Community Funding Opportunities and Award Programs - August 2024

Welcome to our Community Funding Opportunities and Awards Program Newsletter where you will find details of grant and funding programs that are available for the Northern Inland Region for community based projects and social enterprises.

Due to the number of grants that are available, we send two funding opportunities newsletters a month; one for Business and Infrastructure and another for Community Projects and Award Programs. These newsletters are a free service that we provide, and can you can add the Business and Infrastructure Grants newsletter to your subscriptions by filling your details into the subscription form in the footer of our website: www.rdani.org.au

We wish you all the best with the Funding Opportunities below and if you are looking for a grant between newsletters, have a look at the grants area of our website which is updated weekly: www.rdani.org.au/our-region/grants-and-funding-opportunities.php

If you need some facts and figures for your applications, a range of data for our region is also available on our website here: www.rdani.org.au/our-region/regional-data.php

Please note the below information is intended as a guide only. Closing dates and other details should be verified using the links provided as they are subject to change by the providers without notice.

Featured Grants

National Shed Development Programme - Round 28
Closes: 23rd of August 2024
Value: Up to $8,000
Run By: Australian Men's Shed Association

The NSDP is a competitive grants programme and applications are open to all Men’s Sheds across Australia regardless of location or AMSA membership.

The NSDP provides direct financial assistance to address the health and wellbeing of the shed members within the shed environment; support health education for shed members, deliver appropriate activities and programmes, improve facilities and the sustainability of Men’s Sheds across Australia.

Individual Men’s Sheds in Australia can apply for a range of financial support across the following five funding categories:

• Health and Wellbeing and Events - up to $8,000
• Shed Improvements - up to $8,000
• Tools and Equipment – up to $5,000
• Mental health and wellbeing and events – up to $8,000
• Automated External Defibrillators – up to $2,250

 

Sporting Schools - 2024 - Term 4
Closes: 23rd of August 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: $1,000 to $3,600
Run By: Australian Sports Commission

Sporting Schools offers grant opportunities for primary schools, and targeted grant opportunities for secondary schools in relation to year 7 and 8 students. Grants support the delivery of sport-based programs to help students build the confidence and capability to be active for life. Sporting Schools has partnered with more than 35 national sporting organisations (NSOs) and national sporting organisations for people with disability (NSODs) to facilitate delivery of Sporting Schools programs.

 

Revive Live
Closes: 23rd of August 2024 - 11:30 pm
Value: Up to $250,000
Run By: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

The Revive Live program is part of the Australian Government’s Critical Support for the Live Music and Festivals measure in the 2024/25 Federal Budget. Revive Live will provide essential support to established live music venues and music festivals to assist them to continue to operate in the current operating climate, limiting venue closures and event cancellations, and stimulating long-term sustainability. Revive Live will also have a focus on improving accessibility for disabled artists and patrons.

Revive Live will run from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, with $7.7 million available. The maximum grant amount is $100,000 for venues and small festivals, and larger festivals with more than 10,000 attendees can revive funding of up to $200,000. A larger grant amount of up to $250,000 may be considered, where warranted, and assessed on a case by case basis (for example, touring festivals in three or more cities with more than 30,000 combined attendees).

Award Programs

Community Achievement Awards - 2024
Closes: 21st of August 2024
Run By: Awards Australia
Acknowledges the valuable contributions that individuals, communities and businesses make throughout regional and rural NSW & The ACT.

Workplace Giving Excellence Awards - 2024
Closes: 30th of August 2024
Run By: Workplace Giving Australia
Celebrate working Australians’ role and efforts as they harness their companies’ power to support and build our communities

NSW Premier's Awards - 2024
Closes: Closes: Check with award ambassadors for closing dates. (Review & Judging in July 2024)
Run By: NSW Government Department of Premier and Cabinet
Celebrates excellence in the delivery of public services to the NSW community.

Closing in August

Maker Projects - Community STEM Engagement Grants 2024
Closes: 14th of August 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: $20,000 to $100,000
Run By: Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Funding to foster creativity and inquiry-based learning and support the development of STEM skills in students and youth through hands-on learning.

At Home Care Grants - 2024 - Round 2
Closes: 15th of August 2024
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Youngcare
Funding for equipment, home modifications and essential support that is unable to be funded through other means to assist youth to live in their own home with loved ones.

Regional Arts Fund - Project Grants - 2024
Closes: 16th of August 2024 - 12:00 am
Value: Up to $30,000
Run By: Regional Arts NSW
Supports regional arts projects, professional development for artists and arts workers, and community capacity building.

