Community Funding Opportunities and Award Programs - May 2025

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

Dare to Dream Scholarship - 2025
Closes: 19th of May 2025
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Redkite

Established to inspire teenagers affected by cancer to achieve their goals and ambitions, the Dare to Dream Scholarship is open to any teenager (aged 13-18 years old) in Australia who has cancer or has had cancer at any point in their life.

Teens can receive up to $5,000 to help them achieve a goal, including but not limited to:

• Tools and courses to develop creativity
• Music, audio, and visual equipment
• Computers and software
• Building fitness, sport or dance skills
• Tutors for big exams or school catch up
• Courses, coaching, classes, or university
• Pursuing a personal interest or social justice causes

 

Thrive Community Grants - 2025
Closes: 30th of May 2025
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: St George Foundation

Each year, Thrive Community Grants provide smaller, local charities with one-off grants of up to $50,000 to assist children and young people to connect with friends, family and the community, participate in activities that build resilience, develop new skills, enrich lives, and create a sense of belonging. Their support is focussed on children and young people experiencing discrimination and disadvantage.

They invest in charities that support the direct involvement of children and young people to:

• Foster individual learning and interests through education, training or skills development
• Develop independence, engage in society and join the workforce
• Create connections and build relationships with others
• Feel they belong to a wider community, social or cultural group
• Build resilience, self-awareness and confidence
• Have the practical things they need to participate and develop as active members of the community
• Have a positive sense of identity and culture
• Have a say about things that matter to them

 

Indigenous Rangers Program Expansion Round 2
Closes: 5th of June 2025 - 2:00 pm
Value: $650,000 to $165 Million
Run By: National Indigenous Australians Agency

The IRP supports First Nations people to manage Country in accordance with the objectives of Traditional Owners, and to build career pathways in cultural and natural resource management.

Indigenous Rangers use traditional knowledge and cultural practices, and Western science, to manage land, river and sea Country and deliver environmental, cultural, social and economic development outcomes for First Nations communities.

For the IRP Expansion Round 2, up to $165 million (GST exclusive) is available over 3 years (1 July 2025 to 30 June 2028) to create up to 500 full time equivalent ranger positions, equating to over 800 ranger jobs. Should further funding for the IRP Expansion Round 2 be made available, the NIAA may use this additional funding for this grant opportunity.

Award Programs

Traditional Knowledge Innovation Award - 2025
Closes: 13th of May 2025
Run By: Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE)
Celebrates STEM research and development by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or communities which is based on, or significantly incorporates or builds on, Traditional Knowledge. 

NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards - 2025
Closes: 23rd of May 2025 - 5:00 pm
Run By: The Centre for Volunteering
Recognising the incredible dedication, effort and community service of NSW volunteers, volunteer leaders and volunteer teams.

Australian Training Awards - 2025
Closes: 31st of May 2025
Run By: Australian Government

National Safety Awards of Excellence - 2025
Closes: 2nd of June 2025 - 11:59 pm
Run By: NSCA Foundation
Recognise and honour the outstanding individuals, teams, and organisations making a real impact on health and safety across Australia and New Zealand.

Resilient Australia Awards - 2025
Closes: 18th of July 2025 (Jurisdictional Categories Close 3rd of June 2025)
Run By: Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience
Celebrate and promote initiatives that build whole of community resilience to disasters and emergencies around Australia as well as capture and share examples of resilience in action.

Ethnic Business Awards
Closes: Unknown
Run By: Ethnic Business Awards Foundation
Recognising the outstanding accomplishments of Migrant and Indigenous entrepreneurs.

Closing in May

Community Heritage Grants - 2025
Closes: 8th of May 2025 (3 June 2025 for repeat recipients & training projects)
Value: Up to $20,000
Run By: National Library of Australia
Supports community organisations to look after Australian cultural heritage collections.

Community Native Fish Stocking Grants Program - 2025/26
Closes: 9th of May 2025 (cod/perch), 28th of March 2025 (bass)
Run By: NSW Department of Primary Industries
Providing two dollars in funds for every one dollar in funds raised by the community to stock native fish in public waters to benefit anglers

Qantas Regional Grants - 2025
Closes: 10th of May 2025
Value: Combination of cash, in-kind flights and marketing support
Run By: Qantas
Supports Australian-based communities and projects that are looking to benefit our country's regional areas.

