Grants

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Disaster Recovery Allowance

Support if you’ve lost income as a direct result of Queensland Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred that started in March 2025.

Closing 8 September 2025

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Sport and Recreation Disaster Recovery Program (SRDRP)

Funding is available for eligible sport and active recreation organisations located in disaster declared areas as identified on the Queensland Reconstruction Authority Activations web page.

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Disaster Support & Recovery

The Queensland Government is providing financial and support services for people impacted by disasters and emergencies.

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Social Enterprise Development Initiative (SEDI) Grants

Opening date: 3rd June 2024
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: Up to $120,000

Sanitarium Community Care Program

Opening date: 26th July 2024
Closing date: 26th July 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Offers mostly in-kind support (products) for community programs, projects or activities.

Female Founders Co-Investment Fund

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th June 2027
Funding Amount: $50,000 - $200,000

Supports innovative women-led startups preparing for early-stage capital raise.

Australian Sports Foundation Fundraising

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 2nd August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Offers a fundraising platform for all sports at all levels to help fund their sporting needs.

Arcare Grants Program

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Encourages and supports innovations that give all Australians the opportunity to age well, envisioning a community where older people are valued, supported, and thriving.

Fundraise Yourself

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides a way for you to fundraise online for a project within your school that improves educational outcomes for students.

Inger Rice Foundation Grants

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $7,000

Aims to promote the health, well-being and development of young children.

Self-Employment Assistance Program (Somerset Region)

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Helps people start, develop and grow a small or micro-business through 12 months of free mentoring, workshops, accredited training and financial support.

Innovate Grant

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th August 2025
Funding Amount: $1,800

Provides grants to artists and photographers to act as sparks of financial support that ignite your creative development.

Canva’s Nonprofit Program

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Seeks to empower nonprofits to achieve their goals with free access to Canva’s premium features.

Our Country Our Future

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides a wide range of assistance to Indigenous Australians including to acquire land and water-related rights, and to manage Indigenous-held land and Indigenous waters.

Manufacturing Energy Efficiency Grant Program

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $50,000

The grant of up to $50, 000 is for Queensland-based manufacturers to improve energy efficiency measures and technology, reduce energy usage, costs and emissions.

The Pollination Project Seed Funding

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: $1,000

Exists to uplift grassroots changemakers whose work helps build a kinder, more compassionate world.

Grassroots Cricket Fund

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Funds Queensland community cricket club programs that will grow junior participation.

Emerging Athlete Pathways

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $1,600

Supports eligible young athletes, coaches and officials aged 10-18 years to progress on a development pathway by providing financial assistance to help alleviate the costs associated with attending state, national and international events.

Accelerating Female Founders Program – Founders

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Finds business development programs for Queensland-based female founders or leaders of innovative businesses to take their innovation driven enterprises to the next level, create connections and access opportunities.

Social Enterprise Growth Grants

Opening date: 12th August 2024
Closing date: 5th December 2025
Funding Amount: $5,000 - $25,000

Provides grants to eligible established Queensland social enterprises for capability and capacity building that supports the business to scale up or adapt.

Tourism Business Digital Adaption Program

Opening date: 1st September 2024
Closing date: 20th December 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $2,500

Provides QLD tourism businesses with a rebate and free support to help them improve their digital capabilities.

CAGES Foundation – Community Grants

Opening date: 1st September 2024
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $50,000

Supports Aboriginal controlled organisations responding to an immediate need, focused on children aged under five.

Courier-Mail Children’s Fund

Opening date: 1st September 2024
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Exists to change the lives of Queensland children in need.

Consideration is only given for children throughout Queensland. Supporting a range of charitable organisations, the Fund has provided financial assistance for:
– Mobility and learning aids
– Educational equipment and assistance
– Recreational and respite programs
– New technologies
– Medical equipment.

Community Supported Small Grants Program

Opening date: 1st September 2024
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides funds to assist individuals experiencing financial disadvantage.

Social workers, case managers or allied health professionals employed by supporting charitable organisations (holding DGR item 1 status) may submit an application on behalf of an individual in need. This program operates in Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT and Victoria.

Escaping Violence Payment Program

Opening date: 1st September 2024
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $5,000

Offers financial assistance to help those escaping domestic violence to move forward and set up a home free of violence.

Self-Employment Assistance (Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim and Somerset)

Opening date: 1st September 2024
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Self-Employment Assistance provides a range of services for current and aspiring business owners, ranging from flexible individual Business Advice Sessions to a structured 12-month package of Small Business Coaching.

Reddit Community Funds

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $50,000

Provides financial support for community projects and events that help make Reddit a better community for everyone.

What kind of projects or events are eligible for funding?
– Projects that encourage participation and involvement between your community’s members, and as an extension, Reddit as a whole
– Projects that are affiliated with or intend to explicitly promote another company, website, or outside project, will not be funded.

Redkite Grants

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides financial assistance for children, aged 18 and under, who either have cancer or have been treated for cancer.

Coles Community Support

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Supports many community and charity organisations across Australia through partnerships, fundraising, food donations and disaster relief.

Roots & Shoots Mini Grants

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 16th June 2025
Funding Amount: $500

Offers a rewarding, seed-funding initiative to promote respect and compassion for all living things in Australia.

Bring your big idea to life with a $500 grant from the Une Parkinson Foundation and Conservation Landholders Tasmania, along with mentoring from the Roots & Shoots Australia network. Together we can make the world a better place; one veggie patch, school initiative and family farm at a time!

Purves Environmental Fund

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Supports proposals that meet the Fund’s current focus areas: degradation of key biodiversity habitat, unsustainable management of natural resources, and pollution.

Community Reward Program

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Offers a sustainable fundraising platform for your local sporting club.

My Giving Circle Grants

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Helps charities and not-for-profit organisations access grants, grow their supporter base, raise their profile and generate donations.

Matana Foundation for Young People Grants

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: $1,000 - $10,000

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.

Amgen Australia Donations

Opening date: 1st November 2024
Closing date: 30th November 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Makes donations to the healthcare and non-healthcare community to further educational, scientific, or other charitable purposes.

Intercultural Understanding Partnership (ICUP) Grants

Opening date: 1st November 2024
Closing date: 30th November 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $10,000

Provides funding for Australian schools to address intercultural and/or interfaith challenges, enhancing student learning and wellbeing.

The Frankie Foundation Grants

Opening date: 1st November 2024
Closing date: 30th November 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $1,000

Helps support kids continue or start therapy if their NDIS plan budget has run out or a therapy or service is not covered by their current NDIS plan.

Bakers Delight Sponsorships

Opening date: 1st November 2024
Closing date: 30th November 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Offers sponsorship to community groups, charities, teams and individuals for all kinds of events.