Future Me Fund
Closes: 19th of August 2024
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Wear It Purple
Empower and uplift LGBTQIA+SB young people aged 18 years old years old and under.

Queer Futures Fund
Closes: 19th of August 2024
Value: Up to $15,000
Run By: Wear It Purple
Empower and uplift LGBTQIA+SB young people aged between 18 to 26 years old.

Content - Round 2 - 2024/25
Closes: 20th of August 2024 - 2:00 pm
Run By: Community Broadcasting Foundation
Supporting the increase and diversity of voices heard in Australian media by supporting the creation of compelling content.

Development & Operations Grants - Round 2 - 2024/25
Closes: 20th of August 2024 - 2:00 pm
Run By: Community Broadcasting Foundation
Supporting a resilient, thriving community media sector that reflects, amplifies and enriches the ever-evolving communities of Australia.

Specialist Radio Program - Round 2 - 2024/25
Closes: 20th of August 2024 - 2:00 pm
Run By: Community Broadcasting Foundation
Encouraging stations to carry specialist radio programming.

National Shed Development Programme - Round 28
Closes: 23rd of August 2024
Value: Up to $8,000
Run By: Australian Men's Shed Association
Support to improve the sustainability of Men's sheds and improve the support, activities and programs provided to their members.

Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) First Nations – Delivery Grant
Closes: 23rd of August 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: $350,000 to $3 Million
Run By: Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Delivery of English LLND skills training to First Nations people across Australia

Sporting Schools - 2024 - Term 4
Closes: 23rd of August 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: $1,000 to $3,600
Run By: Australian Sports Commission
Supports the delivery of sport-based programs to help students build the confidence and capability to be active for life.

Revive Live
Closes: 23rd of August 2024 - 11:30 pm
Value: Up to $250,000
Run By: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Provide essential support to established live music venues and music festivals to assist them to continue to operate.

Backing the Future - 2024
Closes: 26th of August 2024 - 12:00 pm
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation
Advancing ideas to support rural and regional young people aged 12-30 to access decent work, care for the environment, contribute to society, explore Christian faith and values.

Make the Difference! Grants - 2024
Closes: 27th of August 2024
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Future2
Helping Australians build stronger financial futures.

Supporting Spontaneous Volunteers Program - 2024
Closes: 30th of August 2024 - 12:00 pm
Value: $50,000 to $100,000
Run By: NSW Government Reconstruction Authority
Supporting communities and volunteers to be better prepared, supported, coordinated and mobilised to respond to disaster events.

Illegal Dumping Prevention - Round 2 - Stream 4
Closes: 30th of August 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $200,000
Run By: Environment Protection Authority
Funding to run a collaborative project addressing illegal dumping across multiple land tenures for groups of organisations including local councils, groupings of councils and state government agencies.

Sisters of Charity Foundation Community Grants Program - 2024 - August Round
Closes: 30th of August 2024
Value: Up to $15,000
Run By: Sisters of Charity Foundation
Supports organisations that use clever ways to fight poverty, loneliness, suffering and oppression, but struggle to find funding.

Veterans' Health Week 2024
Closes: 30th of August 2024
Value: Up to $1,000
Run By: Department of Veterans Affairs
Financial support to run an event as part of Veterans Health Week focusing on keeping connected.

Tucker Foundation Grants - 2024
Closes: 31st of August 2024
Value: Up to $25,000
Run By: Tucker Foundation
Supports registered charitable organisations to make a positive difference in the lives of humans, animals and the natural environment.

Closing in September

Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
Current Round Closes: 3rd of September 2024 - 3:00 pm
Value: $10,000 to $50,000
Run By: Australia Council for the Arts
Supports a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public.

Arts Projects for Organisations - 2024
Closes: 3rd of September 2024 - 3:00 pm
Value: $20,000 to $100,000
Run By: Creative Australia
Deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities.

Strengthening Rural Communities - Small & Vital - Round 22
Closes: 5th of September 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
Provides small rural, regional and remote communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds that can benefit and help secure their future prosperity.

Structural Adjustment Fund – Round 2
Closes: 5th of September 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: $50,000 to $500,000
Run By: Australian Government Department of Social Services
Create employment pathways and opportunities for people with intellectual disability and other high support needs.

Building Digital Skills - 2024-25 - Round 2
Closes: 6th of September 2024 - 11:55 pm
Value: $3,000 to $20,500
Run By: Good Things Foundation
Help organisations to support older Australians 50+ through free digital mentoring sessions.