Company Director Capability Fund for Organisations
Closes: 13th of May 2025 - 3:00 pm
Value: Up to $6,000
Run By: Creative Australia
Supporting arts and cultural organisations to enhance governance capabilities.

Community Giving Project - 2025
Closes: 15th of May 2025 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $20,000
Run By: Elders
Supporting initiatives that provide sustainable, tangible and long-term benefits with positive outcomes for Australian rural, regional and remote communities.

Community Wellbeing - Round 2 - 2025
Closes: 15th of May 2025 - 5:00 pm
Value: $100,000 to unspecified maximum over multiple years
Run By: The Ian Potter Foundation
Seeks to improve circumstances for disadvantaged members of the community, supporting people with disabilities, or otherwise marginalised individuals primarily with the objective to secure employment pathways.

Aboriginal Languages Sector Development Program 2025
Closes: 18th of May 2025 - 11:00 pm
Value: $150,000 to $400,000
Run By: Aboriginal Languages Trust
Enable Aboriginal Language Organisations in NSW stabilise, strengthen and grow the NSW Aboriginal Languages Sector.

Dare to Dream Scholarship - 2025
Closes: 19th of May 2025
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Redkite
Funding to inspire teenagers affected by cancer to achieve their goals and ambitions.

Skip Ahead - 2025
Closes: 22nd of May 2025 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $120,000
Run By: Screen Australia
Supporting YouTube content creators to develop their skills, and support them to work towards sustainable careers.

2-Year Multi-year Funding
Closes: 26th of May 2025 - 2:00 pm
Value: $60,000 to $200,000 (per year)
Run By: Create NSW
Support both new and established arts and cultural organisations to develop ways to strengthen and grow the NSW arts and culture ecology, create innovative artistic content and products, and drive positive social outcomes for NSW citizens.

Event Partnership Funding
Closes: 27th of May 2025 - 11:59 pm
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Moree Plains Shire Council
Funding to help boost the liveability and visitation of the Moree Plains shire, by inspiring, engaging and uniting the communities through local events.

Sporting Schools - 2025 - Term 3
Opens: 12th of May 2025 - 8:00 am
Closes: 30th of May 2025 - 5:00 pm
Value: $1,000 to $4,150
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.

Thrive Community Grants - 2025
Closes: 30th of May 2025
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: St George Foundation
Assisting children and young people to connect with friends, family and the community, participate in activities that build resilience, develop new skills, enrich lives, and create a sense of belonging.

Visual Arts General Grant Program 2025 - Round 2
Closes: 30th of May 2025
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: Gordon Darling Foundation
Supporting Australia-wide activities of importance in the visual arts

Collier Charitable Fund Grants
Closes: 31st of May 2025
Run By: Collier Charitable Fund
Funding to improve the lives of Australians by assisting those in need.

Closing in June

Indigenous Rangers Program Expansion Round 2
Closes: 5th of June 2025 - 2:00 pm
Value: $650,000 to $165 Million
Run By: National Indigenous Australians Agency
Supports First Nations people to manage Country in accordance with the objectives of Traditional Owners, and to build career pathways in cultural and natural resource management.

Mental Health Month Grants - 2025
Closes: 6th of June 2025
Value: $500 to $1,000
Run By: WayAhead
Small grants to community groups and organisations to support Mental Health Month projects or events.

National Carers Week Grants 2025
Closes: 23rd of June 2025 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $500
Run By: NSW Department of Communities and Justice
Assist local carers support groups /organisations to run their own National Carers Week events or activities within NSW.

Strengthening Rural Communities - Small & Vital - Round 25
Closes: 24th of June 2025
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
Funding small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities.

Strengthening Rural Communities – Prepare & Recover - Round 25
Closes: 24th of June 2025
Value: Up to $25,000
Run By: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
Supports communities in remote, rural and regional communities across Australia to implement initiatives that prevent and prepare for future climate related impacts, or recover from existing disasters in the medium to long-term timeframe.

Cultural Grants Program - 2025
Closes: 25th of June 2025
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Create NSW
Assisting historical research and publication of local, community and regional history projects

Community War Memorials Fund - Round 2025/26
Closes: 25th of June 2025 - 11:00 pm
Value: Up to $15,000
Run By: NSW Department of Veterans Affairs
Funding to support the conservation of community war memorials across NSW.

Audience Development Fund - 2025
Closes: 27th of June 2025
Value: Up to $9,000
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Offers public galleries in NSW assistance in targeting and developing new audiences.