Bendigo Bank Sponsorships, Grants and Scholarships

Opening date: 1st December 2024
Closing date: 31st December 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Each Bendigo Bank branch supports their local community through sponsorships, grants and scholarships.

National Zakat Foundation Funding

Opening date: 1st December 2024
Closing date: 31st December 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Assists individuals that fall into the categories of the poor, needy and indebted who are resident in Australia.

Roger Rasheed Sports Foundation Support

Opening date: 1st December 2024
Closing date: 31st December 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Aims to improve the lives of children in disadvantaged areas by providing access to first-class sports facilities, coaching, equipment, and opportunities to participate in sports.

The program helps foster health, resilience, and community connections through sport.

Remarkable Programs

Opening date: 1st December 2024
Closing date: 31st December 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Offers a range of opportunities to help drive the future of Disability Tech.

My Mummy Grants

Opening date: 1st February 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: $5,000 to $10,000

Offers coaching grants to deserving mums in business.

Djurwa Partnerships and Sponsorships

Opening date: 1st February 2025
Closing date: 28th February 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Commits to fostering positive relationships with Indigenous peoples and contributing to their well-being and empowerment.

GoodWillGrow Charity Partnerships

Opening date: 1st February 2025
Closing date: 28th February 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Connects small to medium-sized non-profits with passionate SME sponsors, creating a sustainable cycle of support and impact while delivering tangible ROI for businesses.

GIVIT

Opening date: 1st February 2025
Closing date: 28th February 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Helps eligible organisations obtain the essential items and services they need to support people in need around Australia.

First Nations Business Acceleration Program

Opening date: 1st February 2025
Closing date: 4th February 2027
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Boosts innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities for mature Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses in Queensland.

Entrepreneurship World Cup

Opening date: 1st February 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $250,000

Invites applications from startups to pitch competitions and support programs, helping entrepreneurs at all levels to reach the next stage in their journey by providing them with prizes and free access to training and resources, enhancing their visibility, and working to connect them to mentors and investors.

Honda Hero Loan Vehicle

Opening date: 3rd February 2025
Closing date: 11th July 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides vehicles to eligible charities or approved bodies for a 12-month period.

Real School Grants Program

Opening date: 15th February 2025
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: $5,000

Helps aid school funding to schools and school groups/committees across Australia.

FUNDamentals For School Kids

Opening date: 24th February 2025
Closing date: 25th September 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides grants to help disadvantaged children at Queensland schools.

The Youi Student Grant

Opening date: 24th February 2025
Closing date: 24th October 2025
Funding Amount: $5,000

Aims to back students with different skillsets, perspectives and experiences who can add uniqueness to what Youi does.

Youi is keen to support the next generation of minds and give them a place to shine. So they’ve introduced the Youi Student Grant.

Ignite Program

Opening date: 1st March 2025
Closing date: 31st March 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides a whole spectrum of support and guidance to help you grow your business ideas.

From expert advice to funding opportunities, mentorship programs to invaluable networking connections, the innovation landscape is brimming with resources to propel you forward.

Invested in Queensland Program

Opening date: 1st March 2025
Closing date: 31st March 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Through our partnerships with industry, we’re supercharging Queensland’s economic growth and creating a new generation of jobs for Queenslanders.

Queensland Innovation Precincts and Places Fund: Stream 3 — Regional Precincts and Places Infrastructure & Technology Program

Opening date: 1st March 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2027
Funding Amount: Up to $3,000,000

Funds smart infrastructure, technology and upgrades that support future industry focused collaborative projects.

Brisbane Broncos Charities Fund (BBCF)

Opening date: 1st March 2025
Closing date: 31st March 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides encouragement, assistance and financial support for the underprivileged and disadvantaged youth of Queensland.

Disaster Recovery Allowance

Opening date: 11th March 2025
Closing date: 8th September 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $5,400

Support if you’ve lost income as a direct result of Queensland Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred that started in March 2025.

Disaster Recovery Allowance is a short term payment to help you if Queensland Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, in March 2025 directly affects your income.

You can get it for a maximum of 13 weeks. We’ll pay this from the date you started losing income as a direct result of this disaster.

or

Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) is a lump sum payment to help you if you’ve been directly affected by this declared disaster. If you’re eligible you’ll get:

$400 for each child younger than 16.

$1,000 per adult

Personal Hardship Financial Assistance

Opening date: 11th March 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $900

The Albanese and Crisafulli Governments are activating Personal Hardship Assistance covering targeted localities of Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, and Somerset and Scenic Rim following ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Support includes Emergency Hardship Assistance of $180 for individuals, up to $900 for a family of five or more to cover essentials like food, clothing and medicine.

Personal Hardship Assistance Scheme

  • Emergency Hardship Assistance Grants – $180 per person, up to $900 for a family of five or more to purchase immediate essentials like food, clothing and medicine.
  • Essential Services Hardship Assistance – $150 per person, up to $750 for a family of five or more to assist with immediate needs following the loss of essential services at home for more than five consecutive days.
  • Essential Household Contents Grants – up to $1,765 for individuals and up to $5,300 for couples or families to replace destroyed essential household contents such as bed linen and white goods.
  • Structural Assistance Grants – up to $80,000 for uninsured, income-tested owner-occupiers towards the repair or replacement of a disaster damaged dwelling to return it to a safe and habitable condition.

Toyota Good for Footy Raffle

Opening date: 17th March 2025
Closing date: 8th September 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Helps footy clubs around Australia fundraise via a raffle run by Toyota.

Frank Hall-Bentick Education Fund

Opening date: 21st March 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $2,500

Assists indigenous and non-indigenous people with disability to participate in both formal and informal education programs through small financial grants

Strengthening Rural Communities — Small & Vital

Opening date: 28th March 2025
Closing date: 24th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $10,000

Gives small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities.

Strengthening Rural Communities – Prepare & Recover

Opening date: 28th March 2025
Closing date: 24th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $25,000

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.

Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program – Major Grants

Opening date: 31st March 2025
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: $10,001 - $150,000

Aims to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel who served in wars, conflicts and peace operations, including National Service personnel, and their families.

Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program – Community Grants

Opening date: 31st March 2025
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $10,000

Aims to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel who served in wars, conflicts and peace operations, including National Service personnel, and their families.

SilverChef Community Grants Program

Opening date: 1st April 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: $5,000

Provides grants to eligible community groups who use hospitality to support disadvantaged or under-served communities.

Marketing and Technology Grants

Opening date: 1st April 2025
Closing date: 30th April 2026
Funding Amount: Up to $30,000

Offers nonprofit organisations funds to procure technology to help maximise their impact.

Australian Communities Foundation Funding Platform

Opening date: 1st April 2025
Closing date: 30th April 2026
Funding Amount: $2,000 - $15,000

Showcases granting opportunities so ACF’s community of givers can be inspired to support initiatives that are aligned with their interests.

