Community Funding Opportunities and Award Programs - February 2024

Welcome to our Community Funding Opportunities and Awards Program Newsletter where you will find details of grant and funding programs that are available for the Northern Inland Region for community based projects and social enterprises.

Due to the number of grants that are available, we send two funding opportunities newsletters a month; one for Business and Infrastructure and another for Community Projects and Award Programs. These newsletters are a free service that we provide, and can you can add the Business and Infrastructure Grants newsletter to your subscriptions by filling your details into the subscription form in the footer of our website: www.rdani.org.au

We wish you all the best with the Funding Opportunities below and if you are looking for a grant between newsletters, have a look at the grants area of our website which is updated weekly: www.rdani.org.au/our-region/grants-and-funding-opportunities.php

If you need some facts and figures for your applications, a range of data for our region is also available on our website here: www.rdani.org.au/our-region/regional-data.php

Please note the below information is intended as a guide only. Closing dates and other details should be verified using the links provided as they are subject to change by the providers without notice.

Featured Grants

Active Australia Innovation Challenge - 2024
Closes: 1st of March 2024
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: Heart Foundation

The Heart Foundation is offering multiple grants up to the value of $50,000 for new, innovative projects that get more people moving in schools, universities or local community groups.
They are encouraging community groups, councils, schools (preschools, primary and secondary), tertiary institutions (universities, TAFEs, colleges), and other organisations to come up with an innovative idea to encourage physical activity in a chosen group or community.

The Heart Foundation strongly encourages innovative projects that support people:

• identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
• with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• living with a disability
• living in rural and remote regions

 

NSW Justice Reinvestment
Closes: 18th of March 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: $100,000 to unspecified maximum
Run By: NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Justice reinvestment is an approach that supports communities to find local solutions to local issues. The aim of justice reinvestment is to resource communities to develop, and deliver solutions that reduce contact with the criminal justice system, including the police, courts and prison. Justice Reinvestment aims to support communities to identify the reasons why people end up in the criminal justice system in the first place, and then come up with activities and initiatives that can make real change.

The NSW Justice Reinvestment Grant Program will fund Aboriginal community-led change to address the underlying causes of imprisonment and re-offending.

 

Kitchen Garden Kickstart Grants
Closes: 20th of March 2024
Value: Up to $5,000 plus program membership valued at $2,728
Run By: Kitchen Garden Foundation

These grants are designed to enable schools to kickstart a successful and sustainable Kitchen Garden Program. Grant funds support the purchase of key infrastructure and are often spent on items such as garden beds, ovens, accessible work top benches, greenhouses and outdoor learning spaces.
12 successful schools will each receive a 2-year Kitchen Garden Program Membership and a once-off $5,000 grant to spend on kickstarting or boosting their Program. The grant will enable schools to purchase necessary garden and/or kitchen materials, such as garden beds, garden tools, benches, pots and pans – whatever the school needs to support their Program to grow!

Award Programs

National NAIDOC Week Awards
Closes: 8th of March 2024
Run By: NAIDOC
Celebrates the outstanding contributions and excellence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across ten award categories, including art, culture, education and training, sport, environment and leadership. 

NSW Training Awards - 2024 - Individual Awards
Closes: 17th of March 2024
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
These awards honour and reward the achievements of students, teachers, training organisations and employers.

Australian Business Awards - 2024
Closes: 21st of March 2024
Run By: Awardbase
Recognises organisations that demonstrate the core values of business innovation, product innovation, technological achievement and employee engagement via a set of established business and product award categories.

NSW Training Awards - 2024 - Organisation Awards
Closes: 31st of March 2024
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
These awards honour and reward the achievements of students, teachers, training organisations and employers.

Closing in February

Supporting People With Cancer - Round 15
Closes: 29th of February 2024 - 2:00 pm
Value: $40,000 to $120,000
Run By: Cancer Australia
Funds evidence-based projects that reduce the impact of cancer, promote equitable outcomes and better support people affected by cancer.