P&C Transition Grant 24-25
Closes: 30th of June 2025 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
Support approved OOSH services that have transitioned to P&C ownership as a result of the recent Provider Category Review

State Heritage Emergency Works
Closes: 30th of June 2025
Value: Up 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.

Steve Waugh Foundation - Children and Young Adults with a Rare Disease - 2025 - Round 2
Opens: 1st of June 2025
Closes: 30th of June 2025
Run By: Steve Waugh Foundation
Supports children and young adults aged 0-25 years who have a rare disease.

Closing in July

The Honda Foundation - 2025
Closes: 11th of July 2025
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: The Honda Foundation
The Honda Foundation acts as a charitable trust, providing financial assistance to charities and organisations doing amazing work across a range of social and environmental issues.

Pride Foundation Australia Small Grants - Round 2 - 2025
Closes: 14th of July 2025 - 11:59 pm
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 2025
Closes: 24th of July 2025
Value: Up to $20,000
Run By: Telstra
Financially assist initiatives that can support Community Clubs affiliated to the AFL to strengthen the base and secure the future.

AbbVie Grants and Donations - 2025 - Round 2
Closes: 25th of July 2025
Run By: AbbVie
Financial support for projects that promote excellence in patient care, support disease awareness and provide education to healthcare professionals, as well as supporting charities and their fundraising activities in the community.

Community Foundation Grants Program - 2025 - Round 2
Opens: 1st of July 2025
Closes: 31st of July 2025
Value: Up to $20,000
Run By: GrainCorp Community Foundation (GCF)
Providing financial support to organisations and projects that contribute to the development and promotion of communities

Community Support Program - 2025
Opens: 1st of July 2025
Closes: 31st of July 2025
Run By: Regional Australia Bank
Providing essential support to community groups each year

Local Para Champions - 2025-26 - Round 1
Closes: 31st of July 2025
Value: $750 to $1,000
Run By: Australian Sports Commission
Financial assistance for coaches, officials and competitors aged 12-24 participating in state, national or international championships for athletes with a disability.

Local Sporting Champions - 2025-26 - Round 1
Closes: 31st of July 2025
Value: $500 to $750
Run By: Australian Sports Commission
Provides financial assistance for coaches, officials and competitors aged 12-18 participating in state, national or international championships.

NSW Sponsorships - 2025 - Round 3
Opens: 1st of July 2025
Closes: 31st of July 2025
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: Whitehaven Coal
Supporting a range of charities and community organisations.

Sisters of Charity Foundation Community Grants Program - 2025
Opens: 1st of July 2025
Closes: 31st of July 2025
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.

Closing in August

Cancer Patient Care Program
Closes: 1st of August 2025 - 2:00 pm
Value: $400,000 to $1 Million
Run By: Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Ensuring that all Australian’s living with cancer have access to high-quality and culturally safe support throughout their cancer experience.

Make the Difference! Grants - 2025
Opens: 10th of July 2025
Closes: 21st of August 2025
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Future2
Helping Australians build stronger financial futures.

Sporting Schools - 2025 - Term 4
Opens: 4th of August 2025 - 8:00 am
Closes: 22nd of August 2025 - 5:00 pm
Value: $1,000 to $4,150
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.

Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program - 2025-26 - Batch 1
Closes: 31st of August 2025 - 9:00 pm
Value: Up to $150,000
Run By: Department of Veterans Affairs
Supports projects that promote appreciation and understanding of the experiences of service and the roles that those who served have played, and to preserve, add to the sum knowledge on, or provide access to information about Australia’s wartime heritage.

Closing Later

Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups - 2025 - Round 2
Closes: 2nd of September 2025 - 3:00 pm
Value: $10,000 to $50,000
Run By: Creative Australia
Funding a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public.

Project Development Grants - 2025
Opens: 14th of July 2025
Closes: 7th of September 2025
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.

Small Grants - 2025 - Round 2
Opens: 14th of July 2025
Closes: 7th of September 2025
Value: Up to $2,000
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Funding for short-term, collection-based requirements of community museums and Aboriginal cultural spaces.

Cultural Fund Grants for Organisations - Round 2 - 2025
Opens: 4th of August 2025
Closes: 15th of September 2025 - 1:00 pm
Value: $10,000 to $30,000 per project
Run By: Copyright Agency
Funding to create and deliver exceptional opportunities for Australian writers, journalists, editors, publishers, English and literacy teachers, and visual artists, and especially for those from First Nations and diverse backgrounds.

