Open Grants

Australian Communities Foundation Funding Platform

• $2,000 – $15,000.
• Showcases granting opportunities so that the Australian Communities Foundation’s (ACF) community of givers can be inspired to support initiatives that are aligned with their interests.
• Closing date: Always Open.
• Learn more and visit Funding Platform Welcome – Australian Communities Foundation

Awesome Foundation Sydney

• $1,000 every month
• Funds community projects that make Sydney ‘more awesome’ $1000.
•  Closing First Wednesday of every month.
• Learn more and visit Awesome Foundation info

Bakers Delight Sponsorships

• Offers sponsorship to community groups, charities, teams and individuals for all kinds of events.
• For more information visit Bakers Delight

Balnaves Foundation Grants  

• $150,000 – $250,000.  
• Support for projects that create a better Australia through education, medicine and the arts with a focus on young people, the disadvantaged and Indigenous Australia.  
• Always open. No closing date. 
• Learn more visit Balnaves Foundation website

Cancer Screening Project (Resource)

• The Settlement Council of Australia (ScoA) has released translated resources to raise awareness about cancer screening, aimed at improving health outcomes for migrant and refugee communities.
• These resources, available in multiple languages, provide vital information on the importance of regular cancer screening for early detection and prevention.
• For further information visit Cancer Screening Awareness Project – Settlement Council of Australia (scoa.org.au)

General Giving, Coopers Brewery Foundation

• Up to $50,000
• One-off funding for projects with proven need in the community that respond to one of the Foundation’s focus areas: Youth education, Aged care; Medical research / Health care.
• Learn more and visit Coopers Foundation. 

Good360 Membership Program

• Enables members to select brand new goods they need for their program services, which have been donated by leading Australian brands and retailers.
• Applications open. For more information visit good360.org.au/get-the-goods

H V McKay Charitable Trust Grants

• Funds: the relief of poverty; the advancement of education; the advancement of religion in accordance with the tenets of the Presbyterian church; and the general benefit of the community not falling under any of the preceding headings.  
• For more information visit HV McKay Trust

IGA Community Chest

• Every day across the country IGA Community Chest raises funds to support local communities, charities, and worthwhile causes.
• For more information visit https://www.iga.com.au/community-chest/

IKEA – Sponsorship and Charity Requests

• Provides sponsorships and other support to local communities near IKEA stores.
• For more information visit Sponsorship and Charity Requests – IKEA

IMB Bank Sponsorships

• The IMB Bank Community Foundation grants seek to address local needs through local community projects that make genuine, enduring, positive contributions.
• Focus areas are the NSW South Coast, to the Hunter Valley, the Illawarra, Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands to Metropolitan Sydney.
• There are no fixed maximum or minimum amount of funding.
• Most applications received in the range between $1,000 and $30,000.
• For more information visit IMB Bank Community Foundation

IOOF Foundation Grants, Insignia Financial Group

• No specified limited
• To support initiatives that promote quality of life
• Learn more and visit IOOF Foundation Grants

Macca’s Sponsorships

• We want to deliver valuable benefits to the wider community.
• We want to help children live a more balanced, active and enriched lifestyle.
• Our sponsorships must reflect a grassroots and community focus.
• Fore more information visit https://mcdonalds.com.au/learn/responsibility/maccas-community/get-sponsored

Marketing & Technology Grant

• Up to $30,000.
• The Little Phil Foundation is offering matched funding grants to procure digital technology and implement digital marketing strategies to help keep nonprofit organisation secure and prosperous in the digital age.
• Closing date not specified.
• For more information about this grant opportunity visit www.littlephil.org/lp-foundation

Matana Foundation for Young People Grants

• $1,000 to $10,000.
• Funding for projects that focus 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.
• Grant window – always open.
• For more information about this grant opportunity visit Matana Foundation for Young People » Apply for a Grant

Mental Awareness Foundation

• Up to $25,000
• To support mental health Not-for-Profit organisations
• Learn more and visit Mental Awareness Foundation

NDIS – Making it easier to navigate the NDIS

• SIS has launch more than 35 new resources specifically created to help culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) participants navigate NDIS services. These include information for participants, NDIS providers on the rights of NDIS participants in accessing supports and services, ability to make choices regarding your NDIS plan, provide feedback, and resolve any issues with service providers Explore these resources.