James Frizelle Charitable Foundation - 2024 - Round 1
Closes: 29th of February 2024
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: James Frizelle Charitable Foundation
A range of grants that supports projects to help those who have fallen on hard times and can no longer speak for themselves.

James N Kirby Foundation Small Grants - 2024
Closes: 29th of February 2024
Value: Up to $15,000
Run By: James N Kirby Foundation
Provides grants that impact not only towards the future educational and technical development of young Australians, but also on the health and welfare of many Australians in need as well as The Arts and The Environment.

Closing in March

Organ and Tissue Authority Community Awareness Grants
Closes: 1st of March 2024 - 4:00 pm
Value: $10,000 to $80,000
Run By: Organ and Tissue Authority
Funding to raise awareness and build trust about organ and tissue donation within Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities, multicultural and faith groups.

Active Australia Innovation Challenge - 2024
Closes: 1st of March 2024
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: Heart Foundation
Fundiong for new, innovative projects that get more people moving in schools, universities or local community groups.

Visions of Australia - Round 18
Closes: 1st of March 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: Unspecified
Run By: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Enables artists and organisations to shape Australia’s cultural landscape, increase cultural diversity, and inspire, educate and entertain audiences across Australia.

Telstra Footy Country Grants - 2024 - Round 1
Closes: 3rd of March 2024
Value: Up to $20,000
Run By: Telstra
Supports Community Clubs affiliated to the AFL to strengthen the base and secure the future in three key strategic areas; grow and assist volunteer capacity, grow and diversify participation, and improve club environments and experiences.

Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
Current Round Closes: 5th of March 2024 - 3:00 pm
Value: $10,000 to $50,000
Run By: Australia Council for the Arts
Supports a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public.

Playing Australia Project Investment
Closes: 5th of March 2024 - 3:00 pm
Value: Unspecified
Run By: Australia Council for the Arts
Supports performing arts tours to reach regional and remote communities across Australia.

Sporting Schools - 2024
Next Round Closes: 8th of March 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: $1,000 to $3,600
Run By: Australian Sports Commission
Supports the delivery of sport-based programs to help students build the confidence and capability to be active for life.

Community Child Care Fund (CCCF) - Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Communities
Closes: 8th of March 2024 - 9:00 pm
Value: $5,000 to $400,000
Run By: Australian Government Department of Education
Funding to child care services in disadvantaged and vulnerable communities to help them stay open and increase the number of children in care.

Return to Work Pathways Program - 2024
Closes: 12th of March 2024
Value: $100,000 to $250,000
Run By: Women NSW
Funds organisations to implement projects that support women from focus communities who are experiencing persistent barriers to employment.

Indigenous Languages and Arts - Open Competitive - 2024
Closes: 12th of March 2024 - 11:30 pm
Value: Up to $200,000
Run By: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to develop, produce, present, exhibit or perform Indigenous arts and language projects that showcase Australia’s traditional and contemporary Indigenous cultural and artistic expressions.

Small Grants Program
Closes: 15th of March 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $4,000
Run By: Highways and Byways
Supports projects by community-led organisations that address disadvantage and exclusion within towns and communities, especially in rural and regional Australia

NSW Justice Reinvestment
Closes: 18th of March 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: $100,000 to unspecified maximum
Run By: NSW Department of Communities and Justice
Provides funding for community-led programs that focus on reinvesting in Aboriginal communities to reduce contact with the criminal justice system.

Festivals Australia - 2024
Closes: 18th of March 2024 - 11:30 pm
Value: $5,000 to $150,000
Run By: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Supports community participation in, and access to, the arts and aims to support partnerships and collaboration across the sector.

Kitchen Garden Kickstart Grants
Closes: 20th of March 2024
Value: Up to $5,000 plus program membership valued at $2,728
Run By: Kitchen Garden Foundation
Funding and support to enable under-resourced schools to kickstart a successful and sustainable Kitchen Garden Program.

Supporting First Nations Events Program
Closes: 21st of March 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $120,000
Run By: Shell
Helps online storytellers with an existing audience on YouTube expand their creative ambition and production value, and ‘skip ahead’ their careers.