Backroads Initiative - 2025
Opens: 23rd of July 2025 - 9:00 am
Closes: 17th of September 2025 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $7,000
Run By: Arts On Tour
Extend and support the reach of professional productions to regional towns that do not have performing arts centres as well as support small hall activation and the work of independent producers and artists.

Strengthening Rural Communities - Small & Vital - Round 26
Opens: 25th of June 2025
Closes: 17th of September 2025
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
Funding small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities.

Strengthening Rural Communities – Prepare & Recover - Round 26
Opens: 25th of June 2025
Closes: 17th of September 2025
Value: Up to $25,000
Run By: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
Supports communities in remote, rural and regional communities across Australia to implement initiatives that prevent and prepare for future climate related impacts, or recover from existing disasters in the medium to long-term timeframe.

ETREA Foundation Grants - 2025 - Round 2
Opens: 15th of July 2025
Closes: 30th of September 2025
Value: $2,000 to $10,000
Run By: ETREA Foundation
Supporting and teaching those in need the tools and skills to rebuild their lives and achieve personal fulfilment.

Steve Waugh Foundation - Children and Young Adults with a Rare Disease - 2025 - Round 3
Opens: 1st of September 2025
Closes: 30th of September 2025
Run By: Steve Waugh Foundation
Supports children and young adults aged 0-25 years who have a rare disease.

Visual Arts General Grant Program 2025 - Round 3
Closes: 30th of September 2025
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: Gordon Darling Foundation
Supporting Australia-wide activities of importance in the visual arts

AbbVie Grants and Donations - 2025 - Round 3
Closes: 10th of October 2025
Run By: AbbVie
Financial support for projects that promote excellence in patient care, support disease awareness and provide education to healthcare professionals, as well as supporting charities and their fundraising activities in the community.

Future Animal Carer’s Grant - 2025
Closes: 31st of October 2025
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: RSPCA Pet Insurance
Providing support to people who are interested in getting into roles which are related to Veterinary Medicine, Animal Care and Animal Sciences

NSW Sponsorships - 2025 - Round 4
Opens: 1st of October 2025
Closes: 31st of October 2025
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: Whitehaven Coal
Supporting a range of charities and community organisations.

Real School Grants Program - 2025
Closes: 31st of October 2025
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Real Insurance
Funding to improve the quality of school resources and communities.

Leg Up Grants - 2025
Closes: 2nd of November 2025
Value: Up to $500
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Funding various skill development projects including hosting or attending workshops, conferences or seminars in NSW, in addition to networking activities.

Skills Development Grants - 2025
Closes: 2nd of November 2025 (or until funds are exhausted)
Value: Up to $4,000
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Funding for volunteer museums, museum networks, and Aboriginal cultural spaces for regional or state focused skill development training and networking events involving more than one organisation.

Pride Foundation Australia Small Grants - Round 3 - 2025
Opens: 4th of August 2025 - 9:00 am
Closes: 17th of November 2025 - 11:59 pm
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.

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.

Participation Grants
Closes: 31st of December 2025 - 6:00 pm
Value: Up to $15,000
Run By: Energy Consumers Australia
Enable residential or small business consumer advocacy by participation in current or forthcoming government, regulatory, 
or industry decision-making processes, or for small, targeted research projects.

Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program - 2025-26 - Batch 2
Opens: 1st of September 2025
Closes: 5th of February 2026 - 9:00 pm
Value: Up to $150,000
Run By: Department of Veterans Affairs
Supports projects that promote appreciation and understanding of the experiences of service and the roles that those who served have played, and to preserve, add to the sum knowledge on, or provide access to information about Australia’s wartime heritage.

Contemporary Music Festival Viability Fund - 2025-26
Closes: 30th of April 2026 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $500,000
Run By: Create NSW
Grow and support the live music ecosystem in NSW through investment in the operations of established music festivals. 

Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme
Closes: 30th of June 2026
Value: Up to $20,000
Run By: NSW Ministry of Health
Incentive package for health workers relocating and commencing work in new positions at rural and remote locations.