Project Development Grants - 2024
Closes: 8th of September 2024
Value: $2,500 to $7,500
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Supports community museums and Aboriginal cultural spaces to carry out strategic and innovative projects with mid to long term outcomes.

Small Grants - 2024 - Round 2
Closes: 8th of September 2024
Value: Up to $2,000
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Funding to meet the short-term, collection-based requirements of community museums and Aboriginal cultural spaces.

Volunteer Museum Grant Program - Small Grants - 2024 - Round 2
Closes: 8th of September 2024
Value: Up to $2,000
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Helps meet the short-term, collection-based requirements of community museums and Aboriginal cultural spaces.

Veterans' Acute Housing Program - Capital Works and Specialist Services Grants
Closes: 13th of September 2024 - 9:00 pm
Value: Up to $24 Million
Run By: Department of Veterans Affairs
Provide funding to eligible organisations to improve housing outcomes for veterans and their families who are experiencing, or are at risk of, homelessness

Mary Mackillop Community Grants - 2025
Closes: 20th of September 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Mary Mackillop Today
Supports small but life-changing initiatives that provide opportunities for life-long learning in Australian communities.

SilverChef Community Grants Program - 2024/2025 - Round 1
Closes: 30th of September 2024
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: SilverChef
Helping community groups that use hospitality or food services to help disadvantaged or under-served members of their local community.

Steve Waugh Foundation - Children and Young Adults with a Rare Disease - 2024 - Round 3
Opens: 1st of September 2024
Closes: 30th of September 2024
Run By: Steve Waugh Foundation
Supports children and young adults aged 0-25 years who have a rare disease.

The Hamer Sprout Fund
Closes: 30th of September 2024
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Australian Communities Foundation
Supports smaller organisations and projects to get them off the ground to build communities inspired to take action for a sustainable future.

Closing in October

Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program - 2024-25 - Batch 2
Closes: 3rd of October 2024 - 9:00 pm
Value: Up to $150,000
Run By: Department of Veterans Affairs
Supports projects that promote appreciation and understanding of the experiences of service and the roles that those who served have played, and to preserve, add to the sum knowledge on, or provide access to information about Australia’s wartime heritage.

Partnerships for culturally safe cancer care grant program
Closes: 23rd of October 2024 - 5:00 pm
Run By: Cancer Australia
Support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to access high quality treatment and experience better cancer outcomes.

Leg Up Grants - 2024
Closes: 27th of October 2024 or until funds expended
Value: $50 to $500 (matched funding)
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Quick response skill development grants for workers in volunteer managed museums and Aboriginal cultural spaces throughout NSW.

Skills Development Grants - 2024
Ongoing Until Closes: 27th of October 2024 or until expended
Value: Up to $4,000
Run By: Museums and Galleries NSW
Provides funding to volunteer museums, museum networks, and Aboriginal cultural spaces for regional or state focused skill development training and networking events involving more than one organisation.

ARTC Sponsorships and Donations - 2024 - Round 3
Round Closes: 31st of October 2024
Value: $1,000 to $4,000
Run By: Australian Rail Track Corporation
Funding for short-term projects and activities that contribute to local and regional prosperity, wellbeing and sustainability along the Inland Rail route.

Future Animal Carer’s Grant
Closes: 31st of October 2024
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: RSPCA Pet Insurance
Providing support to people who are interested in getting into roles which are related to Veterinary Medicine, Animal Care and Animal Sciences

Real School Grants Program - 2024
Closes: 31st of October 2024
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Real Insurance
Funding to improve the quality of school resources and communities.

Ski For Life - 2024 - Round 3
Round Closes: 31st of October 2024
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: Ski for Life
Support projects for rural and remote communities that would benefit from awareness, promotion of mental health, wellbeing, and suicide prevention.

Closing Later

Clubgrants - Infrastructure Grants: Arts and Culture - November 2024
Opens: 4th of November 2024
Closes: 25th of November 2024
Value: $50,000 to $200,000
Run By: NSW Office of Responsible Gambling
Funding to support arts and culture infrastructure such as museums, art galleries or cultural centres.

Clubgrants - Infrastructure Grants: Community Infrastructure - November 2024
Opens: 4th of November 2024
Closes: 25th of November 2024
Value: $50,000 to $250,000
Run By: NSW Office of Responsible Gambling
Funding to support community infrastructure such as a multipurpose community hub or a service for an eligible community group.

