Community Funding Opportunities and Award Programs - September 2026

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.

What’s New: Items marked with a * before their title indicate new additions or changed details since our last newsletter, helping you quickly identify what’s new and updated.

Featured Grants

Run My Way Grant Program 2026/27
Closes: 14th of September 2026 - 1:00 pm
Value: $5,000 to $100,000
Run By: NSW Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport

This Program forms part of Transport for NSW’s multi-year collaboration with the Office of Sport under the Safer Cities Program which is aimed at increasing women, girls and gender diverse people’s active and meaningful participation in running.

The key objectives of the program are to:

• Improve perceptions of safety for women, girls and gender-diverse people participating in running
• Reduce barriers to participation by supporting initiatives that make running feel more welcoming, accessible and inclusive
• Build the capability of running organisations and providers to create safe, respectful and inclusive environments for participants of all backgrounds and abilities
• Foster partnerships between running clubs, community organisations and local stakeholders to support safer and more inclusive running environments
• Increase participation and retention of women, girls and gender-diverse people in running.
• Encourage community-led approaches to safety, including initiatives that promote social connection, visibility, confidence and collective participation in public spaces
• Support running activities that activate public spaces and strengthen community connections.

 

Country Arts Support Program (CASP) - 2026
Closes: 14th of September 2026 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $3,000
Run By: Arts North West

The Country Arts Support Program (CASP) is an annual small grants program by Arts North West and funded by Create NSW. Grants of up to $3,000 are available to support not-for-profit organisations, local councils and eligible community groups to deliver locally driven arts and cultural projects across the New England North West.

CASP invests in projects that strengthen community participation, celebrate local identity and culture, engage professional artists, and create meaningful social, cultural and economic outcomes for regional communities.

Projects may include workshops, artist residencies, exhibitions, performances, public art, festivals with a strong arts component and other community-led creative initiatives.

 

Aboriginal Sport for Respect Grant
Closes: 6th of October 2026 - 1:00 pm
Value: $3,000 to $25,000
Run By: NSW Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport

The Aboriginal Sport for Respect Grant program enables Aboriginal organisations and communities to design and lead activities that reflect local priorities and ways of knowing, fostering respectful relationships through genuine partnership with the sport and active recreation sector.

The key objectives of the program are to:

Support Aboriginal-led Prevention through Sport: Enable Aboriginal communities, organisations and leaders to design and deliver primary prevention activities that reflect local priorities, strengths, culture and Aboriginal ways of knowing.

Promote safe, respectful and inclusive sporting environments: Support projects that use sport and active recreation to strengthen respectful relationships, challenge harmful attitudes and behaviours, and promote safety, inclusion and belonging

Address the drivers of DFSV in culturally meaningful ways: Support projects that respond to the gendered, colonial and social drivers of domestic, family and sexual violence in ways that are culturally safe, strengths-based, trauma-informed and community-led.

Build local capability and partnerships for prevention: Strengthen the ability of Aboriginal communities, sport and active recreation organisations, ACCOs, DFSV prevention specialists and local partners to work together and embed prevention into everyday sporting activities, leadership, policies, practices and community engagement.

Strengthen learning and impact through Aboriginal-led reflection and evaluation in sport: Embedding culturally appropriate reflection, continuous evaluation and storytelling to understand what works, what is meaningful for communities, identify opportunities to strengthen impact and how Aboriginal-led approaches can inform future prevention activity and investment.

Award Programs

*  First Nations Arts and Culture Awards 2027
Closes: 15th of September 2026 - 3:00 pm
Value: Up to $60,000
Run By: Creative Australia
Recognise and celebrate the enormous contribution of First Nations artists and leaders.

*  Multicultural Community Medals - 2027
Closes: 20th of September 2026 - 11:59 pm
Run By: Multicultural NSW
Celebrate people and organisations from across NSW who are making outstanding contributions to NSW’s multicultural society.

*  2027 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
Closes: 22nd of February 2027
Value: Up to $100,000
Run By: Telstra
Celebrating the validity and cultural diversity of contemporary Indigenous artistic expression in all its forms.

