Active Kids Grant

The 2026 Active Kids Grant round focuses on volunteer-run community clubs and organisations with members aged 20 or younger.

The 2026 Active Kids Grant invites eligible community clubs and organisations to apply for equipment and kit that will assist in supporting and encouraging young Australians, aged 20 or under, to improve their physical and mental health by increasing their participation in sport.

The Active Kids grant can be used to encourage junior and youth participation in the following ways:
- Engagement of new participants, and/or
- Retention of existing participants.

Grants will be awarded in the form of playing or training equipment supplied by HART Sport and on-field kit supplied by ISC Sport. No cash grants are available in the 2026 Active Kids Grant round.

There is no maximum value you can apply for in this grant round. However, due to a limited pool of funds and the objective of helping as many clubs and organisations as possible,
applicants must only apply for what they NEED, not everything they want. As a guide, the average grant value awarded in previous Active Kids Grant rounds was between $3,500 and $4,500.

If you are applying for a kit grant, your order must be for a minimum value of $2,200 (GST inclusive).

Aims to improve the physical and mental health of children and young Australians by encouraging and/or increasing sports participation through the provision of equipment or uniforms to eligible community organisations.

Clubs and organisations can only submit one application per grant round, and must:
- Have a valid Australian Sports Foundation account number,
- Be volunteer-run and not affiliated with a professional club, school or Leagues Club,
- Not be associated with a professional club, a for-profit organisation, school or Leagues Club,
- Have members aged 20 or under,
- Be non-profit with a valid Australian Business Number (ABN),
- Have not received an Active Kids Grant within the last two years,
- Be in an area classified within the 1st to 5th decile of disadvantage to the Index of Relative Socio Disadvantage (IRSD).