Housing Australia Future Fund Facility and National Housing Accord Facility - Round 1
Closes: 22nd of March 2024 - 2:00 pm
Run By: Housing Australia
Initiatives to improve housing outcomes for Australians and will collectively support the delivery of 20,000 new social and 20,000 new affordable homes across Australia over five years.

Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought - Small Network Grants
Closes: 26th of March 2024
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
Funding to develop and deliver one-off events or initiatives to strengthen community networks and capabilities that build drought preparedness.

Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Initiative – Small Networks Grants
Current Round Closes: 26th of March 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
Supports the development and delivery of one-off events or initiatives to strengthen community networks and capabilities that build drought preparedness.

At Home Care Grants
Closes: 27th of March 2024
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Youngcare
Funding for equipment, home modifications and essential support that is unable to be funded through other means to assist youth to live in their own home with loved ones.

Telstra’s Connected Communities
Closes: 27th of March 2024
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
Funding for community organisations that are providing access to information, technology, education and facilities to support their communities to embrace new technologies and ways of working to build social capital and digital capability.

Natural Hazards STEM Support Program
Closes: 29th of March 2024 - 10:00 pm
Value: Up to $400,000
Run By: Office of the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer
Funding to enhance STEM outreach in schools, focusing on technology education relevant to natural hazard management and response.

The Mazda Foundation
Current Round Closes: 31st of March 2024
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: Mazda Foundation
Projects by community based organisations to support children with physical and/or mental disabilities and elderly people suggering mental disabilities or their carers, particularly projects seeking to address social isolation experienced by such children and their carers.

Health and Development Participation
Closes: 31st of March 2024
Value: Up to $7,500
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
Provides funding to eligible early childhood education and care providers to support the implementation of the separate but related Health and Development Checks in Early Childhood Education Program

Small Grants - 2024 - Round 1
Closes: 31st of March 2024
Value: Up to $2,000
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Funding to meet the short-term, collection-based requirements of community museums and Aboriginal cultural spaces.

Steve Waugh Foundation - Children and Young Adults with a Rare Disease
Opens: 1st of March 2024
Current Round Closes: 31st of March 2024
Run By: Steve Waugh Foundation
Supports children and young adults aged 0-25 years who have a rare disease.

National Road Safety Action Grants Program - First Nations Road Safety Stream
Closes: 31st of March 2024 - 11:30 pm
Value: $20,000 to $1.5 Million
Run By: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Funds projects that will deliver local solutions for First Nations communities, and also support culturally relevant road safety messaging.

National Road Safety Action Grants Program - Research and Data
Closes: 31st of March 2024 - 11:30 pm
Value: $20,000 to $1.5 Million
Run By: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Funding to improve national road safety data, and strengthen the evidence base for decisions on the most efficient and effective ways to deliver better road safety outcomes.

National Road Safety Action Grants Program - Technology and Innovation
Closes: 31st of March 2024 - 11:30 pm
Value: $20,000 to $1.5 Million
Run By: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Supports the development of new road safety technologies, as well as innovative solutions that meet the road safety challenges arising from new technologies, and overcome human fallibility.

Closing in April

NAIDOC Week Grants - 2024
Opens: 4th of March 2024 - 10:00 am
Closes: 12th of April 2024 - 12:00 pm
Value: $500 to $3,000
Run By: Aboriginal Affairs NSW
Supports the holding of events and activities in NSW during NAIDOC Week (7–14 July 2024) that celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements, and align with the theme of NAIDOC Week in 2024.

Great Start Music Grants
Closes: 14th of April 2024
Value: Up to $3,000
Run By: Yamaha Music Australia
Funding to further improve access to, and enhance quality of, music education in all schools by supporting both the establishment of new programs and the growth of existing ones.

Community Financial Assistance Grants
Next Round Closes: 15th of April 2024
Value: Up to $43,300
Run By: Narrabri Shire Council
Funding to assist the Narrabri community’s development, provide funding for capacity-building events, projects, programs, and activities that benefit the people and the Shire.

