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Nutrien Ag Solutions Community Grants is a small grants program aiming to contribute to the success, vibrancy and wellbeing of rural and regional communities nationwide.

This grant is open to all communities in remote, rural and regional Australia. Organisations wanting to apply will need to have their project endorsed by a Nutrien Ag Solutions Branch Manager. Please contact FRRR if you do not know where your local Nutrien Ag Solutions branded store is located.

A broad range of charitable projects are considered under this program, including:

• Delivering, or providing activities, events, programs and services;
• Purchasing or hiring equipment and materials;
• Community infrastructure projects such as community facility upgrades;
• Organisational capacity building such as strategic planning; and
• Developing community resources such as volunteer programs, community gardens or providing access to training and skills development

Backing the Future gives 20 individuals or groups of individuals* across NSW and QLD $50,000 to advance an idea to support rural and regional young people aged 12-30 to:

• Access Decent Work; or
• Care for the Environment; or
• Contribute to Society; or
• Explore Christian Faith and Values.

Backing the future is delivered in partnership with the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR). Each year, VFFF and FRRR will open applications for both a NSW and QLD round. 

They are eager to support early-stage work that might not otherwise be eligible for philanthropic funding. For this reason, Backing the Future does not accept applications from registered charities or organisations.

* Groups of individuals will need to nominate one primary applicant to undergo the selection process and lead the project.

The Sheargold Foundation offer grants either in response to applications and/or an expression of interest, to a need or opportunity identified by Sheargold Foundation’s board.

They strive to pinpoint charitable organisations with clear objectives, a fervent aspiration to create an impact, and a close resonance with their own mission and values. Their involvement extends beyond mere backing; they seek to leverage the expertise and experience of their board members to aid the charities they endorse.

The Elevate: First Nations Storytelling and Literature Fund is a $10,000 career development grant for First Nations individuals and groups. The opportunity is open to writers, poets, editors, illustrators, journalists, arts workers and groups in the literature sector. Elevate is designed to support and develop career pathways and opportunities which may include capacity building, networking, mentoring, residencies, and audience development for their work.

Who can apply

• First Nations individuals and groups
• You must be an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident, and a practicing artist or arts professional.

Elevate can be used for career development which may include:

• study/course expenses
• development of work
• Masterclass/residencies
• project research
• mentoring
• conference or festival attendance
• travel and accommodation
• materials

The Regional Filming Fund offsets costs associated with shooting in regional areas of NSW. Regional NSW is defined as all areas in NSW outside the Sydney Metro area.

The objectives of the program are to:

• Increase economic activity in regional NSW, by encouraging NSW screen productions to film outside of metropolitan areas
• Enable regional NSW to benefit from the growth of film and television production in the State

Applicants must fulfil the following eligibility criteria:

The production must film on location in Regional NSW for a minimum of five shooting days
in a single Local Government Area (LGA)
Please find the LGA map here.

• At least one of the Key Creatives must be NSW-based
• The production company must be registered in NSW and have its principal place of business in NSW unless the production has an eligible NSW Spend of at least $5 million
• The production must film on location in Regional NSW for a minimum of five shooting days
• At least 50% of the total budget must be expended in NSW
• Productions must be fully financed at the time of application, with the exception of contributions being sought from Screen NSW and other state, federal or international agencies (Note: they will only consider an application where those agencies have confirmed their contribution or if the application has been submitted to a funding round running concurrently with the Screen NSW round.)
• Productions that have been shortlisted for Screen Australia’s Documentary Production
• Producer Program or Multi-Platform Drama Fund may apply
• Feature films must have distribution in place
• Television drama, narrative comedy and factual/documentary programs must have a financial commitment from a broadcaster, subscription service or distributor.

ANZ Seeds of Renewal is a small grants program designed to help build vibrant and sustainable rural communities, to ensure the ongoing prosperity of regional Australia.

The program demonstrates ANZ’s ongoing commitment to shape a world where people and communities thrive. It is built on two key tenets:

• Vibrant communities are diverse and inclusive with strong social capital, where everyone can participate and build a better life; and

• Sustainable communities innovate, expand, and create opportunities that will deliver demonstrable medium to long-term economic benefit to the community, contributing to economic sustainability.

 Who can apply?

Applications are invited from not-for-profit, community based organisations (with an ABN or Incorporation Certificate), including social enterprises, who will deliver projects with a demonstrable medium to long term benefit to a regional community of 15,000 people or less.

The Australian Workplace Giving Awards celebrate outstanding workplace giving programs across the country. The Awards are designed to celebrate working Australians’ role and efforts as they harness their companies’ power to support and build our communities.

2024 Award Categories

• Best Payroll Giving Program

• Best Grants Program

• Best Corporate + Charity Partnership

• Best Innovation

• Best Volunteering Program

• Workplace Giving Champion Of The Year

• Best Workplace Giving Program Of The Year

For over 20 years, the Community Grants Program has supported small but life-changing initiatives that provide opportunities for life-long learning in Australian communities.

It aims to reach those at the margins by improving equity in quality education, achieving economic independence and active community participation and engagement.

Given the size and nature of their grants, priority is given to small or emerging community-based organisations. They prioritise innovative and grass-roots projects that support those at the margins.

The 2024 round of the Community Grants Program will support two streams of funding:

Stream 1: Open ONLY to Sisters of Saint Joseph (SOSJ) and associated entities.