Bega Group Sponsorships

Opening date: 1st April 2025
Closing date: 30th April 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Supports organisations with as wide community benefit as possible and in projects that have a lasting benefit.

Creswick Foundation Fellowship

Opening date: 1st April 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: $10,000 - $40,000

Funds fellowships which are granted to applicants who have relevant knowledge, expertise and experience in the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.

2025 NEiTA Awards

Opening date: 3rd April 2025
Closing date: 27th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $10,000

Recognises and rewards the efforts of outstanding educators in Australia and New Zealand.

NEiTA Awards are open to dedicated professionals within the education sector who meet the following criteria:
​- Must be qualified and registered educators or directors within early childhood centers, or teachers and principals in primary, special, and secondary schools in Australia or New Zealand
​- Must have a minimum of two years’ teaching experience
​- Must be currently employed, meeting the following minimum average employment levels
​- Primary, special, and secondary teachers: at least 0.6 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) per week
​- Kindergarten and preschool teachers (teaching pre-prep programs): at least 28 hours every fortnight.

Cartier Women’s Initiative – Regional Awards

Opening date: 18th April 2025
Closing date: 24th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $100,000

Supports women-owned and women-led impact-driven businesses. Entrepreneurs across all sectors and geographies are encouraged to apply.

Emerging Artist Grants

Opening date: 22nd April 2025
Closing date: 17th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $15,000

Assists talented emerging and early-career artists to take up professional development opportunities, usually overseas.

Believer Grants

Opening date: 30th April 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: $10,000 - $20,000

Supports organisations and groups that are working to unleash creativity in young people.

Protostars Grants

Opening date: 30th April 2025
Closing date: 16th June 2025
Funding Amount: $1,000

Provides small grants to young people under 25 to work on their passion projects in Australia or New Zealand.

WFI Insurance Sponsorship

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 31st May 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Offers supports to a range of agricultural, commercial and community partnerships that reflect shared goals and common organisation values.

Arts Projects – Organisations

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 2nd September 2025
Funding Amount: $20,000 - $100,000

Funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences.

Elevate: Boosting diversity in STEM

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 1st September 2025

Aims to address inequities in STEM through comprehensive scholarships enabling more diverse women and non-binary people to access tertiary STEM education, professional skills development and STEM leadership opportunities with industry and academia.

Community Building Grant

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Funds projects that will serve and assist migrants, refugees and/or international students living in Australia.

Community Led Climate Solutions

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 26th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $75,000

Supports not-for-profit organisations across remote, rural and regional Australia to drive local climate solutions that reduce emissions through education, engagement and action.

The William Angliss Charitable Fund

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $150,000

Offers grants to Victorian and Queensland organisations in the fields of children and youth, art and culture, social justice, health and wellbeing, and connected communities.

The Fund aims to realise Sir William Angliss’s desire to make a lasting and ongoing contribution to the community by funding charitable organisations in Victoria and Queensland. Through this funding the Fund hopes to support the strength and resilience of small, local community groups and efforts, as well as those serving on a larger scale.

Rabobank Sponsorships

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 31st May 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Aims to support the prosperity of agriculture, farmers and rural communities, and seeks to work with organisations that are committed to the same values.

Rabobank’s single focus is Australian agribusiness.

If you have an opportunity that benefits the food and agribusiness industry, a specific sector, commodity, or region and offers meaningful Ag community engagement, please get in touch.

TURSA Community Grant Program

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 13th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $30,000

Targets not-for-profits that operate in the TURSA service areas.

The grant funding aims to:
– Enhance capacity of local not-for-profits to deliver impactful programs
– Strengthen support networks for unemployed and individuals at risk of unemployment
– Promote collaboration and partnerships among community organisations, government programs, and other stakeholders
– Provide funding and support for projects aligned with TURSA’s vision and mission.

Support Plantation Establishment program

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 17th July 2025
Funding Amount: minimum grant amount is $40,000

The funding supports the establishment of new long-rotation softwood and hardwood plantation forests in Australia and assists the sector in responding to the projected growth in demand for domestically sourced timber resources.

Harcourts Foundation Grants

Opening date: 4th May 2025
Closing date: 3rd August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides support for a specific event, project, item, or initiative that helps, grows, and enriches our communities.

LGBTQIA Small Grants Program

Opening date: 5th May 2025
Closing date: 14th July 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $1,000

Invests in projects that benefit either LGBTQIA+ individuals or community or strengthen LGBTQIA+ organisational capacity.

Pick of the Crop Grant Funding

Opening date: 6th May 2025
Closing date: 27th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $7,000

Supports Queensland Primary State Schools implement locally-designed Pick of the Crop actions that provide increased opportunities for their students to learn about and eat more vegetables and fruit through a positive food culture.

Woolworths Netball Grants

Opening date: 9th May 2025
Closing date: 29th August 2025
Funding Amount: $2,000 - $20,000

Helps to grow the sport of netball, providing clubs with funding to help refresh and upgrade their facilities to ultimately increase participation numbers.

The Woolworths Netball Grants Program supports grassroots netball clubs and associations across the country to improve the health and wellbeing of Aussie kids.

Not-for-Profit Scholarship Program

Opening date: 12th May 2025
Closing date: 15th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $1,800

Provides governance education to new and aspiring NFP directors seeking to deepen their understanding of directorship so they can give even more to the communities they serve. 


ABC Trailblazers Program

Opening date: 13th May 2025
Closing date: 24th August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Recruits inspiring young people aged 18-to-28 who are dedicated to making regional Australia even better.

If you’re aged between 18 and 28 and have started a social, educational, environmental or economic development project in your regional community, this program is for you.

Japanese Language Grants – Mini Grants: Teaching Materials Grant

Opening date: 14th May 2025
Closing date: 2nd July 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $700

Supports schools that are establishing new Japanese language programs by providing financial support for the purchase of Japanese language teaching materials.

Vital Impacts Environmental Photography Grant and Mentorships

Opening date: 15th May 2025
Closing date: 16th September 2025
Funding Amount: $5,000 - $20,000

Supports long-term, locally based, environmental photography projects with communities working to protect the environment and wildlife

WIRES National Grant Program

Opening date: 19th May 2025
Closing date: 20th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $50,000

Supports best practice wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, an increase in emergency preparedness for wildlife, and native species recovery projects, to improve long-term outcomes in Australia.

Playing Australia Audience Development Multi-Year Investment Program

Opening date: 20th May 2025
Closing date: 5th August 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $900,000

Focuses on audience development in regional and remote communities aligned with national touring activity.

Australian Acoustical Society Education Grant

Opening date: 20th May 2025
Closing date: 31st July 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $20,000

Encourages and enhances the study of acoustics in Australia, in particular to encourage research in acoustics.

Double the Goodness Grant

Opening date: 20th May 2025
Closing date: 31st May 2026
Funding Amount: Up to $10,000

Aims to perpetuate goodness where budgets are constrained which is often right at the coalface, where real, positive impact happens.