Pride Foundation Australia Small Grants - 2024
Closes: 15th of April 2024
Value: Up to $1,000
Run By: Pride Foundation Australia
Fund projects that directly or indirectly assist, involve and benefit LGBTQIA+ people and promote positive social outcomes and mental health in the community.

Telstra Footy Country Grants - 2024 - Round 2
Opens: 4th of March 2024
Closes: 19th of April 2024 - 3:00 pm
Value: Up to $20,000
Run By: Telstra
Supports Community Clubs affiliated to the AFL to strengthen the base and secure the future in three key strategic areas; grow and assist volunteer capacity, grow and diversify participation, and improve club environments and experiences.

Local Sporting Champions
Current Round Closes: 30th of April 2024
Value: $500 to $750
Run By: Sport Australia
Provides financial assistance for coaches, officials and competitors aged 12-18 participating in state, national or international championships.

ARTC Sponsorships and Donations - 2024 - Round 1
Round Closes: 30th of April 2024
Value: $1,000 to $4,000
Run By: Australian Rail Track Corporation
Funding for short-term projects and activities that contribute to local and regional prosperity, wellbeing and sustainability along the Inland Rail route.

Community Languages School Grants - Establishment Grant
Closes: 30th of April 2024
Value: Up to $2,500
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
Supports the setting up language classes for the first time by providing funding for the the first year.

Community Languages School Grants - Per Capita Grant
Closes: 30th of April 2024
Value: Based on number of students
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
Helps cover community language school operating costs such as teaching materials, staff wages and new equipment.

Local Para Champions
Current Round Closes: 30th of April 2024
Value: $750 to $1,100
Run By: Sport Australia
Assistance for coaches, officials and competitors aged 12-24 participating in state, national or international championships for athletes with a disability.

Ski For Life - 2024 - Round 1
Round Closes: 30th of April 2024
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: Ski for Life
Support projects for rural and remote communities that would benefit from awareness, promotion of mental health, wellbeing, and suicide prevention.

Closing Later

The Harcourts Foundation
Current Round Closes: 3rd of May 2024
Value: Unspecified
Run By: The Harcourts Foundation
Provides grants to reputable community-based charitable organisations which need funding for projects and initiatives designed to benefit as many people as possible.

National Justice Reinvestment Program – Round 2
Closes: 9th of May 2024
Value: Up to $10 Million
Run By: Attorney-General's Department
Funding for community-lead iniatives to prevent and reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contact with the justice system in a particular place or community.

Junior Landcare Grants 2024
Closes: 15th of May 2024
Value: Up to $1,000
Run By: Woolworths
Supports primary schools and early learning centres to engage students in hands-on projects to support the environment.

Arts and Cultural Funding Program - Small Projects Grants (quick response) - Individuals and Groups 2023/24
Closes: 20th of May 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: $500 to $5,000
Run By: Create NSW
Supports professional development opportunities for NSW-based professional artists, groups and arts and cultural workers (including museum workers).

Heywire Youth Innovation Grants - 2024
Opens: 13th of March 2024
Closes: 29th of May 2024
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
Helps communities take action on ideas generated by young Australians on issues that matter to remote, rural and regional youth at the annual Heywire Youth Summit.

Community Languages School Grants - Specific Project Grant
Closes: 31st of May 2024
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
Provides funding to community language schools to help with professional development.

Strengthening Rural Communities - Small & Vital
Current Round Closes: 5th of June 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
Provides small rural, regional and remote communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds that can benefit and help secure their future prosperity.

Strengthening Rural Communities – Prepare & Recover
Current Round Closes: 5th of June 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $25,000
Run By: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
Supports communities to implement initiatives that prevent and prepare for future climate related impacts, or recover from existing disasters in the medium to long-term.

Telstra Footy Country Grants - 2024 - Round 3
Opens: 19th of April 2024 - 3:01 pm
Closes: 13th of June 2024 - 3:00 pm
Value: Up to $20,000
Run By: Telstra
Supports Community Clubs affiliated to the AFL to strengthen the base and secure the future in three key strategic areas; grow and assist volunteer capacity, grow and diversify participation, and improve club environments and experiences.