Australia Day NSW Local Citizen of the Year Awards
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Australia Day Council of NSW
Celebrate your community and take the opportunity to recognise and honour the achievements of your fellow everyday Australians making a real difference around you.

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

Closing in September

*  Community Safety Investment Fund - Stream 1 - 2026-27 - Round 2
Closes: 11th of September 2026 - 4:00 pm
Value: $10,000 to $40,000
Run By: NSW Department of Communities and Justice
Provides opportunities for community organisations to design and deliver locally focused, community led solutions to prevent or respond to youth offending, strengthen families and improve community safety.

Cultural Fund Grants for Organisations - Round 2 - 2026
Closes: 14th of September 2026 - 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.

*  Run My Way Grant Program 2026/27
Closes: 14th of September 2026 - 1:00 pm
Value: $5,000 to $100,000
Run By: NSW Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport
Program aimed at increasing women, girls and gender diverse people’s active and meaningful participation in running.

*  Community Radio Music Hubs Grant
Closes: 14th of September 2026 - 2:00 pm
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: Community Broadcasting Foundation
Supports community radio stations that are already active music hubs for their local music communities – helping them build and expand on what they already do well: bringing their local music community together through live music events.

*  Stronger Together Grants Program - Projects - 2026/27
Closes: 14th of September 2026 - 4:00 pm
Value: $20,000 to $50,000
Run By: Multicultural NSW
Grant program to bring communities together, celebrate cultural diversity, support social cohesion and foster community harmony.

*  Country Arts Support Program (CASP) - 2026
Closes: 14th of September 2026 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $3,000
Run By: Arts North West
Grants to support not-for-profit organisations, local councils and eligible community groups to deliver locally driven arts and cultural projects across the New England North West.

NAB Foundation Community Grants - 2026 - Round 2
Closes: 14th of September 2026
Value: Up to $25,000
Run By: NAB
Provides funding for local projects that help communities withstand and recover from natural disasters.

*  Elevate: First Nations Storytelling and Literature Fund - 2026
Closes: 15th of September 2026 - 3:00 pm
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Creative Australia
Grant for career development, open to Australian First Nations writers, poets, editors, illustrators, journalists, arts workers, and groups in the literature sector.

Strengthening Rural Communities - Small & Vital - Round 30
Closes: 17th of September 2026
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 30
Closes: 17th of September 2026
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.

*  Community Project Grant 2026/27
Closes: 18th of September 2026 - 11:59 pm
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Australian Chinese Charity Foundation
Funding for community projects that directly benefit those in need in the community.

Protostars - 2026 - Round 3 (Season 14)
Closes: 21st of September 2026
Value: Up to $1,000
Run By: Blackbird Foundation
Micro-grant program for people 18-25 to work on their passion projects.

Australia Day Community Grants - 2027
Closes: 22nd of September 2026
Value: Up to $15,000
Run By: National Australia Day Council
Funding for community groups, government entities and councils to support Australia Day events that bring communities together and encourage participation in Australia Day activities.

*  WE SWIM Multicultural Community Water Safety Program Grants - 2026-27
Next Round Closes: 24th of September 2026
Value: Up to $100,000
Run By: Royal Life Saving Australia
Funding for WE SWIM Multicultural Community Water Safety Partnerships, ranging from multi-partner, place based collaborations to more targeted, partner specific activity, all co-designed with multicultural communities.

*  Continuation of Viral Hepatitis Prevention and Response Measures
Closes: 28th of September 2026 - 2:00 pm
Run By: Australian Centre for Disease Control
Funding to support organisations in the design and delivery of national viral hepatitis community-led initiatives and awareness raising campaigns that engage priority populations, including people at higher risk of acquiring viral hepatitis or with limited access to health care.

Dementia Training Program
Closes: 29th of September 2026 - 2:00 pm
Run By: Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Fund the delivery of accredited and non-accredited education, upskilling and professional development in dementia care.

Children and Young Adults with a Rare Disease - 2026 - Round 3
Closes: 30th of September 2026
Run By: Steve Waugh Foundation
Supports children and young adults aged 0-25 years who have a rare disease.