Whether you’re a start-up, small business, growing company, corporation, a social enterprise or not for profit, we all need to keep generating more engaged customers and supporters.

Carman’s Trees for Bees Community Tree Grants

Opening date: 20th May 2025
Closing date: 18th July 2025
Funding Amount: $500

Provides funding to community groups and organisations to increase vital habitat, providing spaces for bees to forage, live and breed.

The Trees for Bees Community Tree Grants support the planting of bee-friendly trees in extended gardens, community-owned land, school grounds, sporting club precincts and urban corridors.

Secure communities partnership grants

Opening date: 26th May 2025
Closing date: 11th July 2025
Funding Amount: UP to $400,000

The $40 million Secure Communities Partnership Program offers funding to support safety measures to deter crime against small and family businesses and create safer and more vibrant business areas.

The program aims to protect small and family businesses from crime and economic losses, through the installation of vital safety and security infrastructure. This will create safer public commercial precincts and business strips and improve the operating environment for small and family businesses across Queensland.

NewAccess for Small Business Owners

Opening date: 28th May 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Beyond Blue’s NewAccess for Small Business Owners is a free and confidential mental health coaching program designed to support small business owners and sole traders.

You have the option of 8 sessions, where you’ll work with a dedicated coach with a background in small business. Your coach will work with you to develop practical tools for managing stress, building resilience, and navigating both personal and professional challenges.

Industry Partnership Program QLD

Opening date: 28th May 2025
Closing date: 31st December 2025
Funding Amount: Funding amounts vary

This program provides support for projects which support development of industries which will be in demand as the world decarbonises.

Free Tools for First Years QLD

Opening date: 28th May 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $1,000

This program provides QLD apprentices with a rebate to help them cover the costs of tools.

Westpac Social Change Fellowship

Opening date: 29th May 2025
Closing date: 3rd July 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $50,000

Supports innovators with a passion to create positive social change in Australia.

The Westpac Social Change Fellowship supports the development of people from any sector with the drive to create better lives for all Australians. Up to 10 Fellowships of up to $50,000 will be awarded to individuals who have the vision and commitment to deliver an initiative that will improve the wellbeing of Australians.

Private Sector Pathways Program QLD

Opening date: 29th May 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2027
Funding Amount: Matched funding of up to $50,000

This program provides funding to Queensland small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and scaleups to help them find solutions to corporate challenges.

First Nations Innovation Acceleration Program QLD

Opening date: 29th May 2025
Closing date: 4th February 2027
Funding Amount: Funding and advisory services

This program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander innovative businesses in Queensland who are established and looking to scale.

Small Business Energy Incentive

Opening date: 29th May 2025
Closing date: 31st July 2026
Funding Amount: A maximum bonus tax deduction of $20,000

This program provides a bonus tax deduction for the cost of eligible assets and improvements that support more efficient use of energy.

Gambling Community Benefit Fund

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 18th July 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $100,000

Allocates funding to not-for-profit community groups to help them provide services, leisure activities and opportunities for Queensland communities.

Wellness coaches for QLD small businesses

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Wellness coaches are available for owners and employed family members of small business owners. Coaches can help in finding the right service available and provide references to specialist service providers for support to reduce stress, improve wellbeing and provide flexible business support.

Workforce Connect Fund – HR Support Grants QLD

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 31st July 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $5,000

This program provides funding to QLD small businesses to help with new and innovative HR solutions to support their business.

Queensland Smart Farms

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 30th April 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

AgTech providers, producers and supply chain businesses may trial technology and accelerate development, testing and adoption through use of available smart farms. Expression of Interest (EOI) opportunities

Start-Up Finance Package

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: Up to $150,000

The Start-up Finance Package provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander start-ups with access to loans to help new businesses get off the ground.

Small Business Skills and Training Boost

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: Additional 20% tax deduction

This initiative provides small businesses with a bonus tax deduction to help them train new staff and upskill existing staff.

Small Business Support Pool QLD

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: $2,000

This program supports small businesses to retain employees supported through the Back to Work Incentive Payments.

Indigenous Languages Grants

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 27th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $15,000

Indigenous Languages Grants aim to increase the number and strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages spoken in Queensland in partnerships with Aboriginal peoples and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Harold’s Garden Grants

Opening date: 3rd June 2025
Closing date: 24th June 2025
Funding Amount: $1,000

Encourages young people to get gardening and to ask more questions about where their food comes from.

The Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism

Opening date: 1st July 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: $10,000

Provides a grant to a journalist to produce significant content in any medium profiling issues in the Pacific region.

Kenneth Myer Innovation Fellowships

Opening date: 14th July 2025
Closing date: 17th August 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $180,000

Supports breakthrough solutions to Australia’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.

Arts

Innovate Grant

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th August 2025
Funding Amount: $1,800

Provides grants to artists and photographers to act as sparks of financial support that ignite your creative development.

Emerging Artist Grants

Opening date: 22nd April 2025
Closing date: 17th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $15,000

Assists talented emerging and early-career artists to take up professional development opportunities, usually overseas.

Protostars Grants

Opening date: 30th April 2025
Closing date: 16th June 2025
Funding Amount: $1,000

Provides small grants to young people under 25 to work on their passion projects in Australia or New Zealand.

Arts Projects – Organisations

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 2nd September 2025
Funding Amount: $20,000 - $100,000

Funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences.

The William Angliss Charitable Fund

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $150,000

Offers grants to Victorian and Queensland organisations in the fields of children and youth, art and culture, social justice, health and wellbeing, and connected communities.

The Fund aims to realise Sir William Angliss’s desire to make a lasting and ongoing contribution to the community by funding charitable organisations in Victoria and Queensland. Through this funding the Fund hopes to support the strength and resilience of small, local community groups and efforts, as well as those serving on a larger scale.

Vital Impacts Environmental Photography Grant and Mentorships

Opening date: 15th May 2025
Closing date: 16th September 2025
Funding Amount: $5,000 - $20,000

Supports long-term, locally based, environmental photography projects with communities working to protect the environment and wildlife

Playing Australia Audience Development Multi-Year Investment Program

Opening date: 20th May 2025
Closing date: 5th August 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $900,000

Focuses on audience development in regional and remote communities aligned with national touring activity.

Australian Acoustical Society Education Grant

Opening date: 20th May 2025
Closing date: 31st July 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $20,000

Encourages and enhances the study of acoustics in Australia, in particular to encourage research in acoustics.

The Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism

Opening date: 1st July 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: $10,000

Provides a grant to a journalist to produce significant content in any medium profiling issues in the Pacific region.