Sisters of Charity Foundation Community Grants Program
Runs: Twice a year
Next Round Opens: 8th of July 2024
Next Round Closes: 31st of July 2024
Value: Up to $15,000
Run By: Sisters of Charity Foundation
Supports organisations that use clever ways to fight poverty, loneliness, suffering and oppression, but struggle to find funding.

ARTC Sponsorships and Donations - 2024 - Round 2
Round Opens: 1st of May 2024
Round Closes: 31st of July 2024
Value: $1,000 to $4,000
Run By: Australian Rail Track Corporation
Funding for short-term projects and activities that contribute to local and regional prosperity, wellbeing and sustainability along the Inland Rail route.

Ski for Life - 2024 - Round 2
Opens: 1st of May 2024
Closes: 31st of July 2024
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: Ski for Life
Support projects for rural and remote communities that would benefit from awareness, promotion of mental health, wellbeing, and suicide prevention.

Telstra Footy Country Grants - 2024 - Round 4
Opens: 13th of June 2024 - 3:01 pm
Closes: 7th of August 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $20,000
Run By: Telstra
Supports Community Clubs affiliated to the AFL to strengthen the base and secure the future in three key strategic areas; grow and assist volunteer capacity, grow and diversify participation, and improve club environments and experiences.

Small Grants - 2024 - Round 2
Opens: 15th of July 2024
Closes: 8th of September 2024
Value: Up to $2,000
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Funding to meet the short-term, collection-based requirements of community museums and Aboriginal cultural spaces.

The Hamer Sprout Fund
Closes: 30th of September 2024
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Australian Communities Foundation
Supports smaller organisations and projects to get them off the ground to build communities inspired to take action for a sustainable future.

Skills Development Grants - 2024
Ongoing Until Closes: 27th of October 2024 or until expended
Value: Up to $4,000
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Provides funding to volunteer museums, museum networks, and Aboriginal cultural spaces for regional or state focused skill development training and networking events involving more than one organisation.

ARTC Sponsorships and Donations - 2024 - Round 3
Round Opens: 1st of August 2024
Round Closes: 31st of October 2024
Value: $1,000 to $4,000
Run By: Australian Rail Track Corporation
Funding for short-term projects and activities that contribute to local and regional prosperity, wellbeing and sustainability along the Inland Rail route.

Ski For Life - 2024 - Round 3
Round Opens: 1st of August 2024
Round Closes: 31st of October 2024
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: Ski for Life
Support projects for rural and remote communities that would benefit from awareness, promotion of mental health, wellbeing, and suicide prevention.

Active and Creative Kids Vouchers - 2024
Closes: 31st of December 2024
Value: $50 to $100
Run By: Service NSW
Supports eligible families with school-aged children to participate in sport, recreational, creative or cultural activities with registered providers.

ARTC Sponsorships and Donations - 2024 - Round 4
Round Opens: 1st of November 2024
Round Closes: 31st of January 2025
Value: $1,000 to $4,000
Run By: Australian Rail Track Corporation
Funding for short-term projects and activities that contribute to local and regional prosperity, wellbeing and sustainability along the Inland Rail route.

Ski For Life - 2024 - Round 4
Round Opens: 1st of November 2024
Round Closes: 31st of January 2025
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: Ski for Life
Support projects for rural and remote communities that would benefit from awareness, promotion of mental health, wellbeing, and suicide prevention.

Community Initiated Grants
Closes: 30th of December 2025 - 11:30 pm
Value: Unspecified
Run By: National Indigenous Australians Agency
Provides and avenue to present a proposal to the Agency where a need has been identified in the community and there are no other current funding avenues available.

Ongoing

Australian Communities Foundation
Closes: Various dates
Value: Dependant on grant
Run By: Australian Communities Foundation
Supports a range of charitable organisations and projects each year. Grants are made domestically and internationally through Australian registered charitable organisations for specific projects, or for purposes that support the ongoing activities of those organisations.

CAGES Foundation Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: CAGES Foundation
Provides funding with the intention of empowering community and creating an environment where every child has the opportunity to reach their potential.