Pride Foundation Australia Small Grants

• The Small Grants program supports projects proposed by individuals and or organisations and or communities who would otherwise be limited by the constraints of other funding programs.
• The Small Grants Program is open all year round with particular cut off dates throughout the year for assessment purposes. If an Application is received after the cut-off date, they will be assessed in the next round.
• To learn more visit Pride Foundation Australia Small Grants Program

Purves Environmental Fund

• The Purves Environmental Fund focus areas are: species loss from habitat destruction; landscape and water management; and climate change and solutions.
• For applications of under 50K. Applicants complete an Expression of Interest (EOI) prior to application.
• For more information visit Purves Environmental Fund

Rainbow Giving Australia Grants 2025

• $500 – $2,000.
• In 2025 Rainbow Giving Australia will be seeking expressions of interest for Spark Pride Grants from LGBTQIA+ not-for-profit organisations and initiatives that are committed to empowering LGBTQIA+ people and communities.
• Available all year.
• For more information about this grant opportunity visit Grants Overview — Rainbow Giving Australia

Sheargold Foundation

• Not specified.
• Provides grants to support and assist not-for-profit or charitable organisations working to make a meaningful impact in the areas of education, welfare, health, and wellbeing in the community.
• Grant window – always open.
• For more information about this grant opportunity visit Grants (sheargoldfoundation.co)

Young People Grants, Matana Foundation

• Usually $1,000 – $10,000
• To improve the welfare and wellbeing of young people from severely disadvantaged or marginalised backgrounds
• Learn more and visit Matana Foundation

Men’s Health Week Event Packs

• See Your GP is the theme of Men’s Health Week 9 to 15 June 2025. Men’s Sheds are invited to hold a health-related event during, or around, this week to promote awareness and encourages action to improve health outcomes for men.
• Australian Men’s Shed Association is offering the first 15 registrations a Men’s Health Event Pack, including $250 to help you fund your event.
• For more information go to Men’s Health Week visit mensshed.org/event/mens-health-week-2025

IMB Bank Community Foundation Grants 2025

• $1,000 to $30,000.
• Grants that support projects for communities where the Foundation operates under the key themes of: social, educational, community development, environmental, cultural, community connection.
• Closing date Sunday 15 June 2025.
• For more information about this grant opportunity visit Information and application

Refugee Week 2025

• The theme of 2025 Refugee Week 15-21 June is Finding Freedom: Diversity in Community. This is an annual celebration to promote greater awareness of refugees, the issues they face, and the contributions refugees are making to the Australian community.
• For more information visit Home – Refugee Week

National Carers Week Grants 2025

• $200 to $500.
• National Carers Week is 12-18 October. Grants for carer support groups and organisations to hold local events and activities to celebrate and recognise the contribution of family and friend carers in their communities.
• Closing date Monday 23 June 2025.
• For more information about this grant opportunity visit Information and application

FRRR Strengthening Rural Communities Small & Vital stream

• Up to $10,000.
• Grants for a broad range of grassroots, community-led initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities. Preference for smaller communities (populations under 15,000). Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis and assessed quarterly.
• Closing date Round 25: Wednesday 24 June 2025.
• Round 26 opens Thursday 25 June 2025. Closes: Wednesday 17 September 2025.
• For more information about this grant opportunity visit Strengthening Rural Communities — Small & Vital | FRRR

SilverChef Community Grants Program

• $5000.
• Provides grants to eligible community groups who use hospitality to support disadvantaged or under-served communities.
• Closing date Monday 30 June 2025.
• For more information about this grant opportunity visit Community Grants Program | SilverChef

Insignia Community Foundation’s Community Grants Program

• $10,000 -$150,000 per year.
• Supports programs that address a specific need in the community in the impact areas of financial wellbeing; basic needs; reconciliation; diversity and inclusion; mental health.
• Closing date: Applications only accepted during the months of July and December each year.
• For more information about this grant opportunity visit Community Grants Program

RESOURCE – Supporting NAIDOC Toolkit

• This resource provides guidance to help teams, workplaces, schools, clubs or community groups to celebrate and amplify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices in National NAIDOC Week July 6-13 but also any time of the year.
• For more information about this grant opportunity visit supporting-NAIDOC-toolkit.pdf

Pride Foundation Small Grants Program

• Up to $1000.
• Funding priority for projects that directly or indirectly assist, involve and benefit LGBTQIA+ people from First Nations people and communities, newly arrived migrants, refugees and people from CALD backgrounds.
• Closing date for Round 2 Monday 14 July 2025.
• For more information about this grant opportunity visit Pride Foundation Australia (PFA) Small Grants Program 

Cancer Patient Care program

• Program (the Program) will support, one-off, time-limited activities that provide national leadership on emerging priorities across the cancer control continuum.
• For more information about this grant opportunity.
• Closing date Friday 1 August 2025
• For more information visit: Australian Government Cancer Patient Care Program

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GambleAware resources for veterans and their families

New targeted resources have been created to support veterans and their families. The resources offer practical information, tips on how to spot the signs of gambling harm and ways to get support when needed. The resources include a brochure, fact sheets and posters. Download these resources from the GambleAware website.