Community Giving Project - 2025

This Elders Community Giving Project supports initiatives that provide sustainable, tangible and long-term benefits with positive outcomes for Australian rural, regional and remote communities. In turn this builds capacity, longevity, liveability and connection in the regions in which we operate.

Based on six distinct pillars, the project offers a total of 12 grants, with two tiers of funding at $10,000 and $20,000 per grant.

Each application must align to one of the following pillars.

• People and regions
  For initiatives that provide learning and investment for long-term career pathways and opportunities for our regional people.
• Environmental awareness
  For initiatives that enable communities to reduce waste through reuse and recycling, providing positive impact on our environment.
• Innovation into the future
  For initiatives that contribute to innovation and productivity in the agricultural industry and its communities.
• Healthy bodies and minds
  For initiatives that promote healthy lifestyles and minds, raising awareness and support for mental health and/or long-term health outcomes.
• Encouraging diversity
  For initiatives that encourage and celebrate diversity in the community, where everyone can be included and have a sense of belonging.
• Safety first
  For initiatives that encourage and enhance safe environments in which communities can live, work and play, either through education or activation.

In addition to the six pillars above, there will be two People's Choice grants, for a maximum of $10,000 each. This open criteria grant will be voted for by Elders employees.

To be eligible, applicants: 

• must be a not-for-profit organisation with an ABN or Incorporation Certificate. (unincorporated organisations may be auspiced by an incorporated organisation and must provide a letter from the auspice organisation confirming that the auspice arrangement is valid and current) 
• must be located and service a regional, rural or remote community in which Elders or, an Elders owned and operated business, operates or has a physical presence, i.e., not a metropolitan area (this includes rural products and real estate branches)
• must not be affiliated with a political party or union, or take an overtly political stance in the focus of their work
• may have a religious basis, but any program or initiative must not incorporate religious teaching into the delivery of the program or initiative
• should declare if you are seeking funding for the same initiative elsewhere. It will not hinder your application or possible success
• must be able to provide a Certificate of Currency for public liability insurance (where applicable).