ClubGRANTS
Closes: Various
Value: Dependant on grant applied for
Run By: Club Grants
Clubs across NSW provide support to tens of thousands of local community organisations, sporting groups, and charities that make a difference in their local area.

Community Broadcasting Foundation - Quick Response Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: Community Broadcasting Foundation
These grants will help community broadcasters access funding for eligible projects when their regular grant rounds are closed.

Community Child Care Fund Special Circumstances Grant
Closes: Unspecified
Value: Unspecified
Run By: Australian Government Department of Education
Supports continuity of child care, in particular in disadvantaged or vulnerable communities, where service viability is affected by an unforeseen event or circumstance outside the control of the service.

Google Ad Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $10,000 per month
Run By: Google
Empowers nonprofit organisations, through $10,000 per month in in-kind AdWords™ advertising, to promote their missions and initiatives on Google search result pages.

IGA Community Chest
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Unspecified
Run By: IGA
Every day across the country IGA Community Chest raises funds to support local communities, charities and other worthwhile causes. It could be in response to a major event like floods or bush fires or something as simple as new soccer balls for the local under 8’s.

Matana Foundation Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: No specified minimum or maximum, most grants are between $1,000 and $10,000
Run By: Matana Foundation
Focuses on improving the welfare and wellbeing of young people from severely disadvantaged or marginalised backgrounds, or whose concerns and issues are not readily funded from other sources.

National Cultural Heritage Account
Closes: Ongoing on a case-by-case basis
Value: Up to $500,000 is available each year
Run By: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Helps Australian public cultural organisations buy significant objects that they could not otherwise afford.

Quick Response Grants
Value: Up to $1,500
Run By: Regional Arts NSW
Offers funding for regional artists, arts organisations and communities to respond to unique arts opportunities that present themselves at very short notice.

State Heritage Emergency Works
Closes: Ongoing
Value: $1,000 to $10,000
Run By: Heritage NSW
Supports the protection or repairs to gazetted Aboriginal Places, items listed on the State Heritage Register, or items with a current Interim Heritage Order that have been damaged by unexpected events.

Small Environmental Grant Scheme
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Wettenhall Environment Trust
Providing support for people undertaking projects that will make a positive difference to the natural living environment, in land, sea or air, rural or urban.

Judith Neilson Institute Grants for Journalism
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Unspecified
Run By: Judith Neilson Institute
Provides journalists and media organisations with the resources they need to produce quality journalism and helps them cover wide-ranging topics and under-reported issues and enable them to test approaches to reach new audiences.

Regional Event Fund - Event Development Stream
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: Destination NSW
Supports events that have previously received triennial funding through the Flagship Event stream to increase overnight visitation to the event.

Capacity Building for Native Title Corporations
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $750,000 on average
Run By: National Indigenous Australians Agency
Assists native title holding corporations to generate economic benefits through the effective and sustainable management of their land.

Coopers Foundation - General Giving
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $30,000
Run By: Coopers Foundation
Aims to improve and protect the quality of life of Australians by providing support to charitable organisations.

Seniors Energy Rebate
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $200
Run By: Service NSW
A once-a-year payment for self-funded retirees to help cover the cost of their electricity.

Tertiary Access Payment
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Services Australia
A one off payment to help eligible students with the cost of moving to study.

First Home Owner (New Homes) Grant
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: NSW Government Department of Revenue
A one-off payment is available when you buy or build a new home as your first home.

Indigenous Apprenticeships Program
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Services Australia
A pathway for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to start their career in the Australian Public Service.

Start Strong Community Preschools - 2023
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Based on enrolments
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
Funding to deliver affordable quality preschool education for 3 to 5 year old children enroled in eligible community and mobile preschools

Responsible Grambling Fund - Prevention, Innovation and Technology Grants - 2023
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $200,000
Run By: NSW Office of Responsible Gambling
Funding to support innovative projects that prevent and reduce gambling harm in communities across NSW.

Westpac Youth Impact Challenge
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Westpac
Supports youth to identify a local problem and brainstorm an innovative business or social change idea to solve it.