*  Goalpost Subsidy
Closes: 30th of September 2026
Value: $500 to $1,000
Run By: PILA
Financial assistance for grassroots clubs to purchase safe, high-quality, regulation-compliant goalposts.

*  Mable Community Grants 2026
Closes: 30th of September 2026
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Mable
Grants for community, sporting group, charity, or not-for-profit organisation that are directly improving the lives of people with disability or older people.

NSW Sponsorships - 2026 - Round 2
Closes: 30th of September 2026
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: Whitehaven Coal
Supporting a range of charities and community organisations.

Visual Arts General Grant Program 2026 - Round 3
Closes: 30th of September 2026
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: Gordon Darling Foundation
Supporting Australia-wide activities of importance in the visual arts

Closing in October

*  Australia-Indonesia Institute Grants Program - 2026-27
Closes: 1st of October 2026 - 12:00 pm
Value: $50,000 to $400,000
Run By: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Grants to develop, promote and strengthen understanding and engagement between Australia and Indonesia.

Real School Grants Program - 2026
Closes: 1st of October 2026
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Real Insurance
Funding to improve the quality of school resources and communities.

Deaf Children Australia - Youth Grants - 2026
Closes: 1st of October 2026 - 11:59 pm
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.

*  Aboriginal Sport for Respect Grant
Closes: 6th of October 2026 - 1:00 pm
Value: $3,000 to $25,000
Run By: NSW Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport
Program to enable Aboriginal organisations and communities to design and lead activities that reflect local priorities and ways of knowing, fostering respectful relationships through genuine partnership with the sport and active recreation sector.

*  National Science Week Public Event Grants - 2027
Closes: 6th of October 2026 - 5:00 pm
Value: $5,000 to $20,000
Run By: Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Support initiatives that enable inclusive and broad-based engagement with science by the public.

*  Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program - 2026/27
Closes: 7th of October 2026 - 1:00 pm
Value: Up to $3,000
Run By: NSW Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport
Grants aimed at providing Automated External Defibrillators and associated equipment to NSW sport and recreation facilities and clubs.

*  First Nations Arts d/Deaf and/or Disabilities Project Fund - 2026
Closes: 13th of October 2026 - 3:00 pm
Value: $5,000 to $10,000
Run By: Creative Australia
Grants to support projects and professional development opportunities across all art forms, nationally and internationally.

Playing Australia Project Investment - 2026 - Round 3
Closes: 13th of October 2026 - 3:00 pm
Run By: Creative Australia
Supporting performing arts tours to reach regional and remote communities across Australia.

Dobell Exhibition Grant - 2027
Closes: 13th of October 2026 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $40,000
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Financial assistance towards the development of new, curated exhibitions of visual arts at regional and public galleries in New South Wales.

*  Schools Plus Partnerships 2026
Closes: 14th of October 2026 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $120,000
Run By: Schools Plus
Up to three years of funding, coaching and other project support for K-12 Government, Catholic, Independent or Special Needs schools with an ICSEA score below 1000, to ensure their students are thriving at school.

AbbVie Grants and Donations - 2026 - Round 3
Closes: 16th of October 2026
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.

Four Year Investment for Organisations 2029–32
Closes: 27th of October 2026 - 3:00 pm
Value: $400,000 to $2.2 Million
Run By: Creative Australia
Funding to enable arts and cultural organisations to plan with longer-term certainty and increase capacity to leverage other support in 2029–32.

Closing in November

*  Arts North West Microgrants - 2026
Opens: 28th of September 2026
Closes: 9th of November 2026 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $1,000
Run By: Arts North West
Small grants to support independent professional practising artists, community groups, arts organisations and creative businesses across the New England North West.

*  Veteran Community Grants Program - 2026 Round
Opens: 7th of September 2026
Closes: 11th of November 2026 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: NSW Department of Veterans Affairs
Funds a range of projects that support veteran wellbeing and commemorate and educate NSW communities about the service and sacrifice of current and former military servicemen and servicewomen.

Pride Foundation Australia Small Grants - Round 3 - 2026
Closes: 16th of November 2026 - 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.

