Community Funding Opportunities and Award Programs - June 2023

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

Growing Regions Program - Round 1
Opens: 5th of July 2023
Closes: 1st of August 2023 - 5:00 pm
Value: $500,000 to $15 Million
Run By: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

The Growing Regions Program – Round 1 will deliver grants up to a maximum of $15,000,000 over 3 years to deliver community infrastructure projects.It will deliver community and economic benefits by investing in community-focused infrastructure which revitalises regions and enhances amenity and liveability throughout regional Australia.

The objectives of the program are:

• constructing or upgrading community infrastructure that fills an identified gap or need for community infrastructure
• contributing to achieving a wide range of community socio-economic outcomes.
• is strategically aligned with regional priorities.

James Frizelle Charitable Foundation Grants - 2023 - Round 2
Closes: 30th of June 2023
Value: Unspecified
Run By: James Frizelle Charitable Foundation

The James Frizelle Charitable Foundation has been established to support those who have contributed to our great country but may have unfortunately through no fault of their own, fallen on hard times and can no longer speak for themselves.

They have a range of grants including:

• Community Health Grants
• Disadvantaged Grants
• Domestic Violence Grants
• Homelessness Grants
• Housing and Accommodation grants
• Mental Health Grants

 

Junior Rangers
Closes: 19th of July 2023 - 11:30 pm
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: National Indigenous Australians Agency

Through the 2022-23 Budget and 2023 Closing the Gap Implementation Plan, the Australian Government is expanding the number of junior ranger sites delivered to First Nations secondary and/or primary students in locations across Australia. Activities will support students to engage with their schooling through a combination of classroom and on-Country learning.

This open, competitive grant opportunity will select providers to deliver junior ranger activities at up to 35 new sites in 2023 to end 2025. Initial funding agreements will be for up to three (3) years and may be extended. Preference will be given to local First Nations providers, including Indigenous Ranger Groups or First Nations providers with relationships with Indigenous Ranger Groups, where relevant. Applicants should also demonstrate support from Traditional Owners and partner schools to deliver activities.

Funded activities should boost school attendance and support participating students to complete their schooling. Projects can include school-based activities (as well as camps, excursions and field trips) involving land, sea, and natural resource management, environmental data collection, heritage related projects and cultural studies. Activities can also support students to gain relevant qualifications, such as Conservation and Ecosystem Management (Certificates I, II and III), Maritime Studies and Senior First Aid.

 

Community War Memorials Fund 2023-24
Closes: 25th of July 2023 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: NSW Department of Veterans Affairs

The NSW Government established the Community War Memorials Fund to help conserve, repair and protect war memorials across NSW. Since the establishment of the program in 2008, grants have been provided for a wide range of projects including conservation assessments, honour roll repair, war memorial cleaning and conservation work, arborist advice for war memorial trees, security measures for memorials, repairs to war memorial halls and improvements to the accessibility of memorials.

Award Programs

Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards - 2023
Closes: 27th of June 2023
Run By: Australian Institute of Criminology
Recognises programs that reduce crime and violence that may address specific groups such as rural and remote communities, women, children, youth, family, migrant, ethnic or Indigenous communities, or specific problems such as alcohol-related violence.

Resilient Australia Awards - 2023
Closes: 30th of June 2023 (extended)
Run By: Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience
Recognises a wide range of initiatives with past projects centred on risk assessment and mitigation, mental health and wellbeing, education, training and research, and community engagement, as well as response and recovery.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award - 2024
Closes: 2nd of July 2023 (extended)
Value: Up to $20,000
Run By: Australian Academy of Science
Recognises research in the physical and biological sciences by outstanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

Community Achievement Awards
Opens: 20th of June 2023
Closes: 24th of August 2023
Run By: Awards Australia
Acknowledges the valuable contributions that individuals, communities and businesses make throughout regional and rural NSW & The ACT.

Closing in June

Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants Program
Closes: 20th of June 2023 - 9:00 pm
Value: Up to $450 per grave
Run By: Department of Veterans Affairs
Funding to contribute to the cost of establishing a grave marker on currently unmarked private graves of WW1 veterans.

