach of organisations current food relief program geographically
    Improve economic, operational and/or functional efficiencies of food relief programs

The Tackling Tough Times Together grant program helps communities access the resources they need to support one another through the ongoing effects of the drought.

This program is designed to provide flexible funding to support community-based activities that both help to relieve current stressors and symptoms, and most importantly, build capacity and resilience for the future. Funds could also support activities that engage your local community in being proactive, exploring options and creating something that will stand the test of tough times.

The program is divided into two parts, funding for projects up to $60,000 and funding for projects up to $150,000. Projects seeking funding for between $60,000 and $150,000 must speak to the Foundation first and submit and EOI with an earlier closing date.

The Strengthening Rural Communities program gives small rural, regional and remote communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds that can benefit and help secure their future prosperity. Grants are available for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities.

Applications from not-for-profit organisations in communities of fewer than 15,000 people are prioritised, particularly those communities whose size, remoteness and relative access to services, funding, and resources present particular ongoing challenges. The Strengthening Rural Communities program accepts applications any time. FRRR considers applications and makes grant distributions on a quarterly basis.

Funding for community projects, programs, and events in the Narrabri Shire. 

Eligible applicants must be classed as one of the following:

• Not-for-profit organisation
• Incorporated community group
• Registered sporting club
• School P and C Committee
• Not-For Profit Childcare Facility
• Registered Charity

The NSW Government established the Community War Memorials Fund to help conserve, repair and protect war memorials across NSW. Since the establishment of the program in 2008, grants have been provided for a wide range of projects including conservation assessments, honour roll repair, war memorial cleaning and conservation work, arborist advice for war memorial trees, security measures for memorials, repairs to war memorial halls and improvements to the accessibility of memorials.

Two application rounds are run each year. The rounds open on Anzac Day and Remembrance Day.

In 2021 Assessment and notification of outcomes will be divided into 3 batches. The table below identifies the cut-off dates for all 3 batches:

1. 11:00 PM AEST on 10 June 2021.
2. 11:00 PM AEDT on 7 October 2021
3. 11:00 PM AEDT on 8 February 2022

The Powering Communities Program will provide grants to help not-for-profit community organisations reduce energy use, improve energy productivity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 

The program aims to save energy and reduce power bills through:

• upgrading equipment to reduce energy consumption
• undertaking energy management activities and assessments, such as energy systems assessments and feasibility studies
• investing in energy monitoring and management systems
• investing in on-site renewable energy and solar-connected batteries.

12 grants are available for each federal electorate, and applications must be invited by the applicable federal member through an expression of interest process.

EOI's for the New England Electorate need to be submitted to Barnaby Joyce by the 28th of May.

EOIs for the Parkes Electorate need to be submitted to Mark Coulton by the 11th of June.

This funding aims to increase Indigenous employment and retention by funding tailored activities that respond flexibly to local employment conditions

The two streams  in this program are:

• Employment which aims to support Indigenous job seekers into sustainable employment
• Schools Based Traineeships which aims to support Indigenous secondary school students to gain work experience and prepare for post-school transition into further study or employment.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non Indigenous legal entities may apply for TAEG funding. Where both Indigenous and non Indigenous organisations are found equally suitable, preference will generally be given to the Indigenous organisation.

This grants program provides funding for up to 18 months to assist organisations to deliver innovative career guidance services for people at all stages of their careers.

It aims to :

• improve the quality of, and access to, locally based, personalised career guidance
• demonstrate the value of career guidance to those seeking to re-enter the workforce, change or further develop their careers, primary school students and students in years 7 to 10
• increase knowledge and create greater awareness of career paths and career guidance
• develop and deliver innovative locally based approaches to delivering career guidance services.

The intended outcomes of the program are:

• enhanced career pathways that help all people reach their full career potential
• increased understanding of skills sought by employers, particularly at a local level
• stronger local collaboration in the delivery of careers guidance
• improved quality of locally based career guidance.

This funding round will support locally based, face-to-face (including virtual face-to-face) career guidance projects, activities and services

This fund provides support to deliver grassroots projects that will reinvigorate our rural communities in every single Local Government Area in regional NSW.