Business

Social Enterprise Development Initiative (SEDI) Grants

Opening date: 3rd June 2024
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: Up to $120,000

Female Founders Co-Investment Fund

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th June 2027
Funding Amount: $50,000 - $200,000

Supports innovative women-led startups preparing for early-stage capital raise.

Self-Employment Assistance Program (Somerset Region)

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Helps people start, develop and grow a small or micro-business through 12 months of free mentoring, workshops, accredited training and financial support.

Canva’s Nonprofit Program

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Seeks to empower nonprofits to achieve their goals with free access to Canva’s premium features.

Manufacturing Energy Efficiency Grant Program

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $50,000

The grant of up to $50, 000 is for Queensland-based manufacturers to improve energy efficiency measures and technology, reduce energy usage, costs and emissions.

Accelerating Female Founders Program – Founders

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Finds business development programs for Queensland-based female founders or leaders of innovative businesses to take their innovation driven enterprises to the next level, create connections and access opportunities.

Social Enterprise Growth Grants

Opening date: 12th August 2024
Closing date: 5th December 2025
Funding Amount: $5,000 - $25,000

Provides grants to eligible established Queensland social enterprises for capability and capacity building that supports the business to scale up or adapt.

Tourism Business Digital Adaption Program

Opening date: 1st September 2024
Closing date: 20th December 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $2,500

Provides QLD tourism businesses with a rebate and free support to help them improve their digital capabilities.

Self-Employment Assistance (Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim and Somerset)

Opening date: 1st September 2024
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Self-Employment Assistance provides a range of services for current and aspiring business owners, ranging from flexible individual Business Advice Sessions to a structured 12-month package of Small Business Coaching.

Remarkable Programs

Opening date: 1st December 2024
Closing date: 31st December 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Offers a range of opportunities to help drive the future of Disability Tech.

GoodWillGrow Charity Partnerships

Opening date: 1st February 2025
Closing date: 28th February 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Connects small to medium-sized non-profits with passionate SME sponsors, creating a sustainable cycle of support and impact while delivering tangible ROI for businesses.

Entrepreneurship World Cup

Opening date: 1st February 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $250,000

Invites applications from startups to pitch competitions and support programs, helping entrepreneurs at all levels to reach the next stage in their journey by providing them with prizes and free access to training and resources, enhancing their visibility, and working to connect them to mentors and investors.

Ignite Program

Opening date: 1st March 2025
Closing date: 31st March 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides a whole spectrum of support and guidance to help you grow your business ideas.

From expert advice to funding opportunities, mentorship programs to invaluable networking connections, the innovation landscape is brimming with resources to propel you forward.

Invested in Queensland Program

Opening date: 1st March 2025
Closing date: 31st March 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Through our partnerships with industry, we’re supercharging Queensland’s economic growth and creating a new generation of jobs for Queenslanders.

Queensland Innovation Precincts and Places Fund: Stream 3 — Regional Precincts and Places Infrastructure & Technology Program

Opening date: 1st March 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2027
Funding Amount: Up to $3,000,000

Funds smart infrastructure, technology and upgrades that support future industry focused collaborative projects.

Disaster Recovery Allowance

Opening date: 11th March 2025
Closing date: 8th September 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $5,400

Support if you’ve lost income as a direct result of Queensland Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred that started in March 2025.

Disaster Recovery Allowance is a short term payment to help you if Queensland Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, in March 2025 directly affects your income.

You can get it for a maximum of 13 weeks. We’ll pay this from the date you started losing income as a direct result of this disaster.

or

Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) is a lump sum payment to help you if you’ve been directly affected by this declared disaster. If you’re eligible you’ll get:

$400 for each child younger than 16.

$1,000 per adult

SilverChef Community Grants Program

Opening date: 1st April 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: $5,000

Provides grants to eligible community groups who use hospitality to support disadvantaged or under-served communities.

Marketing and Technology Grants

Opening date: 1st April 2025
Closing date: 30th April 2026
Funding Amount: Up to $30,000

Offers nonprofit organisations funds to procure technology to help maximise their impact.

Australian Communities Foundation Funding Platform

Opening date: 1st April 2025
Closing date: 30th April 2026
Funding Amount: $2,000 - $15,000

Showcases granting opportunities so ACF’s community of givers can be inspired to support initiatives that are aligned with their interests.

Bega Group Sponsorships

Opening date: 1st April 2025
Closing date: 30th April 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Supports organisations with as wide community benefit as possible and in projects that have a lasting benefit.

Cartier Women’s Initiative – Regional Awards

Opening date: 18th April 2025
Closing date: 24th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $100,000

Supports women-owned and women-led impact-driven businesses. Entrepreneurs across all sectors and geographies are encouraged to apply.

WFI Insurance Sponsorship

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 31st May 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Offers supports to a range of agricultural, commercial and community partnerships that reflect shared goals and common organisation values.

Rabobank Sponsorships

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 31st May 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Aims to support the prosperity of agriculture, farmers and rural communities, and seeks to work with organisations that are committed to the same values.

Rabobank’s single focus is Australian agribusiness.

If you have an opportunity that benefits the food and agribusiness industry, a specific sector, commodity, or region and offers meaningful Ag community engagement, please get in touch.

Double the Goodness Grant

Opening date: 20th May 2025
Closing date: 31st May 2026
Funding Amount: Up to $10,000

Aims to perpetuate goodness where budgets are constrained which is often right at the coalface, where real, positive impact happens.

Whether you’re a start-up, small business, growing company, corporation, a social enterprise or not for profit, we all need to keep generating more engaged customers and supporters.

Secure communities partnership grants

Opening date: 26th May 2025
Closing date: 11th July 2025
Funding Amount: UP to $400,000

The $40 million Secure Communities Partnership Program offers funding to support safety measures to deter crime against small and family businesses and create safer and more vibrant business areas.

The program aims to protect small and family businesses from crime and economic losses, through the installation of vital safety and security infrastructure. This will create safer public commercial precincts and business strips and improve the operating environment for small and family businesses across Queensland.

NewAccess for Small Business Owners

Opening date: 28th May 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Beyond Blue’s NewAccess for Small Business Owners is a free and confidential mental health coaching program designed to support small business owners and sole traders.

You have the option of 8 sessions, where you’ll work with a dedicated coach with a background in small business. Your coach will work with you to develop practical tools for managing stress, building resilience, and navigating both personal and professional challenges.

Industry Partnership Program QLD

Opening date: 28th May 2025
Closing date: 31st December 2025
Funding Amount: Funding amounts vary

This program provides support for projects which support development of industries which will be in demand as the world decarbonises.

Free Tools for First Years QLD

Opening date: 28th May 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $1,000

This program provides QLD apprentices with a rebate to help them cover the costs of tools.

Private Sector Pathways Program QLD

Opening date: 29th May 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2027
Funding Amount: Matched funding of up to $50,000

This program provides funding to Queensland small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and scaleups to help them find solutions to corporate challenges.