Clubgrants - Infrastructure Grants: Disaster Readiness - November 2024
Opens: 4th of November 2024
Closes: 25th of November 2024
Value: $50,000 to $200,000
Run By: NSW Office of Responsible Gambling
Funding to support disaster readiness infrastructure such as evacuation centres, capital equipment or a multipurpose community facility.

Clubgrants - Infrastructure Grants: Sport and Recreation - November 2024 Round
Opens: 4th of November 2024
Closes: 25th of November 2024
Value: $50,000 to $300,000
Run By: NSW Office of Responsible Gambling
Funding to support sport and recreation infrastructure such as sports centres, playgrounds and swimming pools.

Active and Creative Kids Vouchers - 2024
Closes: 31st of December 2024
Value: $50 to $100
Run By: Service NSW
Supports eligible families with school-aged children to participate in sport, recreational, creative or cultural activities with registered providers.

ARTC Sponsorships and Donations - 2024 - Round 4
Round Opens: 1st of November 2024
Round Closes: 31st of January 2025
Value: $1,000 to $4,000
Run By: Australian Rail Track Corporation
Funding for short-term projects and activities that contribute to local and regional prosperity, wellbeing and sustainability along the Inland Rail route.

Ski For Life - 2024 - Round 4
Round Opens: 1st of November 2024
Round Closes: 31st of January 2025
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: Ski for Life
Support projects for rural and remote communities that would benefit from awareness, promotion of mental health, wellbeing, and suicide prevention.

Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program - 2024-25 - Batch 3
Opens: 3rd of October 2024 - 9:00 pm
Closes: 5th of February 2025 - 9:00 pm
Value: Up to $150,000
Run By: Department of Veterans Affairs
Supports projects that promote appreciation and understanding of the experiences of service and the roles that those who served have played, and to preserve, add to the sum knowledge on, or provide access to information about Australia’s wartime heritage.

Community War Memorials Fund - 2024-25 - Round 2
Opens: 11th of November 2024
Closes: 12th of February 2025 - 11:00 pm
Value: Up to $15,000
Run By: NSW Department of Veterans Affairs
Funding to help conserve, repair and protect war memorials across NSW.

Arts Projects for Organisations - 2025
Closes: 4th of March 2025 - 3:00 pm
Value: $20,000 to $100,000
Run By: Creative Australia
Deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities.

P&C Transition Grant 24-25
Closes: 30th of June 2025 - 5:00 pm
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
Support approved OOSH services that have transitioned to P&C ownership as a result of the recent Provider Category Review

State Heritage Emergency Works
Closes: 30th of June 2025
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Heritage NSW
Supports the protection or repairs to gazetted Aboriginal Places, items listed on the State Heritage Register, or items with a current Interim Heritage Order that have been damaged by unexpected events.

Cancer Patient Care Program
Closes: 1st of August 2025 - 2:00 pm
Value: $400,000 to $1 Million
Run By: Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Ensuring that all Australian’s living with cancer have access to high-quality and culturally safe support throughout their cancer experience.

Community Initiated Grants
Closes: 30th of December 2025 - 11:30 pm
Value: Unspecified
Run By: National Indigenous Australians Agency
Provides and avenue to present a proposal to the Agency where a need has been identified in the community and there are no other current funding avenues available.

Resolution payments under the Youpla Support Program
Closes: 30th of June 2026 - 11:30 pm
Run By: National Indigenous Australians Agency
Resolution Payment for people impacted by the collapse of the funeral insurance provider, the Youpla Group

Food Rescue Rebates
Ongoing Until Closes: 30th of June 2027 or until funding is expended
Value: Up to $2,000 per rebate
Run By: NSW Environment Protection Authority
Working to reduce good quality food suitable for human consumption from being disposed to landfill.

Ongoing

Australian Communities Foundation
Closes: Various dates
Value: Dependant on grant
Run By: Australian Communities Foundation
Supports a range of charitable organisations and projects each year. Grants are made domestically and internationally through Australian registered charitable organisations for specific projects, or for purposes that support the ongoing activities of those organisations.

CAGES Foundation Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: CAGES Foundation
Provides funding with the intention of empowering community and creating an environment where every child has the opportunity to reach their potential.

ClubGRANTS
Closes: Various
Value: Dependant on grant applied for
Run By: Club Grants
Clubs across NSW provide support to tens of thousands of local community organisations, sporting groups, and charities that make a difference in their local area.

Community Broadcasting Foundation - Quick Response Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Undisclosed
Run By: Community Broadcasting Foundation
These grants will help community broadcasters access funding for eligible projects when their regular grant rounds are closed.

