Aboriginal Affairs NSW 2024-2025 Cultural Grants Program

The Cultural Grants Program support Aboriginal community organisations and groups across NSW to celebrate Aboriginal culture and hold cultural events and activities.

The Cultural Grants Program:

• supports Aboriginal communities to strengthen, protect, and maintain traditional and contemporary expressions of Aboriginal culture
• supports Aboriginal cultural events and activities
• contributes to Aboriginal community wellbeing and healing through the use of Aboriginal culture and community connection
• facilitate sharing of Aboriginal cultural knowledge and skills between generations.

To be eligible for an Aboriginal Affairs NSW Cultural Grant you must be:

a not-for-profit, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO), working with Aboriginal communities in NSW, and one of the following organisation types

• an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth)
• a company incorporated in Australia under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
• a Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW)
• an Incorporated Association (incorporated under state legislation, and commonly have ‘Association’ or ‘Incorporated’ or ‘Inc’ in their legal name)
• an Incorporated Cooperative (incorporated under state legislation, and commonly have ’Cooperative’ in their legal name)
• an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust;

OR

• An Aboriginal sole trader or business whose primary business activity relates to cultural expression or revitalisation (noting project applied under Cultural Grants Program must not be profit making in nature);

OR

• A not -for-profit unincorporated Aboriginal community group with an eligible not-for-profit auspice Applicants or their auspice organisation must also:
• Be an eligible legal entity located in NSW, and able to enter into a funding Deed with Aboriginal Affairs NSW (AANSW), Premier’s Department and have an Australian bank account;
• Have public liability insurance of at least $10 million per claim or be willing to purchase it and include the cost of insurance as part of the asked project budget within their application.