ETREA Foundation Grants - 2026

The ETREA Foundation is committed to making a positive difference in our world. They exist to provide financial support that bridges the gap between self-empowerment ideals and existing community support. The projects, initiatives and activities funded by the ETREA Foundation create outcomes to empower humanity through emotional health. They enable people to become equipped in order to strive towards their goals and achieve their inner potential. Their aim is to encourage, support and cultivate the essence of personal empowerment and life-balance.

Is your project the right fit?
Make sure you/your organisation and your project align to the ETREA Foundation:

• Located and facilitated within Australia
• Aligned with ETREA Foundation purpose, values and guiding principles
• Addresses the emotional and mental trauma of project participants
• Participants are given a ‘hand-up’ not a ‘hand-out’.

Types of projects they fund

• Facilitating a project (e.g. workshop, mentoring, small group therapy, personal development course)
• Development of a workshop, personal development course, therapy group, mentoring

Eligible grant activities
To be eligible your grant project or activity must include or address most of the following:

• Work with individuals or groups
• Have the purpose of providing personal guidance, growth and self-understanding
• Address core internal beliefs and thoughts, emotions and behaviours that have caused emotional distress or poor emotional health.
• Provide practical mental skills and strategies
• Aim to break negative cycles of disempowerment
• Activities directly related to the project and can include:
  • Mentoring
  • Small group workshops / seminars
  • Education / information to develop participants knowledge
  • Development of collaborative plans for the individual
  • Coaching
  • Counselling
  • Retreats
  • Other activities that enable the participant to achieve understanding of mental and emotional causes

Types of projects they DON’T fund
The application for your project will be ineligible if it is for or part of any of the following:

• Associated, affiliated, run, part of or otherwise linked to a religion
• Associated with gambling, unethical behaviours, are harmful to people including Indigenous people, or are harmful to the environment
• Individual persons
• Overseas resident/organisation
• Fundraising
• Development of a website
• Purchase of equipment, food, clothing, etc
• Training for individuals, volunteers 5
• Marketing or Research