Small Business Energy Incentive

Opening date: 29th May 2025
Closing date: 31st July 2026
Funding Amount: A maximum bonus tax deduction of $20,000

This program provides a bonus tax deduction for the cost of eligible assets and improvements that support more efficient use of energy.

Wellness coaches for QLD small businesses

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Wellness coaches are available for owners and employed family members of small business owners. Coaches can help in finding the right service available and provide references to specialist service providers for support to reduce stress, improve wellbeing and provide flexible business support.

Workforce Connect Fund – HR Support Grants QLD

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 31st July 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $5,000

This program provides funding to QLD small businesses to help with new and innovative HR solutions to support their business.

Queensland Smart Farms

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 30th April 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

AgTech providers, producers and supply chain businesses may trial technology and accelerate development, testing and adoption through use of available smart farms. Expression of Interest (EOI) opportunities

Start-Up Finance Package

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: Up to $150,000

The Start-up Finance Package provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander start-ups with access to loans to help new businesses get off the ground.

Small Business Skills and Training Boost

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: Additional 20% tax deduction

This initiative provides small businesses with a bonus tax deduction to help them train new staff and upskill existing staff.

Small Business Support Pool QLD

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: $2,000

This program supports small businesses to retain employees supported through the Back to Work Incentive Payments.

Community

Sanitarium Community Care Program

Opening date: 26th July 2024
Closing date: 26th July 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Offers mostly in-kind support (products) for community programs, projects or activities.

Arcare Grants Program

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Encourages and supports innovations that give all Australians the opportunity to age well, envisioning a community where older people are valued, supported, and thriving.

Canva’s Nonprofit Program

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Seeks to empower nonprofits to achieve their goals with free access to Canva’s premium features.

The Pollination Project Seed Funding

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: $1,000

Exists to uplift grassroots changemakers whose work helps build a kinder, more compassionate world.

Courier-Mail Children’s Fund

Opening date: 1st September 2024
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Exists to change the lives of Queensland children in need.

Consideration is only given for children throughout Queensland. Supporting a range of charitable organisations, the Fund has provided financial assistance for:
– Mobility and learning aids
– Educational equipment and assistance
– Recreational and respite programs
– New technologies
– Medical equipment.

Community Supported Small Grants Program

Opening date: 1st September 2024
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides funds to assist individuals experiencing financial disadvantage.

Social workers, case managers or allied health professionals employed by supporting charitable organisations (holding DGR item 1 status) may submit an application on behalf of an individual in need. This program operates in Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT and Victoria.

Reddit Community Funds

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $50,000

Provides financial support for community projects and events that help make Reddit a better community for everyone.

What kind of projects or events are eligible for funding?
– Projects that encourage participation and involvement between your community’s members, and as an extension, Reddit as a whole
– Projects that are affiliated with or intend to explicitly promote another company, website, or outside project, will not be funded.

Coles Community Support

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Supports many community and charity organisations across Australia through partnerships, fundraising, food donations and disaster relief.

Roots & Shoots Mini Grants

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 16th June 2025
Funding Amount: $500

Offers a rewarding, seed-funding initiative to promote respect and compassion for all living things in Australia.

Bring your big idea to life with a $500 grant from the Une Parkinson Foundation and Conservation Landholders Tasmania, along with mentoring from the Roots & Shoots Australia network. Together we can make the world a better place; one veggie patch, school initiative and family farm at a time!

My Giving Circle Grants

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Helps charities and not-for-profit organisations access grants, grow their supporter base, raise their profile and generate donations.

Matana Foundation for Young People Grants

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: $1,000 - $10,000

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.

Bakers Delight Sponsorships

Opening date: 1st November 2024
Closing date: 30th November 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Offers sponsorship to community groups, charities, teams and individuals for all kinds of events.

Bendigo Bank Sponsorships, Grants and Scholarships

Opening date: 1st December 2024
Closing date: 31st December 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Each Bendigo Bank branch supports their local community through sponsorships, grants and scholarships.

National Zakat Foundation Funding

Opening date: 1st December 2024
Closing date: 31st December 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Assists individuals that fall into the categories of the poor, needy and indebted who are resident in Australia.

GoodWillGrow Charity Partnerships

Opening date: 1st February 2025
Closing date: 28th February 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Connects small to medium-sized non-profits with passionate SME sponsors, creating a sustainable cycle of support and impact while delivering tangible ROI for businesses.

GIVIT

Opening date: 1st February 2025
Closing date: 28th February 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Helps eligible organisations obtain the essential items and services they need to support people in need around Australia.

Honda Hero Loan Vehicle

Opening date: 3rd February 2025
Closing date: 11th July 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides vehicles to eligible charities or approved bodies for a 12-month period.

Queensland Innovation Precincts and Places Fund: Stream 3 — Regional Precincts and Places Infrastructure & Technology Program

Opening date: 1st March 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2027
Funding Amount: Up to $3,000,000

Funds smart infrastructure, technology and upgrades that support future industry focused collaborative projects.

Brisbane Broncos Charities Fund (BBCF)

Opening date: 1st March 2025
Closing date: 31st March 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides encouragement, assistance and financial support for the underprivileged and disadvantaged youth of Queensland.

Disaster Recovery Allowance

Opening date: 11th March 2025
Closing date: 8th September 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $5,400

Support if you’ve lost income as a direct result of Queensland Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred that started in March 2025.

Disaster Recovery Allowance is a short term payment to help you if Queensland Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, in March 2025 directly affects your income.

You can get it for a maximum of 13 weeks. We’ll pay this from the date you started losing income as a direct result of this disaster.

or

Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) is a lump sum payment to help you if you’ve been directly affected by this declared disaster. If you’re eligible you’ll get:

$400 for each child younger than 16.

$1,000 per adult

Personal Hardship Financial Assistance

Opening date: 11th March 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $900

The Albanese and Crisafulli Governments are activating Personal Hardship Assistance covering targeted localities of Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, and Somerset and Scenic Rim following ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Support includes Emergency Hardship Assistance of $180 for individuals, up to $900 for a family of five or more to cover essentials like food, clothing and medicine.

Personal Hardship Assistance Scheme

  • Emergency Hardship Assistance Grants – $180 per person, up to $900 for a family of five or more to purchase immediate essentials like food, clothing and medicine.
  • Essential Services Hardship Assistance – $150 per person, up to $750 for a family of five or more to assist with immediate needs following the loss of essential services at home for more than five consecutive days.
  • Essential Household Contents Grants – up to $1,765 for individuals and up to $5,300 for couples or families to replace destroyed essential household contents such as bed linen and white goods.
  • Structural Assistance Grants – up to $80,000 for uninsured, income-tested owner-occupiers towards the repair or replacement of a disaster damaged dwelling to return it to a safe and habitable condition.