Closing Later

Active and Creative Kids Vouchers - 2026 - Voucher 1
Closes: 31st of December 2026
Value: $50 to $100
Run By: Service NSW
Vouchers to help families with eligible school-aged children pay for sport, recreational, creative or cultural activities.

Mobile Preschool Funding Program - 2026
Closes: 31st of December 2026
Value: Up to $4,456 for children aged 3+ based on hours enrolled
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
Funding for providers of mobile preschools to reduce fees, support quality uplift, incentivise increased enrolment and attendance, and drive improved outcomes for children, and recognises the additional costs and unique challenges associated with achieving universal access in regional and remote NSW.

Regional Event Fund - Event Development - 2026-2027
Closes: 31st of December 2026 - 11:59 pm
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: Destination NSW
Supports mature events that have already received maximum Flagship Event funding and can present a comprehensive strategy for future growth as drivers of tourism.

Saluting their Service Commemorative Grants Program - 2026–27 - Batch 2
Closes: 21st of January 2027 - 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.

Bunnings Community Grants - Round 2
Opens: 1st of January 2027
Closes: 31st of January 2027
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Bunnings
Support for local, grassroots projects that create immediate benefits for communities across Australia and New Zealand, including projects focused on regional areas.

*  National Pies for Local Legends 2026-2027
Closes: 28th of February 2027 - 11:59 pm
Value: $1,000 to $10,000
Run By: Tasmanian Bakeries
Funding new equipment, supplies, special trips, and other needs for registered Australian community groups, sporting clubs or not-for-profit organisations.

Playing Australia Project Investment - 2027 - Round 1
Closes: 2nd of March 2027 - 3:00 pm
Run By: Creative Australia
Supporting performing arts tours to reach regional and remote communities across Australia.

Community Financial Assistance Grants - 2027
Closes: 4th of March 2027 - 11:59 pm
Value: Up to $3,000
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.

Early Childhood Development - 2027
Opens: 9th of March 2027
Closes: 8th of April 2027 - 5:00 pm
Value: $100,000 to unspecified maximum over multiple years
Run By: The Ian Potter Foundation
Funding to improve learning and development outcomes for Australian children (aged 0-8 years) by supporting targeted and universal programs.

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.

P&C Transition Grant 26-27
Closes: 30th of June 2027 - 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 Provider Category Review.

*  Active and Creative Kids Vouchers - 2026 - Voucher 2
Closes: 14th of July 2027
Value: $50 to $100
Run By: Service NSW
Vouchers to help families with eligible school-aged children pay for sport, recreational, creative or cultural activities.

REEF: Kids for the Reef School Excursion Rebate Program
Closes: 12th of May 2028 - 5:00 pm
Run By: Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
Program is to subsidise the cost for students in Year 4 to Year 12 across Australia to travel to and participate in eligible curriculum-related learning experiences within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and World Heritage Areas (the Reef).

Supporting Living Organ Donors Program
Closes: 30th of April 2030 - 2:00 pm
Run By: Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Reimbursement of paid leave and associated out-of-pocket expenses for those undertaking a living organ donation.

Emergency Relief for Securing Regional Water Supplies
Closes: 30th of June 2030 - 5:00 pm
Run By: NSW Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Funding, technical assistance and advice to help regional local water utilities during emergency events to ensure critical human water needs are met.

Ongoing

ABC Future Fund
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $2,500 (Higher values available for community partners)
Run By: ABC Foundation
Small grants and opportunities to grassroots Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations, fostering self-determination and driving economic empowerment for sustainable futures.

AFL National Schools Grants Program
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $500
Run By: AFL NSW / ACT
A range of supports for schools who wish to take part in AFL experiences.

Artists’ Benevolent Fund
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $2,000
Run By: National Association for the Visual Arts
One-off emergency assistance to Australian practitioners in the visual arts, craft or design sector experiencing a crisis that significantly affects their ability to continue their practice.

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.

*  Balnaves Foundation Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: $150,000 to $250,000 per annum
Run By: Balnaves Foundation
Supports Australian not-for-profit organisations that work in the arts, health and education, with a focus on initiatives that benefit young people, First Nations and those facing disadvantage.

