Grants available for your community project

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Queensland Destination Events Program

Closes 28 January 2025

This program provides event organisers with funding between $10,000 and $100,000 to help with the costs of staging events in Queensland. Two funding streams are available.

RACQ Community Grant Program

Closes 30 January 2025

This program gives community groups, charities, sporting clubs and First Nations Councils the opportunity to rebuild after natural disasters and to prepare for the future with resilience-based projects. Up to $25,000 is available under each of the two grant categories; Recovery & Resilience.

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Scholarship for rural and regional students

Closes 31 January 2025

Each year Bendigo Bank award scholarships to community-minded students. You need to be studying at an Australian university, or TAFE campus for the first time.

Under separate funding schemes, Agribusiness scolarships are available to assist students who have been offered a place at an Australian TAFE or University.

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Creative Australia

Closes 4 February

Formally known as the Australia Council for the Arts, Creative Australia champions and invests in arts and creativity to benefit all Australians. There are multiple funding opportunities available now in the following areas – community development, dance, literature, music, theatre, visual arts, first nations and emerging arts.

Energy Resilience Community Fund

Closes 7 February 2025

This fund provides grants of up to $50,000 to community and not-for-profit organisations, local councils and small businesses to help build and strengthen community energy resilience. This means communities will be less impacted by and recover faster from extreme weather events and other electricity reliability challenges.

Influence and Collaboration Grants

Closes 13 February 2025

These grants support advocacy and research initiatives with a purpose of immediate influence on a specific and achievable goal on matters of material significance to residential and small business consumers. The grants program’s objective is to build knowledge and sectoral capacity supporting policy development and consumer education in the National Energy Market.

Coles Nurture Fund

Closes 14 February

Australian producers can apply for a grant of up to $500,000 to help them develop unique products, technologies and processes.

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Wildlife Acoustics Scientific Product Grant

Closes 14 Feb + 15 May

This quarterly grant program supports the advancement of wildlife research, habitat monitoring, and environmental conservation. Scientists may apply for a product grant to advance the study of bats, birds, amphibians, and other terrestrial wildlife—or a new travel grant to help them attend a conference with their peers.

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Innovate to Grow: Recycling & Circular Economy program

Closes 16 February

Innovate to Grow is a free 8-week virtual, self-paced learning program for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) to investigate new R&D opportunities related to the recycling and circular economy sectors.

Ric Nattrass Research Grant

Closes 17 February

$1,500 is available to assist research into Queensland’s frogs.

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NAIDOC Local Grants

Closes 20 February

Up to $25,000 is available as a co-contribution to the cost of activities and events being held around National NAIDOC Week (6 to 13 July 2025) that celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures, achievements and continuing contributions to our country and Australian society.

Gambling Community Benefit Fund Grant

Closes 28 Feb + 30 June

The fund allocates grants to not-for-profit community groups, to enhance their capacity to provide services, leisure activities and opportunities for Queensland communities.

The Feb round makes $35,000 available

The June round makes $100,000 available

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a2 Farm Sustainability Fund

Closes 28 February

This grant offers about $30,000 to businesses to support projects aimed at enhancing dairy farming sustainability via the a2 Farm Sustainability Fund.

Wiri Yuwiburra Community Benefits Trust Grants

Apply anytime

This Trust aims to develop, support and promote programs and activities for the benefit of people from the identified communities.

We support:

– Education & Training
– Representative sports
– Cultural heritage and wellbeing
– Business development and research
that encourage individuals to maximise their skills, abilities and potential. We aim to assist social, emotional or economic advancement of our people.

The Ian Potter Foundation

Ongoing rounds

The Ian Potter Foundation makes grants nationally to support charitable organisations working to benefit the community across a wide range of sectors and endeavours.

Environmental Grants and Support

Apply anytime

Patagonia supports local groups working to addresses the root causes of the environmental crisis and seeks to protect both the environment and affected communities.. Funding ranges between $5,000 USD and $20,000 USD.

Norman Wettenhall Small Environmental Grant

Apply anytime

Providing support for projects (usually under $10,000) that make a positive difference to the natural living environment. Projects must be directly making positive changes to biodiversity conservation in Australia.

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Hamer Sprout Fund

Apply anytime

This fund aims to support projects and organisations that:

Promote innovation in environmental education
Facilitate engagement in environmental action
Advocate for environmental sustainability
Foster collaboration between young people engaged in environmental leadership

Up to $5,000 is available.

Our Country Our Future

Apply anytime

The Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation partner with Indigenous Australians to provide economic, environmental, social or cultural benefits through two functions: assisting Indigenous Australians to acquire land and water-related rights; and assisting Indigenous Australians to manage Indigenous-held land and Indigenous waters.

Arts Qld Grants

Various closing dates

Arts Queensland’s funding initiatives work to drive creative employment, and grow new creative work and events that will activate Queensland communities and showcase uniquely Queensland stories.

Screen Australia Funding

Various closing dates

Screen Australia offers funding to support the development, production and marketing of Australian screen content, as well as for the development of Australian talent and screen production businesses. There are at least eight funding categories to explore.

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