Our Community Grants - Weekly Update!

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@Lee Griffiths, @Chontelle, @Harley Ames, @Kaeleen Hunter, @Belinda Fleiter, @Fiona Miller, @Steph Bitter

Lots of grants atm - all ppl I tagged, there may be something here for your individual projects :D

The following grants have recently been updated.

ANZ Seeds of Renewal Program 
Closing Date: 01 Aug 2024 Incredibly short deadline
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR), ANZ 

ANZ Seeds of Renewal is a small grants program designed to help build vibrant and sustainable rural communities, to ensure the ongoing prosperity of regional Australia.

Community Grants Program 
Closing Date: 11 Sep 2024 
What's changed: Dates announced - round opens August 1 
Provider: Bell Bay Aluminium 

Bell Bay Aluminium runs an annual grant program, offering assistance to community groups and organisations across Tasmania.

HEY Grants 
Closing Date: 11 Aug 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Youth Affairs Council Victoria (YACVic) 

The Healthy Equal Youth (HEY) Grants are an annual small grant round for LGBTQIA+ projects and initiatives. 

Community Support Program 
Closing Date: 31 Jul 2024 Incredibly short deadline
What's changed: Closing soon 
Provider: Regional Australia Bank 

Regional Australia Bank is committed to providing support to the local communities in which they operate.

Community Grants 
Closing Date: 20 Sep 2024 
What's changed: Dates announced - round opens 12 August 2024. 
Provider: Mary MacKillop Today 

Eligible organisations may apply for grants of up to $10,000 AUD to deliver small, life-changing projects that promote life-long learning for people experiencing systemic injustice and challenges. ... 

MATCH Lab funding 
Closing Date: 06 Aug 2024 Incredibly short deadline
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Creative Australia 

Up to $10,000 in matched funding for independent artists and collectives to run a fundraising campaign, and build fundraising and business skills.

Creative Futures Fund: Development Investment 
Closing Date: 03 Dec 2024 
What's changed: Brand new program opened 
Provider: Creative Australia 

The Fund will support the creation and sharing of Australian stories and new ways for people to engage with them.

Creative Futures Fund: Delivery Investment 
Closing Date: 03 Dec 2024 
What's changed: Brand new program opened 
Provider: Creative Australia 

The Fund will support the creation and sharing of Australian stories and new ways for people to engage with them.

Contemporary Music Touring Program 
Closing Date: 03 Sep 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Creative Australia 

This program provides up to $50,000 to support national tours by musicians performing original contemporary music.

Queer Futures Fund 
Closing Date: 19 Aug 2024 
What's changed: Brand new program opened 
Provider: Wear It Purple 

The Queer Futures Fund is a grant program designed to empower and uplift LGBTQIA+SB young people aged between 18 to 26 years old.

Make the Difference! Grants Program 
Closing Date: 27 Aug 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Future2 

Through the annual Make the Difference! Grants program, Future2 supports Australians experiencing social, financial, or physical hardship.

Live Music Events Fund 
What's changed: Ongoing grant - details changed 
Provider: Music Development Office (SA), Department for Innovation and Skills (SA) 

The State Government’s Live Music Events Fund was created to support live music events and festivals with the potential to grow into major tourist attractions.

Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services 
Closing Date: 12 Aug 2024 
What's changed: Brand new program opened 
Provider: Department of Health and Aged Care 

This is a grant opportunity to identify and engage four Brokerage Organisations (one per region) who will partner with community stakeholders in their region to develop a Community Design Plan of ... 

GLOWS Grant Program: Medium and Large Grants 
Closing Date: 30 Aug 2024 
What's changed: Brand new program opened 
Provider: The Lowitja Institute 

Large and medium research grants focused on providing opportunities for research and community programs aimed at addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community needs.

Local Community Fund - Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone Grant 
Closing Date: 23 Sep 2024 
What's changed: Brand new program opened 
Provider: Department of Primary Industries (NSW) 

The NSW Government has committed $15 million to the Local Community Fund (the LCF), to support community organisations to provide programs, services or infrastructure that are designed to reflect ... 

First Nations Fund - Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone Grant 
Closing Date: 14 Jul 2026 
What's changed: Brand new program opened 
Provider: Department of Primary Industries (NSW) 

The First Nations Fund (FNF) will build capacity of Aboriginal organisations through delivery of programs, services, infrastructure or future planning activities that provide enduring benefit with ... 