Round Four includes up to $50 million for projects that enhance female participation in sport, including change rooms. The remaining $50 million will be made available for high-quality community amenity and sports-related infrastructure projects.

Through this round, the NSW Government aims to:

• boost the liveability of communities in regional areas by providing new or upgraded social and sporting infrastructure or community programs that have strong local support
• deliver enhanced infrastructure and programs that remove barriers to female participation in sport across regional NSW.

This program provides financial assistance for coaches, officials and competitors aged 12-18 participating in state, national or international championships.

Between $500 and $750 is available towards the cost of attending their championships as follows:.

• Base Grant: $500
• Applicants travelling 800km - 1999km to their nominated championships: + $100
• Applicants travelling internationally or greater than 2000km to their nominated championships: + $200
• Applicants residing in a rural electorate: + $50

Funding to help conserve, repair and protect war memorials across NSW including conservation assessments, honour roll repair, war memorial cleaning and conservation work, arborist advice for war memorial trees, security measures for memorials, repairs to war memorial halls and improvements to the accessibility of memorials.

NAB Foundation Community Grants provide funding to safeguard communities through projects that prepare for natural disasters, support long-term recovery and build resilience against future disasters.

They provide funding for projects aiming to do one or more of the following:

• help people and places prepare for natural disasters
• assist in short and long-term recovery efforts
• build community resilience against future disasters
• strengthen the environment to be more resilient to natural disasters
• help communities reduce their climate risk.

Australian charities, social enterprises, community organisations with a charitable purpose or a local government or government-funded facility (such as a school or childcare centre) can apply.

There are usually two grant rounds per year.

The Honda Foundation is funded by contributions from Honda Australia, private donors and more than 100 dealerships across the country. More than $10 million has so far been donated to hundreds of very worthy causes, including empowering disadvantaged Australians, providing relief for victims of natural disasters and supporting the development of new technologies and research to fight disease.

The Honda Foundation acts as a charitable trust, providing financial assistance to charities and organisations doing amazing work across a range of social and environmental issues. These include:

• Supporting the disadvantaged, disabled or those suffering from illness
• Relief for victims of natural disasters
• Promotion of innovation and new technologies
• The promotion, development and preservation of Australian culture

The Honda Foundation also provides a 12-month Loan Vehicle Program which includes registration, insurance and all servicing costs, and is capped at 20 loan vehicles at any one time.

The Tackling Tough Times Together grant program helps communities access the resources they need to support one another through the ongoing effects of the drought.

This program is designed to provide flexible funding to support community-based activities that both help to relieve current stressors and symptoms, and most importantly, build capacity and resilience for the future. Funds could also support activities that engage your local community in being proactive, exploring options and creating something that will stand the test of tough times.

The program is divided into two parts, funding for projects up to $60,000 and funding for projects up to $150,000. Applicants for funding between $60,000 and $150,000 must speak to the foundation and submit a full application by this earlier date.

Projects seeking funding for under $60,000 can apply directly with a later closing date.

The foundation provides funding for two priority areas:

1. Children with physical &/or mental disabilities
Projects by community based organisations to support children with physical and/or mental disabilities or their carers, particularly projects seeking to address social isolation experienced by such children and their carers (Not including research projects).

2. Elderly people suffering mental disabilities

Projects by community based organisations to support elderly people suffering from mental disabilities (including dementia) or their carers, particularly projects seeking to address social isolation experienced by such elderly persons and their carers (Not including research projects).

Active Kids is a program to help NSW families meet the cost of getting their kids into sport and active fitness and recreation activities. The initiative aims to reduce barriers to participation and help change the physical activity behaviours of children and young people in NSW.

Every child (4.5 - 18 years’ old) enrolled in school from Kindergarten to Year 12 is eligible. This includes those who are home-schooled or enrolled in secondary school education at TAFE NSW.

The Creative Kids Rebate can be put towards the cost of registration, participation or tuition fees for creative and cultural activities such as music lessons, language classes, coding and digital, visual and performing arts.

The objective of the CCCF Special Circumstances Grant Opportunity is to support continuity of child care, in particular in disadvantaged or vulnerable communities, where service viability is affected by:

• an unforeseen event or circumstance outside the control of the service,such asa natural disaster or extreme weather event, or
• another event or circumstance,which would result in market failure for the community.