Believers Grant
Closes: Ongoing
Value: $5,000 to $25,000
Run By: Blackbird Foundation
Funding for individuals, groups and organisations to unleash creativity in young people and encourage them to be curious, to experiment, and to be lifelong learners.

Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program
Closes: Ongoing
Value: 12.5% on every $1 of the MBS benefits paid from eligible services
Run By: Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Incentive payments for practices bulk billing all eligible MBS services for all their Medicare-eligible patients.

CAGES Foundation Community Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $25,000
Run By: CAGES Foundation
Grants for Aboriginal controlled and led organisations to implement strategies to create nurturing environments for children, families and communities.

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.

*  Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) for Temporary Visa Holders
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Australian Red Cross
Support for some temporary visa holders who have no access to financial support, to help meet their basic needs.

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.

Commonwealth Legal Financial Assistance
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Attorney-General's Department
Funding assistance schemes which can assist with things like legal representation costs and disbursements.

Commonwealth Prac Payment (Vocational Education and Training) Program
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Assist eligible students to manage the costs associated with undertaking a mandatory practicum placement as part of a Diploma of Nursing qualification.

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.

Community Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Pace Farm
Funding to support organisations across Australia to bring about positive, lasting change to their communities.

Community Languages School Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
Grants to support community language programs through establishment, per capita and specific project grants.

Community Living Supports (CLS)
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: NSW Ministry of Health
Supports people with a severe mental illness to live and recover in the community in the way that they want to.

Conservation Partners Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $30,000 per year
Run By: NSW Government Biodiversity Conservation Trust
Financial assistance for landholders managing conservation agreement areas to improve the biodiversity value of their properties.

Continence Aids Payment Scheme (CAPS)
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $717
Run By: Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Provides a payment to help with some of the costs of your continence products.

Coopers Foundation - Giving Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $150,000
Run By: Coopers Foundation
Aims to improve and protect the quality of life of Australians by providing support to charitable organisations.

Deaf Connect Grants and Sponsorships
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Deaf Connect
Support for the Deaf community to achieve their goals, whether they be recreational, career-oriented or wellbeing focused.

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.

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.

Direct Giving Program
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $2,500
Run By: The Walter and Eliza Hall Trust
Targeted, practical financial relief to people experiencing immediate hardship across Australia, through partnership with health professionals and community organisations.

Disaster Recovery Quick Response Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $20,000
Run By: Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
Quick response grants to assist any Indigenous corporation whose property has been directly affected by a declared natural disaster, such as a flood, bushfire, or cyclone.

Disaster Relief Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $50,000 dependent on need and eligibility
Run By: NSW Government Reconstruction Authority
Support those most in need and those least able to return their homes to a safe and habitable condition after a natural disaster such as low-income earners and where the damage is not covered by insurance.

Employment Assistance Fund
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Unspecified
Run By: Job Access
Assists people with disabilities and mental health conditions to buy work related modifications and services.

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.

First Home Buyers Assistance Scheme
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: NSW Government Department of Revenue
Full exemptions or reduced rates of transfer duty for first home buyers in NSW.

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.

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.

Health Workforce Scholarship Program
Closes: Ongoing (multiple rounds per year)
Value: Up to $20,000
Run By: Rural Doctors Network
Scholarships and bursaries to help health professionals in rural and remote Australia retain and enhance their skills, capacity and scope of practice.

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.

Home ownership grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $20,000
Run By: Aboriginal Housing Office
Grants available to Aboriginal people in the process of buying a new home and who meet the eligibility criteria.

Housing Australia Future Fund Facility and National Housing Accord Facility - Round 3
Closes: Ongoing while funding remains available
Run By: Housing Australia
Support the delivery of 21,350 well‑located, high‑quality homes that provide value for money and long‑term community benefit.

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.

Inclusion Support Program
Closes: Ongoing
Value: $5,000 to $70,000
Run By: Australian Government Department of Education
Building the inclusion capacity and capability of eligible CCS approved ECEC services, where there are barriers to the participation of children with additional needs, with their typically developing peers.

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.

Indigenous Youth Mobility Pathways Project (IYMP)
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Career Employment Australia
Supports young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from regional and remote communities across the nation to Dream, Learn and Lead.