Cultural and Economic Development Uplift Pilot Program 
Closing Date: 25 Jul 2024 Incredibly short deadline
What's changed: Brand new program opened 
Provider: Department of Regional NSW 

Funding of up to $1 million for Aboriginal owned Registered Training Organisations to deliver a training program tailored to Local Aboriginal Land Councils, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organis ... 

Organisations - Project Grants 
Closing Date: 02 Sep 2024 
What's changed: Brand new program opened 
Provider: Arts Tasmania 

This program supports organisations to deliver a range of high quality arts activities that strengthen Tasmania's arts sector, engage and inspire audiences and the wider community, and benefit Tas ... 

Sheargold Foundation Grants 
What's changed: Ongoing program. Information has been updated. 
Provider: Sheargold Foundation 

The foundation makes grants across a range of charitable activities.

Community Grants Program 
Closing Date: 31 Jul 2024 Incredibly short deadline
What's changed: IOOF Foundation have changed their name to Insignia Community Foundation and updated their program information 
Provider: Insignia Community Foundation 

The Insignia Community Foundation partners with Australian not-for-profit organisations to help create financial wellbeing for people who have limited access to opportunities.

The following grants have recently been updated.

At Home Care Grants (AHCG) 
Closing Date: 15 Aug 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Youngcare 

The grants provide one-off funding of up to $10,000 to help those aged 16-65 with high physical care needs who are living at home, and are at risk of entering inappropriate housing.

Tucker Foundation Grants 
Closing Date: 31 Aug 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Albert & Barbara Tucker Foundation 

Each year, the Tucker Foundation will consider applications from organisations seeking to undertake projects that further the Foundation's aims and objectives.

Community Grants 
Closing Date: 30 Sep 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Freemasons Foundation Victoria 

Freemasons Foundation Victoria invites charities registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) to apply for a FFV Community Grant for programs in Victoria.

Community Fund Grants 
Closing Date: 31 Jul 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: GrainCorp 

GrainCorp's grants program provides financial support to organisations and projects that contribute to the development and promotion of their communities.

RAF - Project Grants (QLD) 
Closing Date: 16 Aug 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Flying Arts Alliance (QLD), Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Regional Arts Australia 

Project Grants provide major funding for high-quality arts projects benefitting regional or remote artists, arts workers, audiences, and communities.

General Giving Grants 
What's changed: Registration of interest now open. 
Provider: Coopers Brewery Foundation 

To support charities that aim to improve and protect the quality of life of Australians, in keeping with Thomas Cooper’s values.

Specialist Disability Support in Schools Program 
Closing Date: 26 Aug 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Department of Education (QLD) 

The Specialist Disability Support in Schools (SDSS) Program supports schools by providing funding to approved organisations to deliver services to improve access to and participation in curriculum ... 

Content Grants 
Closing Date: 20 Aug 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Community Broadcasting Foundation Ltd 

Content Grants increase and diversify the voices heard in Australian media by supporting the creation of compelling content.

Youth Arts Organisations 
Closing Date: 02 Sep 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Department of State Growth (TAS), Events Tasmania, Screen Tasmania, Arts Tasmania 

This program supports projects that actively engage young people (aged 0 to 25 years and under) to develop their creative skills and capacities, and enhance their social health and wellbeing.

Sustainable Giving Program 
Closing Date: 19 Nov 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Coopers Brewery Foundation 

An eligible organisation will be selected and awarded $50,000 over three consecutive years, providing it with a total of $150,000. The program is designed to provide long-term certainty for the su ...

@Lee Griffiths - some possible grants for Queer Community Building?

@Chontelle, @Luke Gilray & @Jody Pool - some possible grants for TH?

@Kaeleen Hunter, @Dee Brooks & @Belinda Fleiter - some possible grants for Culture Connect?

The following grants have recently been updated.

garinga djimbayang Grant Program 
Closing Date: 28 Aug 2024 
What's changed: Brand new program opened 
Provider: Agriculture Victoria 

The garinga djimbayang Grant Program supports partnerships between TAFEs and Registered Aboriginal Parties (RAPs) in Victoria to embed Aboriginal traditional knowledge and practices in elements of ... 

Victoria's Pride Regional Activation Program 
Closing Date: 06 Aug 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Midsumma 

Victoria's Pride is a landmark program of pride events and projects that takes place in Victoria each year, providing an opportunity for people across the state to demonstrate their pride in, and ... 