Community Choices Program - 2023
Closes: 26th of June 2023 - 5:00 pm
Value: $1,250 to $5,000
Run By: Essential Energy
Allows customers to nominate and vote for community groups, community halls, not-for-profit and registered charities, in the network area, that could benefit from a funding boost.

National Carers Week Grants - 2023
Closes: 26th of June 2023 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $300
Run By: Carers Australia NSW
Funding to celebrate and recognise the contribution of family and friend carers in their local communities by holding local events and activities.

Deaf Children Australia - Youth Grants
Closes: 27th of June 2023
Value: Up to $2,500
Run By: Deaf Children Australia
Grants to help youth aged 12 to 23 years of age that are deaf or hard of hearing to help reach their goal.

Back to School Vouchers
Closes: 30th of June 2023
Value: Up to $150
Run By: Service
3 Vouchers per child in a NSW primary or secondary school to pay for school supplies.

Creative Kids Voucher - 2023
Closes: 30th of June 2023
Value: Up to $100
Run By: Service NSW
Voucher to help children in primary and secondary school participate in creative and cultural activities.

James Frizelle Charitable Foundation Grants - 2023 - Round 2
Closes: 30th of June 2023
Value: Unspecified
Run By: James Frizelle Charitable Foundation
A range of grants that supports project to help those who have fallen on hard times and can no longer speak for themselves.

Mental Health Week Grants - 2023
Closes: 30th of June 2023
Value: $5,000 to $10,000
Run By: WayAhead
Small grants to community groups and organisations to support Mental Health Month projects or events.

St George Foundation - Community Grants - 2023
Closes: 30th of June 2023
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: St George Foundation
support grassroots projects run by Australian children's charities helping to create brighter futures for children and young people in need.  

Start Strong Capital Works Grants Program - Crisis Fund - 2022-23
Closes: 30th of June 2023
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
Supports the maintenance and/or creation of preschool places where there is an immediate and/or urgent need for capital works.

Closing in July

Arts and Disability Initiative - 2022-24
Closes: 4th of July 2023 - 3:00 pm
Value: Up to $30,000
Run By: Australia Council for the Arts
Support for d/Deaf artists or arts workers, or artists or arts workers with disability, seeking to undertake a project or activity to advance their practice, skills or career.

Junior Rangers
Closes: 19th of July 2023 - 11:30 pm
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: National Indigenous Australians Agency
Funding for junior ranger sites that support students to engage with their schooling through a combination of classroom and on-Country learning. 

Community War Memorials Fund 2023-24
Closes: 25th of July 2023 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: NSW Department of Veterans Affairs
Fudning to help conserve, repair and protect war memorials across NSW.

Emerging Aviation Technology Partnerships (EATP) Program – Round Two
Closes: 27th of July 2023 - 11:30 pm
Value: Up to $2 Million
Run By: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Encourages adoption of emerging aviation technologies (such as drones, electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft and new aviation propulsion systems) to address community needs.

Local Sporting Champions
Current Round Closes: 31st of July 2023
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.

Sisters of Charity Foundation Community Grants Program
Next Round Opens: 8th of July 2023
Next Round Closes: 31st of July 2023
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 - 2023
Next Round Closes: 31st of July 2023
Value: $1,000 to $4,000
Run By: Australian Rail Track Corporation
Supports the communities that are home to Inland Rail to support short-term or one-off initiatives.

Local Para Champions
Current Round Closes: 31st of July 2023
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.

Closing in August

Growing Regions Program - Round 1
Opens: 5th of July 2023
Closes: 1st of August 2023 - 5:00 pm
Value: $500,000 to $15 Million
Run By: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Funds community-focused infrastructure which revitalises regions and enhances amenity and liveability in regional areas.

The Harcourts Foundation
Current Round Closes: 3rd of August 2023
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.

AFL National Schools Grants Program
Next Round Opens: 14th of August 2023
Next Round Closes: 25th of August 2023
Value: Up to $500
Run By: AFL NSW / ACT
A range of supports for schools who wish to take part in AFL experiences.