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.

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.

*  Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme (IPTAAS)
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: NSW Ministry of Health
Financial assistance towards travel and accommodation costs when you need to travel more than 100km one way or 200km within a week for appointments to the same medical practitioner or health service for specialised medical treatment that is not available locally.

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

Leaving Violence Program
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $5,000 (up to $1,500 in cash and remaining funds in goods and services)
Run By: Australian Government Department of Social Services
Supporting victim-survivors to make choices about leaving violent intimate partner relationships.

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.

Motor Vehicle Duty Relief
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: NSW Government Department of Revenue
Refunds for motor vehicle duties paid on a replacement vehicles, for vehicles destroyed in a declared natural disaster.

Moving Home Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Youngcare
Funding to assist people with extreme functional impairment caused by a physical disability in moving from inappropriate housing, such as aged care, rehabilitation, or hospital, into somewhere more appropriate.

*  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.

Natural Disaster Relief Loan - Non-profit Organisations
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $25,000 (low interest loan)
Run By: NSW Treasury
Low interest loans of up to $25,000 to support recovery of non-profit organisations directly affected by a declared natural disasters.

No Interest Loans (NILs)
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $3,000
Run By: Good Shepherd
0% interest loans with no fees or charges, to help with a broad range of expenses and needs.

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.

Our Country Our Future
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
Funding program for facilitating the return and management of Country to First Nations peoples.

Para Sport Equipment Enhancement Program
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Paralympics Australia
Targeted support to address the specific gap of equipment within the Para sport pathway, enabling more athletes to enter and progress within the Para sport pathway, including those competing within high-performance.

Participation Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $20,000
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.

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.

Quick Response Grants
Value: Up to $5,000
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.

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.

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.

Rehabilitation Appliances Program (RAP)
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Department of Veterans Affairs
Provides aids, equipment and modifications to help eligible veterans to live safely and independently.

Renewable Energy & Climate Project Interest-Free Loans
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia (CORENA)
Interest-free loans to help fund climate projects in cases where the up-front capital cost is a barrier.

Responsible Grambling Fund - Prevention, Innovation and Technology Grants
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.

Scholarships and Allowances for Rural Students
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
Allowances and scholarships for students in rural and remote locations who live away from the family home to attend school.

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.

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

SilverChef Community Grants Program
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: SilverChef
Helping community groups that use hospitality or food services to help disadvantaged or under-served members of their local community.

*  Ski for Life
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Ski for Life
Supporting community-led mental health and suicide prevention initiatives in rural and regional Australia.

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.

Social Enterprise Development Initiative (SEDI) First Nations Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: $50,000 to $120,000
Run By: Australian Government Department of Social Services
Supporting First Nations enterprises that are trading Indigenous-owned or controlled to build their capability and grow their impact.

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

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.

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.

Telstra Top Up
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $180 pre-paid mobile recharge with 70GB of data for six months
Run By: Infoxchange
Helps those experiencing vulnerability stay connected to the people and services supporting them by providing a $180 Pre-Paid mobile recharge with 70GB of data for six months.

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.

The Hamer Sprout Fund
Closes: Ongoing (Closes 30th of September each year)
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.

*  The Mazda Foundation
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Mazda Foundation
Funding for community based organisations with projects to strengthen and build resilience in primary producer communities, or programs offering at risk or disadvantaged young people (12-21 years) skills development, vocational training and employment readiness, to help them build resilience and navigate life transitions.

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).

*  Transport Access Regional Partnerships (TARP) Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Transport for NSW
Small scale funding to support initiatives which improve services and outcomes for sections of the community that need improved transport.

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

*  Wigs Grant
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Variety
Funding of up to $5,000 towards the cost of a human or synthetic hair wig to help support children who have experienced permanent hair loss.

*  Wild Country Environmental Fund
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Wild Country Environmental Fund
Funding for registered Australian charities with DRG1 status to undertake projects in education and advocacy of wild places, research into wild places and their ecology, or support direct action to protect wild places.

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.

Young Indigenous Womens STEM Academy Program
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: CSIRO
Program for young Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women who are interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).