Community Child Care Fund Special Circumstances Grant
Closes: Unspecified
Value: Unspecified
Run By: Australian Government Department of Education
Supports continuity of child care, in particular in disadvantaged or vulnerable communities, where service viability is affected by an unforeseen event or circumstance outside the control of the service.

Google Ad Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $10,000 per month
Run By: Google
Empowers nonprofit organisations, through $10,000 per month in in-kind AdWords™ advertising, to promote their missions and initiatives on Google search result pages.

IGA Community Chest
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Unspecified
Run By: IGA
Every day across the country IGA Community Chest raises funds to support local communities, charities and other worthwhile causes. It could be in response to a major event like floods or bush fires or something as simple as new soccer balls for the local under 8’s.

Matana Foundation Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Value: No specified minimum or maximum, most grants are between $1,000 and $10,000
Run By: Matana Foundation
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.

National Cultural Heritage Account
Closes: Ongoing on a case-by-case basis
Value: Up to $500,000 is available each year
Run By: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Helps Australian public cultural organisations buy significant objects that they could not otherwise afford.

Quick Response Grants
Value: Up to $1,500
Run By: Regional Arts NSW
Offers funding for regional artists, arts organisations and communities to respond to unique arts opportunities that present themselves at very short notice.

Small Environmental Grant Scheme
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: Wettenhall Environment Trust
Providing support for people undertaking projects that will make a positive difference to the natural living environment, in land, sea or air, rural or urban.

Regional Event Fund - Event Development Stream
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $50,000
Run By: Destination NSW
Supports events that have previously received triennial funding through the Flagship Event stream to increase overnight visitation to the event.

Capacity Building for Native Title Corporations
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $750,000 on average
Run By: National Indigenous Australians Agency
Assists native title holding corporations to generate economic benefits through the effective and sustainable management of their land.

Coopers Foundation - General Giving
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $30,000
Run By: Coopers Foundation
Aims to improve and protect the quality of life of Australians by providing support to charitable organisations.

Seniors Energy Rebate
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $200
Run By: Service NSW
A once-a-year payment for self-funded retirees to help cover the cost of their electricity.

Tertiary Access Payment
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $5,000
Run By: Services Australia
A one off payment to help eligible students with the cost of moving to study.

First Home Owner (New Homes) Grant
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $10,000
Run By: NSW Government Department of Revenue
A one-off payment is available when you buy or build a new home as your first home.

Indigenous Apprenticeships Program
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Services Australia
A pathway for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to start their career in the Australian Public Service.

Start Strong Community Preschools - 2023
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Based on enrolments
Run By: NSW Government Department of Education
Funding to deliver affordable quality preschool education for 3 to 5 year old children enroled in eligible community and mobile preschools

Responsible Grambling Fund - Prevention, Innovation and Technology Grants - 2023
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $200,000
Run By: NSW Office of Responsible Gambling
Funding to support innovative projects that prevent and reduce gambling harm in communities across NSW.

Westpac Youth Impact Challenge
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Westpac
Supports youth to identify a local problem and brainstorm an innovative business or social change idea to solve it.

Workforce Incentives Program (WIP) - Doctor Stream
Closes: Ongoing
Value: $3,600 to $60,000 per year
Run By: Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Promotes careers in rural medicine by giving doctors financial incentives to practise in regional, rural and remote communities.

Mental Awareness Foundation Grants
Closes: Unknown
Value: $5,000 to $25,000
Run By: Mental Awareness Foundation
Support to registered grass-roots charities, organisations, and people with a dream or vision to help others in the mental health area.

International Child Abduction Respondents Scheme
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Attorney-General's Department
Provide funding to an individual who is responding to a 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction application seeking the return of a child under the Family Law (Child Abduction Convention) Regulations 1986 (the Regulations) in an Australian court.

Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) First Nations – Scoping Grant
Closes: Ongoing
Value: $15,000 to $30,000
Run By: Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Small grants to help eligible organisations to develop a Delivery Grant application

Tax Help Program
Ongoing: Closes: From July to October each year
Run By: Australian Taxation Office
ATO accredited volunteers can help people lodge their tax returns online.

Sheargold Foundation Grants
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Sheargold Foundation
Support to charitable organisations with clear objectives, a fervent aspiration to create an impact, and a close resonance with their own mission and values

Environmental Grant Program
Closes: Ongoing
Run By: Narrabri Shire Council
Facilitate projects that enhance the environment, protect the environment, or provide a sustainable environmental solution.