Resolution payments under the Youpla Support Program
Closes: 30th of June 2026 - 11:30 pm
Run By: National Indigenous Australians Agency
Resolution Payment for people impacted by the collapse of the funeral insurance provider, the Youpla Group

Food Rescue Rebates
Ongoing Until Closes: 30th of June 2027 or until funding is expended
Value: Up to $2,000 per rebate
Run By: NSW Environment Protection Authority
Working to reduce good quality food suitable for human consumption from being disposed to landfill.

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.

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.

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 for Community Preschools
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.

Workforce Incentives Program (WIP) - Doctor Stream
Closes: Ongoing
Value: $3,600 to $60,000 per year
Run By: Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Promotes careers in rural medicine by giving doctors financial incentives to practise in regional, rural and remote communities.

International Child Abduction Respondents Scheme
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Attorney-General's Department
Provide funding to an individual who is responding to a 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction application seeking the return of a child under the Family Law (Child Abduction Convention) Regulations 1986 (the Regulations) in an Australian court.

Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) First Nations – Scoping Grant
Closes: Ongoing
Value: $15,000 to $30,000
Run By: Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Small grants to help eligible organisations to develop a Delivery Grant application

Tax Help Program
Ongoing: Closes: From July to October each year
Run By: Australian Taxation Office
ATO accredited volunteers can help people lodge their tax returns online.

Sheargold Foundation Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Sheargold Foundation
Support to charitable organisations with clear objectives, a fervent aspiration to create an impact, and a close resonance with their own mission and values

We Move Grant
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Variety
Supports families in purchasing life-changing equipment to increase physical development, independence, and social inclusion.

Deafness Foundation Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $3,000
Run By: Deafness Foundation
Recognise the challenges experienced by students who are deaf or hard of hearing in their effort to access and complete education and training.

Environmental Grant Program
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Narrabri Shire Council
Facilitate projects that enhance the environment, protect the environment, or provide a sustainable environmental solution.

AHO Tenancy Plus Grant
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $20,000
Run By: Aboriginal Housing Office
A financial grant that rewards eligible long-term AHO tenants with a higher rate of co-contribution towards their house deposit.

Deadly Deposit Grant
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Aboriginal Housing Office
A financial grant that can match people's savings towards their deposit, up to $10,000. Deposit savings may be made up of money in the bank, cash, and other sources including inheritance.

Home Buyer Booster Grant
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $2,500
Run By: Aboriginal Housing Office
To help with some of the expenses associated with buying a property, like legal and administrative costs.

Legal assistance for people engaging with the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Attorney-General's Department
National legal advice service and legal financial assistance as part of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide 2.

Digital Marketing Grant
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $30,000
Run By: Little Phil Foundation
Assisting Australian charities with grants to aid with the transition to digital giving and increase supporter engagement.

Historic Acquisition, Conservation and Interpretation
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: The Copland Foundation
Funding projects throughout Australia for the study, management, conservation, acquisition, and interpretation of collections of historic items and architecture.

Kids Under Cover Scholarship - 2025
Closes: Unknown
Run By: Kids Under Cover
Giving young people support they need to stay in school.

Inger Rice Foundation Grant
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $7,000
Run By: Inger Rice Foundation
Funding for Australian charities and not-for-profit organisations whose programs support the development of relationships between parents or carers and their children from birth to primary school age, as well as prenatal programs.

Opportunity Knocks Subsidy
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $500
Run By: Tennis Australia
Provides subsidised coaching by a qualified tennis coach, support with club membership fees or competition fees, for young people aged 5 to 17 facing financial hardship.

Reece Foundation Grant
Closes: Ongoing
Value: $5,000 to $30,000
Run By: Reece Foundation
Supporting locally led initiatives that help communities in Australia and overseas with access to clean water, sanitation or food security through irrigation.

Student Support Program
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Country Education Foundation (CEF)
Supporting access to further education and career opportunities for rural and regional youth irrespective of background, circumstances or location through community-based encouragement and financial assistance.

Transition to Independent Living Allowance
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $1,500
Run By: Australian Government Department of Social Services
Assistance if you’ve left or are leaving care, which can be formal care or out-of-home care (OOHC).

Petstock Foundation Grant Program
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Petstock Foundation
Funding for long-term difference and positive change in the lives of pets and families within our community through education and raising awareness.

Cultural Flows Planning for Cultural Economies
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $300,000
Run By: Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Funding for Murray-Darling Basin First Nations to conduct cultural flows planning, develop sustainable business models and governance structures required to securely hold water.