Grants available for your community project

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The Banksia Sustainability Awards

Closes 6 December

By entering the awards, you have the opportunity to gain well-deserved recognition for your hard work and pioneering sustainable solutions.

nominate

Regional Grant-making Program

Closes 13 December

The regional grants program provides between $5,000 – 430,000 to eligible charitable organisations providing services in the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba and Darling Downs region and North Queensland regions.

The 2025 Grant Round is focusing on, but not limited to, Youth, Women and Families at Risk.

DGR status required.

Prime Minister’s Prizes for scientists and innovators

Closes 17 December

For a significant advancement of knowledge through science. This prize can be awarded to an individual or a team of up to 4 individuals. Awards $250,000. There are seven prize categories.

nominate

Bob Hawke Landcare Awards

Closes 31 December

This national award publicly recognises an individual, group or organisation that has been involved in championing landcare and inspiring others to take action on their property or in their community. A grant package to the value of $30,000 is available.

nominate

Community Grants Program

Closes 31 December

This foundation partners with Australian not-for-profit organisations to help create financial wellbeing for people who have limited access to opportunities.

Between $10,000 and $150,000 is abailable to not ofr profits with DGR status.

Horizon Scholarships

Closes 10 January 2025

This scholarship valued at $10,000 is awarded to students studying an agriculture-related undergraduate degree or a Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths/Finance (STEM) degree with relevant majors which align to agriculture.

apply

Young Technologists Scholarship

Closes 13 January 2025

This scholarship valued at $20,000 supports Australia’s future technologists by providing funding for talented individuals to study at one of our five partner universities and includes the Disruptive Leaders Program, a bespoke leadership program, and lifelong membership to the W100 Alumni Network.

Queensland Destination Events Program

Closes 14 & 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.

HATCH: Taronga Accelerator Program

Closes 27 January 2025

Program is designed to help ecopreneurs take their idea from vision to reality.

Up to $50,000 is available to drive innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing conservation and environmental challenges. If you are an eco-startup and have a brilliant idea, product or service that you think will be the next game changer for the planet, or know someone who does, Taronga wants to hear from you.

apply

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.

apply

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.

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.

Creative Australia

Various closing dates

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.

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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