Here to Be Grant 
Closing Date: 26 Jun 2024 Incredibly short deadline
What's changed: New round, closing soon 
Provider: lululemon 

Lululemon's 2025 Here to Be grant accelerates the work of community-led non-profit organizations around the globe that are advancing the wellbeing of their communities.

Large Grant Round - Supporting LGBTQIA+ (LGBTQIA+) people living in regional and rural areas 
Closing Date: 05 Jul 2024 Incredibly short deadline
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Australian Communities Foundation, Pride Foundation Australia (PFA) 

The Pride Foundation Australia (PFA) is proud to announce their second grant round for 2024, with a total funding pool of $10,000 with a focus on supporting sexuality, sex and gender diverse (LGBT ... 

Experimental evaluation open grant round 
Closing Date: 15 Oct 2024 
What's changed: Brand new program opened 
Provider: Paul Ramsay Foundation 

PRF is funding a new $2.1 million national open grant round for evaluations of social impact programs that include an ethical experimental component.

Smartgroup Foundation grants 
Closing Date: 30 Aug 2024 
What's changed: Dates announced - round opens August 15, 2024. 
Provider: Smartgroup Foundation 

Smartgroup is committed to positively contributing to the communities in which they live and operate.

Social Enterprise Development Initiative (SEDI) Grants 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Impact Investing Australia 

Social Enterprise Development Initiative (SEDI) Grants help social enterprises, including trading Indigenous owned or controlled organisations with a defined social benefit, grow their business, s ... 

Bennelong Foundation Grants 
Closing Date: 02 Oct 2024 
What's changed: Dates announced - expression of interest opens July 10, 2024. 
Provider: Bennelong Foundation 

The Bennelong Foundation aims to enhance community wellbeing and provide opportunities for positive and lasting change in their community across education, health, and inclusion.

Small Grants Program 
Closing Date: 26 Jul 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Transport Accident Commission (VIC) 

The program aims to encourage innovative community-based projects that will make a positive change in the lives of TAC clients and Victorians with a disability.

Feel free to tag each other for grants that might look interesting or useful :D

The following grants have recently been updated.

CHSP Growth Funding Grant 
Closing Date: 31 May 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Department of Health and Aged Care 

The CHSP Growth Funding 2024–25 Grant will fund up to $100 million to increase availability of domestic assistance, allied health and therapy, transport services and home maintenance in a ra ... 

CHSP First Nations Growth Funding Grant 
Closing Date: 31 May 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Department of Health and Aged Care 

The CHSP First Nations Growth Funding Grant Opportunity (GO6888) will invest $10 million (excl GST) to expand delivery of culturally safe CHSP services for First Nations older people.

Postgraduate Scholarships 
Closing Date: 05 Jun 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 

The NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarships scheme funds successful applicants to attain a research based postgraduate degree (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or a Research Masters Degree).

In a Good Place Grants 
Closing Date: 15 May 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Catholic Church Insurance (CCI) Giving, Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) 

The program supports a range of approaches that are preventative or responsive in nature, reduce social isolation by increasing social participation and connectedness, and reduce stigma surroundin ...

The following grants have recently been updated.

Community Wellbeing and Resilience Program 
Closing Date: 18 Apr 2024 Incredibly short deadline 
What's changed: Brand new program opened 
Provider: Healthy North Coast 

Healthy North Coast’s Community Wellbeing and Resilience (CWR) Program funds local place-based initiatives that support communities to recover from the health and wellbeing impacts ... 

Mable Community Grants 
Closing Date: 30 Apr 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Mable 

Four grants of $10,000 each are available in 2024 for projects that champion independence and inclusion for people with disability and older people.

Community Grants Program 
Closing Date: 30 Jun 2024 
What's changed: Dates announced - round opens May 1, 2024. 
Provider: ActewAGL 

The ActewAGL Community Grants program delivers grant funding to local community groups, local not-for-profit and charity organisations. Established in 2020, the program has delivered funding to ov ... 

Affordable, safe and secure housing program 
Closing Date: 14 Apr 2024 Incredibly short deadline 
What's changed: Brand new program opened 
Provider: Tripple 

Recognising that solving the housing crisis requires more than temporary fixes and that systemic change isn’t always linear or straightforward; Tripple is looking to support initiatives that ... 

Brighter Futures program 
Closing Date: 15 May 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Arrow Energy 

Brighter Futures is Arrow Energy's community investment program and supports the sustainable development of communities in their operational footprint.

