Community Building Partnership 2026

The Community Building Partnership (CBP) program provides grant funding to local community organisations and councils to strengthen the wellbeing of NSW communities through small local infrastructure projects. 

To be eligible to apply for funding, applicants must be one of the following organisation types:

• incorporated association registered with NSW Fair Trading
• Australian public company limited by guarantee
• Local Aboriginal Land Council
• Indigenous corporation registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations
• NSW local council
• council committee under section 355 of the Local Government Act 1993
• trust registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)
• P&C Association registered by NSW Fair Trading
• P&C Association registered by the Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations of NSW
• not-for-profit entity incorporated under an Act of Parliament
• non-distributing co-operative registered with NSW Fair Trading

Eligible applicants must also hold a valid and current Certificate of Currency for Public Liability Insurance with a minimum cover of $5 million.

Types of projects funded under this grant

CBP will consider applications between $10,000 and $100,000 for 3 categories: 

1. Capital works 

Capital works are defined as ‘improvements to the land or building, or freestanding equipment that will be fixed or installed to the land or building’. This includes:

• construction of new community infrastructure.
• upgrade (refurbishment, repair and maintenance) to existing community infrastructure.
• any project component that requires fixed installation and would require permission from the owner of the building/land to commence works. This applies even if your organisation is the owner and/or other project components are freestanding equipment.

2. Equipment  

Equipment is defined as ‘freestanding equipment that does not require fixed installation and/or registration’. This includes:

• vehicles that do not require registration, e.g. tractors, utility task vehicles (UTVs), all-terrain vehicles (ATVs),dragon boats, golf buggies, dinghies, powerboats or sailing boats less than 5.5 m long or with an engineless than 4.0 kW.
• Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). Applications are limited to one package up to $3,000 per application, per project location, and will be deemed ineligible if it is for more than one AED package at one project location.

3. Vehicles 

Vehicles are defined as ‘vehicles that require registration’. This includes:

• purchase or modification of vehicles that require registration.
• on-road vehicles such as cars, buses, trucks, and trailers.
• off-road or on-water vehicles such as motorised rescue vehicles and boats.

All projects must be delivered in NSW within the Electoral District for which funding is sought from.