Strengthening Rural Communities — Small & Vital

Opening date: 28th March 2025
Closing date: 24th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $10,000

Gives small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities.

Strengthening Rural Communities – Prepare & Recover

Opening date: 28th March 2025
Closing date: 24th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $25,000

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.

Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program – Major Grants

Opening date: 31st March 2025
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: $10,001 - $150,000

Aims to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel who served in wars, conflicts and peace operations, including National Service personnel, and their families.

Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program – Community Grants

Opening date: 31st March 2025
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $10,000

Aims to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel who served in wars, conflicts and peace operations, including National Service personnel, and their families.

SilverChef Community Grants Program

Opening date: 1st April 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: $5,000

Provides grants to eligible community groups who use hospitality to support disadvantaged or under-served communities.

Believer Grants

Opening date: 30th April 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: $10,000 - $20,000

Supports organisations and groups that are working to unleash creativity in young people.

WFI Insurance Sponsorship

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 31st May 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Offers supports to a range of agricultural, commercial and community partnerships that reflect shared goals and common organisation values.

Community Building Grant

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Funds projects that will serve and assist migrants, refugees and/or international students living in Australia.

The William Angliss Charitable Fund

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $150,000

Offers grants to Victorian and Queensland organisations in the fields of children and youth, art and culture, social justice, health and wellbeing, and connected communities.

The Fund aims to realise Sir William Angliss’s desire to make a lasting and ongoing contribution to the community by funding charitable organisations in Victoria and Queensland. Through this funding the Fund hopes to support the strength and resilience of small, local community groups and efforts, as well as those serving on a larger scale.

TURSA Community Grant Program

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 13th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $30,000

Targets not-for-profits that operate in the TURSA service areas.

The grant funding aims to:
– Enhance capacity of local not-for-profits to deliver impactful programs
– Strengthen support networks for unemployed and individuals at risk of unemployment
– Promote collaboration and partnerships among community organisations, government programs, and other stakeholders
– Provide funding and support for projects aligned with TURSA’s vision and mission.

Harcourts Foundation Grants

Opening date: 4th May 2025
Closing date: 3rd August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides support for a specific event, project, item, or initiative that helps, grows, and enriches our communities.

LGBTQIA Small Grants Program

Opening date: 5th May 2025
Closing date: 14th July 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $1,000

Invests in projects that benefit either LGBTQIA+ individuals or community or strengthen LGBTQIA+ organisational capacity.

ABC Trailblazers Program

Opening date: 13th May 2025
Closing date: 24th August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Recruits inspiring young people aged 18-to-28 who are dedicated to making regional Australia even better.

If you’re aged between 18 and 28 and have started a social, educational, environmental or economic development project in your regional community, this program is for you.

Carman’s Trees for Bees Community Tree Grants

Opening date: 20th May 2025
Closing date: 18th July 2025
Funding Amount: $500

Provides funding to community groups and organisations to increase vital habitat, providing spaces for bees to forage, live and breed.

The Trees for Bees Community Tree Grants support the planting of bee-friendly trees in extended gardens, community-owned land, school grounds, sporting club precincts and urban corridors.

Westpac Social Change Fellowship

Opening date: 29th May 2025
Closing date: 3rd July 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $50,000

Supports innovators with a passion to create positive social change in Australia.

The Westpac Social Change Fellowship supports the development of people from any sector with the drive to create better lives for all Australians. Up to 10 Fellowships of up to $50,000 will be awarded to individuals who have the vision and commitment to deliver an initiative that will improve the wellbeing of Australians.

Gambling Community Benefit Fund

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 18th July 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $100,000

Allocates funding to not-for-profit community groups to help them provide services, leisure activities and opportunities for Queensland communities.

Harold’s Garden Grants

Opening date: 3rd June 2025
Closing date: 24th June 2025
Funding Amount: $1,000

Encourages young people to get gardening and to ask more questions about where their food comes from.

Kenneth Myer Innovation Fellowships

Opening date: 14th July 2025
Closing date: 17th August 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $180,000

Supports breakthrough solutions to Australia’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.

Education

Fundraise Yourself

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides a way for you to fundraise online for a project within your school that improves educational outcomes for students.

Real School Grants Program

Opening date: 15th February 2025
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: $5,000

Helps aid school funding to schools and school groups/committees across Australia.

FUNDamentals For School Kids

Opening date: 24th February 2025
Closing date: 25th September 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides grants to help disadvantaged children at Queensland schools.

The Youi Student Grant

Opening date: 24th February 2025
Closing date: 24th October 2025
Funding Amount: $5,000

Aims to back students with different skillsets, perspectives and experiences who can add uniqueness to what Youi does.

Youi is keen to support the next generation of minds and give them a place to shine. So they’ve introduced the Youi Student Grant.

Frank Hall-Bentick Education Fund

Opening date: 21st March 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $2,500

Assists indigenous and non-indigenous people with disability to participate in both formal and informal education programs through small financial grants

2025 NEiTA Awards

Opening date: 3rd April 2025
Closing date: 27th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $10,000

Recognises and rewards the efforts of outstanding educators in Australia and New Zealand.

NEiTA Awards are open to dedicated professionals within the education sector who meet the following criteria:
​- Must be qualified and registered educators or directors within early childhood centers, or teachers and principals in primary, special, and secondary schools in Australia or New Zealand
​- Must have a minimum of two years’ teaching experience
​- Must be currently employed, meeting the following minimum average employment levels
​- Primary, special, and secondary teachers: at least 0.6 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) per week
​- Kindergarten and preschool teachers (teaching pre-prep programs): at least 28 hours every fortnight.

Elevate: Boosting diversity in STEM

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 1st September 2025

Aims to address inequities in STEM through comprehensive scholarships enabling more diverse women and non-binary people to access tertiary STEM education, professional skills development and STEM leadership opportunities with industry and academia.

The William Angliss Charitable Fund

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $150,000

Offers grants to Victorian and Queensland organisations in the fields of children and youth, art and culture, social justice, health and wellbeing, and connected communities.

The Fund aims to realise Sir William Angliss’s desire to make a lasting and ongoing contribution to the community by funding charitable organisations in Victoria and Queensland. Through this funding the Fund hopes to support the strength and resilience of small, local community groups and efforts, as well as those serving on a larger scale.

TURSA Community Grant Program

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 13th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $30,000

Targets not-for-profits that operate in the TURSA service areas.

The grant funding aims to:
– Enhance capacity of local not-for-profits to deliver impactful programs
– Strengthen support networks for unemployed and individuals at risk of unemployment
– Promote collaboration and partnerships among community organisations, government programs, and other stakeholders
– Provide funding and support for projects aligned with TURSA’s vision and mission.

Pick of the Crop Grant Funding

Opening date: 6th May 2025
Closing date: 27th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $7,000

Supports Queensland Primary State Schools implement locally-designed Pick of the Crop actions that provide increased opportunities for their students to learn about and eat more vegetables and fruit through a positive food culture.