Fulbright Scholarships 
Closing Date: 08 Jul 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Australian-American Fulbright Commission 

The Fulbright Professional Scholarship in Non-Profit Leadership is the first Fulbright Scholarship for the Not-for-Profit (NFP) sector in Australia. It provides an opportunity for an emerging lead ... 

LGBTIQ+ Organisational Development grants 
Closing Date: 29 Apr 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) (VIC) 

The LGBTIQA+ Organisational Development Grants strengthen Victoria’s LGBTIQA+ communities by supporting LGBTIQA+ organisations and groups to grow their crucial work.

The following grants have recently been updated.

Community Grants Program 
Closing Date: 30 Apr 2024 
What's changed: Dates announced - round opens April 1 
Provider: Vicinity Centres 

Vicinity Community Grants are aimed at empowering local community groups to deliver programs and initiatives that strengthen community resilience and connectedness.

Community Grants Program 
Closing Date: 05 Apr 2024 Incredibly short deadline 
What's changed: Program just added to the Funding Centre - now open 
Provider: Alinta Energy 

Alinta Energy funds local not-for-profit organisations to support projects which have a positive impact on social disadvantage or environmental sustainability.

Tomorrow Makers SPARK Program 
Closing Date: 09 Apr 2024 Incredibly short deadline 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: AMP Foundation 

This program provides support and funding to individuals and organisations with the drive and determination to create positive social change.

Micro-credentialing Program 
Closing Date: 11 Apr 2024 Incredibly short deadline 
What's changed: Brand new program added - now open 
Provider: Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (QLD) 

The Micro-credentialing Program provides an opportunity to support changing workplaces by enabling the provision of focused training for new or transitioning employees in specific skills. This wil ... 

The following grants have recently been updated.

Excellence Awards - @Chontelle Jannese Together Home?
Closing Date: 12 May 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: HESTA 

The HESTA Excellence Awards recognise exceptional achievements in a range of settings across aged care, allied health, community services and disability services.

Lady Bowen Trust Grants 
Closing Date: 26 Mar 2024 Incredibly short deadline 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Lady Bowen Trust 

The Lady Bowen Trust is an independent charity dedicated to assisting Queenslanders who are homeless and have complex individual needs to achieve safe and secure shelter and build a better future. ... 

Community Grant Program 
Closing Date: 31 Mar 2024 Incredibly short deadline 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: South West Community Foundation 

The South West Community Foundation Grant aims to assist incorporated, not-for-profit community groups across southwest Victoria for charitable projects with a clear public benefit to the communit ... 

Community Grant Program 
Closing Date: 29 Mar 2024 Incredibly short deadline 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Hydro Tasmania 

Hydro Tasmania offers grants for not-for-profit community organisations based in Tasmania to help fund projects that make a real difference for people and communities.

Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector Research Grant 
Closing Date: 18 Apr 2024 
What's changed: Brand new program opened 
Provider: Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector 

The research will investigate what helps progress towards gender equality targets in the public service. 

NAIDOC Grants 
Closing Date: 12 Apr 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Aboriginal Affairs NSW 

NAIDOC Grant funding is for events and activities held between 7 July 2024 and 30 November 2024 that celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements.

Next Economy Jobs Challenge 
Closing Date: 17 Apr 2024 
What's changed: Dates announced - round opens 20 March 2024. More information to follow. 
Provider: Paul Ramsay Foundation, Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation 

The Next Economy Jobs Challenge is catalytic grant round offering a total of $800,000 through a collaboration between Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation and Paul Ramsay Foundation.

Social Impact Grants 
Closing Date: 04 Apr 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Department of Human Services (SA) 

Applications are open for grant funding in support of initiatives that help create strong and inclusive communities and that advances social and emotional wellbeing in the community.

ANZ Community Foundation Grants 
Closing Date: 05 Apr 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Equity Trustees 

The Foundation aims to support projects run by charitable organisations which offer a direct and tangible benefit to local communities.

Metro's Back on Track Community Grants 
Closing Date: 28 Mar 2024 Incredibly short deadline 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Metro Trains Melbourne 

Metro’s Back on Track Community Grants support not for profit organisations doing important work to help improve people’s mental health.

Regional Event Fund - Flagship Event Stream 
Closing Date: 09 Apr 2024 
What's changed: New round opened 
Provider: Destination New South Wales 

The Flagship Event stream provides funding for the marketing of emerging events to increase their profile and encourage visitation.