Sporting Schools - 2023
Next Round Opens: 14th of August 2023 - 8:00 am
Next Round Closes: 25th of August 2023 - 5:00 pm
Value: $1,000 to $3,600
Run By: Australian Sports Commission
Supports the delivery of sport-based programs for primary and year 7 and 8 students to build the confidence and capability to be active for life.

NAB Foundation Community Grants - 2023
Closes: 31st of August 2023
Value: Up to $10,000
Supports practical projects that build environmental resilience to natural disasters and climate change.

Strengthening Rural Communities - Small & Vital
Current Round Closes: 31st of August 2023 - 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: 31st of August 2023 - 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.

Strengthening Rural Communities – Rebuilding Regional Communities - Small Grants
Closes: 31st of August 2023 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
Supports community-led initiatives that enhance the process of recovery of remote, rural and regional communities from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Closing Later

Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
Closes: 5th of September 2023 - 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.

Volunteer Museum Grant Program - Project Development Grants - 2023
Opens: 16th of July 2023
Closes: 10th of September 2023
Value: $2,500 to $7,500
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Supports community museums and Aboriginal cultural spaces to carry out strategic and innovative projects with mid to long term outcomes.

Volunteer Museum Grant Program - Small Grants - 2023
Current Round Closes: 10th of September 2023
Value: Up to $2,000
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Helps meet the short-term, collection-based requirements of community museums and Aboriginal cultural spaces.

The Mazda Foundation
Current Round Closes: 30th of September 2023
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.

Playing Australia Project Investment
Closes: 10th of October 2023 - 3:00 pm
Value: Unspecified
Run By: Australia Council for the Arts
Supports performing arts tours to reach regional and remote communities across Australia.

Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program - 2023-24
Closes: 10th of October 2023 - 9:00 pm
Value: Up to $150,000
Run By: Department of Veterans Affairs
Supports projects that commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations.

Volunteer Museum Grant Program - Leg Up Grants - 2023
Closes: 29th of October 2023 or until expended
Value: Up to $500
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Quick response skill development grants for workers in volunteer managed museums and Aboriginal cultural spaces.

Volunteer Museum Grant Program - Skills Development Grants - 2023
Closes: 29th of October 2023 or until expended
Value: Up to $4,000
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Provides funding to volunteer museums and museum networks for regional or state focused skill development training and networking events.

Community Initiated Grants
Closes: 30th of October 2023 - 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.

Ninganah No More Aboriginal Languages Program
Closes: 1st of November 2023
Value: Up to $100,000
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
Aims to increase the level of Aboriginal languages being taught in early childhood services across NSW.

Strengthening Rural Communities – Rebuilding Regional Communities - Large Grants
Next Round Opens: 1st of September 2023
Next Round Closes: 4th of December 2023 - 5:00 pm
Value: $10,000 to $50,000
Run By: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
Supports community-led initiatives that enhance the process of recovery of remote, rural and regional communities from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Active Kids Vouchers - 2023
Closes: 31st of December 2023
Value: Up to $200
Run By: Service NSW
2 Vouchers to help children in primary or secondary school participate in physical activity.

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.

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.

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.

Dollar for Dollar Native Fish Stocking Program
Closes: Ongoing
Value: $1,000 to $6,000
Run By: NSW Department of Primary Industries
Aims to enhance recreational freshwater fishing opportunities, to support local communities in the stocking high value native fish species, to assist in the development of regional aquaculture industries and to increase community and industry involvement in, and awareness of responsible stocking.

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.

Return to Work Program - Phase 3
Closes: Ongoing until funding is exhausted
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Service NSW
Supports women who have been unemployed for one month or more and intend to return to work within 6 months.

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 Buyer Choice
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: NSW Government Department of Revenue
First home buyers may be able to choose to pay an annual property tax instead of transfer duty.

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 enrollments
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
Funding to deliver affordable quality preschool education for 3 to 5 year old children enrolled in eligible community and mobile preschools