Not-for-Profit Scholarship Program

Opening date: 12th May 2025
Closing date: 15th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $1,800

Provides governance education to new and aspiring NFP directors seeking to deepen their understanding of directorship so they can give even more to the communities they serve. 


Harold’s Garden Grants

Opening date: 3rd June 2025
Closing date: 24th June 2025
Funding Amount: $1,000

Encourages young people to get gardening and to ask more questions about where their food comes from.

Kenneth Myer Innovation Fellowships

Opening date: 14th July 2025
Closing date: 17th August 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $180,000

Supports breakthrough solutions to Australia’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.

Health

Arcare Grants Program

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Encourages and supports innovations that give all Australians the opportunity to age well, envisioning a community where older people are valued, supported, and thriving.

Courier-Mail Children’s Fund

Opening date: 1st September 2024
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Exists to change the lives of Queensland children in need.

Consideration is only given for children throughout Queensland. Supporting a range of charitable organisations, the Fund has provided financial assistance for:
– Mobility and learning aids
– Educational equipment and assistance
– Recreational and respite programs
– New technologies
– Medical equipment.

Redkite Grants

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides financial assistance for children, aged 18 and under, who either have cancer or have been treated for cancer.

Amgen Australia Donations

Opening date: 1st November 2024
Closing date: 30th November 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Makes donations to the healthcare and non-healthcare community to further educational, scientific, or other charitable purposes.

The Frankie Foundation Grants

Opening date: 1st November 2024
Closing date: 30th November 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $1,000

Helps support kids continue or start therapy if their NDIS plan budget has run out or a therapy or service is not covered by their current NDIS plan.

Remarkable Programs

Opening date: 1st December 2024
Closing date: 31st December 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Offers a range of opportunities to help drive the future of Disability Tech.

Creswick Foundation Fellowship

Opening date: 1st April 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: $10,000 - $40,000

Funds fellowships which are granted to applicants who have relevant knowledge, expertise and experience in the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.

The William Angliss Charitable Fund

Opening date: 1st May 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $150,000

Offers grants to Victorian and Queensland organisations in the fields of children and youth, art and culture, social justice, health and wellbeing, and connected communities.

The Fund aims to realise Sir William Angliss’s desire to make a lasting and ongoing contribution to the community by funding charitable organisations in Victoria and Queensland. Through this funding the Fund hopes to support the strength and resilience of small, local community groups and efforts, as well as those serving on a larger scale.

NewAccess for Small Business Owners

Opening date: 28th May 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Beyond Blue’s NewAccess for Small Business Owners is a free and confidential mental health coaching program designed to support small business owners and sole traders.

You have the option of 8 sessions, where you’ll work with a dedicated coach with a background in small business. Your coach will work with you to develop practical tools for managing stress, building resilience, and navigating both personal and professional challenges.

Indigenous

Social Enterprise Development Initiative (SEDI) Grants

Opening date: 3rd June 2024
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: Up to $120,000

Our Country Our Future

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Provides a wide range of assistance to Indigenous Australians including to acquire land and water-related rights, and to manage Indigenous-held land and Indigenous waters.

CAGES Foundation – Community Grants

Opening date: 1st September 2024
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $50,000

Supports Aboriginal controlled organisations responding to an immediate need, focused on children aged under five.

Djurwa Partnerships and Sponsorships

Opening date: 1st February 2025
Closing date: 28th February 2026
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Commits to fostering positive relationships with Indigenous peoples and contributing to their well-being and empowerment.

First Nations Business Acceleration Program

Opening date: 1st February 2025
Closing date: 4th February 2027
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Boosts innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities for mature Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses in Queensland.

Frank Hall-Bentick Education Fund

Opening date: 21st March 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $2,500

Assists indigenous and non-indigenous people with disability to participate in both formal and informal education programs through small financial grants

First Nations Innovation Acceleration Program QLD

Opening date: 29th May 2025
Closing date: 4th February 2027
Funding Amount: Funding and advisory services

This program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander innovative businesses in Queensland who are established and looking to scale.

Start-Up Finance Package

Opening date: 1st June 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2026
Funding Amount: Up to $150,000

The Start-up Finance Package provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander start-ups with access to loans to help new businesses get off the ground.

Infrastructure

There are no upcoming events.

Sports

Australian Sports Foundation Fundraising

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 2nd August 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Offers a fundraising platform for all sports at all levels to help fund their sporting needs.

Grassroots Cricket Fund

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Funds Queensland community cricket club programs that will grow junior participation.

Emerging Athlete Pathways

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $1,600

Supports eligible young athletes, coaches and officials aged 10-18 years to progress on a development pathway by providing financial assistance to help alleviate the costs associated with attending state, national and international events.

Community Reward Program

Opening date: 1st October 2024
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Offers a sustainable fundraising platform for your local sporting club.

Roger Rasheed Sports Foundation Support

Opening date: 1st December 2024
Closing date: 31st December 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Aims to improve the lives of children in disadvantaged areas by providing access to first-class sports facilities, coaching, equipment, and opportunities to participate in sports.

The program helps foster health, resilience, and community connections through sport.

Toyota Good for Footy Raffle

Opening date: 17th March 2025
Closing date: 8th September 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Helps footy clubs around Australia fundraise via a raffle run by Toyota.

Woolworths Netball Grants

Opening date: 9th May 2025
Closing date: 29th August 2025
Funding Amount: $2,000 - $20,000

Helps to grow the sport of netball, providing clubs with funding to help refresh and upgrade their facilities to ultimately increase participation numbers.

The Woolworths Netball Grants Program supports grassroots netball clubs and associations across the country to improve the health and wellbeing of Aussie kids.

Transport and Roads

There are no upcoming events.

Water

There are no upcoming events.

Women

Female Founders Co-Investment Fund

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th June 2027
Funding Amount: $50,000 - $200,000

Supports innovative women-led startups preparing for early-stage capital raise.

Accelerating Female Founders Program – Founders

Opening date: 1st August 2024
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: Unspecified

Finds business development programs for Queensland-based female founders or leaders of innovative businesses to take their innovation driven enterprises to the next level, create connections and access opportunities.

Escaping Violence Payment Program

Opening date: 1st September 2024
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $5,000

Offers financial assistance to help those escaping domestic violence to move forward and set up a home free of violence.

My Mummy Grants

Opening date: 1st February 2025
Closing date: 30th June 2025
Funding Amount: $5,000 to $10,000

Offers coaching grants to deserving mums in business.

Cartier Women’s Initiative – Regional Awards

Opening date: 18th April 2025
Closing date: 24th June 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $100,000

Supports women-owned and women-led impact-driven businesses. Entrepreneurs across all sectors and geographies are encouraged to apply.