• This will be a competitive process with the stated eligibility criteria applicable to the SOSJ and associated entities who wish to apply.
• $50,000 AUD in grant money allocated for Stream 1.

Stream 2: Open to ALL applicants who meet the eligibility criteria (SOSJ and associated entities not eligible to apply under this Stream).

• This will be a competitive process with the stated eligibility criteria applicable to all organisations applying under this Stream.
• $115,000 AUD in grant money allocated for Stream 2.

The Resilient Rivers Water Infrastructure Program (the RRWIP)  builds on and replaces the Off-farm Efficiency Program and is part of the Australian Government’s commitment to recover water for the environment. It aims to provide a more flexible approach for investment than in previous efficiency measures programs for achieving the 450 GL water recovery target.

The RRWIP invests in a range of projects and arrangements to improve and modernise water delivery infrastructure to reduce water loss in the Murray–Darling Basin. 

Improving water use and water management efficiency will provide long term benefits to irrigators by improving infrastructure and help Basin communities adapt to climate change, manage the impact of greater variation in water availability and reliability and support the ongoing viability of production into the future.

On 7 June 2024, the Minister for Environment and Water approved an extension of time for elements of the program. The below information includes the revised timeframes. 

For RRWIP Streams A-C that have full and complete project proposals:

• applications will be assessed when received.
• no further applications will be accepted after 28 March 2025 (subject to available funding).

For Stream D applications to fund feasibility studies, project preliminaries or proposal developments:

• applications will be assessed when received.
• no further applications will be accepted after 30 August 2024.
• successful applications must be finalised by 28 March 2025.

The Flourish: First Nations Fashion and Textiles Fund provides grants from $10,000 to $50,000 to build sustainable businesses and support economic, cultural, and social development opportunities. The opportunity is open to First Nations individuals, groups and organisations (including Art Centres) working in the textile design and fashion sector.

Grants can be used to support innovation, production, capacity building, marketing, professional development, seed funding and/or increasing digital visibility.

The Sisters of Charity Foundation provides charity grants of up to $15,000 to organisations that use clever ways to fight poverty, loneliness, suffering and oppression, but struggle to find funding.

The Sisters of Charity Foundation favours programs that:

• restore hope and build dignity
• fall between the cracks of other funding sources
• are not associated with well established organisations with significant reserves and or are not capable of raising their own funds
• are not eligible for funding from government or other sources.

IMPORTANT: from 2025 onwards, the Sisters of Charity Foundation will hold one grant round each year. This annual grant round will open mid-year.

The Maker Projects - Community STEM Engagement grants 2024 provides grants for fostering inquiry-based learning and the development of STEM skills in students and youth under 18 years of age in design, engineering and programming, through hands-on learning.

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:

• deliver maker projects where students and youth under 18 years of age, at the time of application, can develop and apply their STEM knowledge through experimentation, tinkering and hands-on learning by engaging with a range of technologies
• encourage practical skills, creativity and entrepreneurial thinking through the delivery of hands on STEM-related events and activities
• inspire students to pursue STEM disciplines in their study and work
• ensure that maker projects are accessible to as many young people as possible, including those in regional, rural and disadvantaged areas
• make a positive and ongoing impact on youth under 18 years of age, particularly diverse cohorts and communities historically underrepresented in STEM including:
  • First Nations peoples
  • culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) people
  • women and girls
  • people living in regional and remote areas
  • people with disability
  • people from low socio-economic backgrounds
  • neurodivergent people
  • LGBTQIA+ people
  • people who face age-based discrimination.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are:

• students and youth under 18 years of age will gain practical knowledge and skills in scientific experimentation, design, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship
• an increase in the accessibility of STEM-related events and activities and increased participation of youth under 18 years of age, particularly diverse cohorts and communities historically underrepresented in STEM as defined in the glossary
• positive and ongoing development of STEM skills for participating youth through inquiry-based learning.

The Multicultural NSW Stronger Together Grants Program aims to support multicultural festivals and events across NSW. Investing in community events and activities that foster community harmony and celebrate cultural diversity as a precious part of our identity and way of life.

The Stronger Together Festival and Event Grants Program will support multicultural and multifaith community groups to produce Festivals and Events that celebrate and embrace our state’s vibrant cultural diversity.

Youngcare’s At Home Care Grants (AHCG) provide funding for equipment, home modifications and essential support that is unable to be funded through other means (eg. NDIS). This funding is to both enhance the quality of life for young people with high physical care needs and assist them to remain living in their own home with loved ones.

The grants provide one-off funding of up to $10,000 to help those aged 16-65 with high physical care needs who are living at home, and are at risk of entering inappropriate housing.

Grants are offered nationwide.

Each quarter, SilverChef provides four grants, each worth $5,000, to community groups that use foodservice and hospitality to uplift the community. The grants comprise $3,750 credit to be spent on SilverChef’s Certified Used equipment range; with a balance of up to $1,250 that can be paid in cash, or allocated towards more equipment and/or freight costs.

The SilverChef Community Grants Program is open to eligible Australian community groups that use hospitality or food services to help disadvantaged or under-served members of their local community. 

These community groups can include:

• Registered charities and not-for-profits
• Social enterprises (direct-benefit, cross-subsidy or donation model)
• Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Corporations (organisation with an ABN which uses more than 50% of its time and/or resources to improve the lives of Indigenous peoples)