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Ongoing |
Strengthening Rural Communities - Prepare and Recover |
The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) Prepare & Recover program 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 through the medium to long term process.
Grants up to $25,000 are available for a broad range of initiatives that focus on community-led resilience building in recovery or preparedness to strengthen the capacity and capability of local people and systems, especially to manage the impact of future disasters.
Projects that focus on strengthening local inclusion, networks, communication, information sharing, self-organising systems, local decision making, resourcing, tools and support will be prioritised.
Demonstration of project need must reference a specific climate impact or event, either historic or likely to occur in the future.
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Ongoing |
IOOF Foundation Community Grant |
The IOOF Foundation provides grants that support Australian not-for-profit organisations working with disadvantaged families, children and youth. The general grant program is for funding on average for $75,000 per year for up to two years. Please ensure you provide as much budget information as possible to enable us to evaluate the grant amount requested against funds available to distribute. Whilst our initial general grants are on average $75,000, we do have current grants ranging from $10,000 - $150,000 pa.
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Ongoing |
CFC Foundation Community Grants |
The Foundation is responsive to requests that contribute to increasing access to opportunities and is dedicated to supporting charities, non-profit organisations, and social enterprises that work within the four primary focus areas:
- Education
- Medical Research & Health
- Disadvantage Youth
- Arts & Culture
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Ongoing |
EV Fleets Incentive - Kickstart Funding |
The EV fleets incentive is a payment scheme that helps eligible organisations procure battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and smart chargers. The funding is designed to cover part of the total cost of ownership (TCO) gap between a BEV and an equivalent internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV), hybrid electric (HEV) or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).
Eligible applicants to the kick-start funding include:
- any organisation that operates a fleet of at least 3 vehicles (ICE vehicles or hybrid, or PHEV, or BEV) in NSW to support their operations or
- any organisation or individual that owns at least one licensed taxi in NSW.
Organisations can apply to kick-start funding for a maximum of 10 vehicles and smart charging ports total across all rounds.
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Ongoing |
Inland Rail Community Grants Program |
Funding will be available to short-term projects and activities that contribute to local and regional prosperity, wellbeing and sustainability, such as upgrading community facilities and equipment, implementing unique STEM project in schools, mentoring and developing local business communities and hosting community events. |
30 June 2025 |
Boating Infrastructure Emergency Repair Pool |
The NSW Boating Infrastructure Emergency Repair Pool (BIERP) grants provide funding to local councils and organisations to repair, replace, or improve public boating infrastructure damaged by natural disasters or severe weather events.
The types of projects that will be considered for funding under the BIERP are summarised below:
- Repair or replacement: the reinstatement of the infrastructure asset to its working condition prior to the natural disaster or severe weather event.
- Betterment: minor changes to replacement design that improves resilience of the asset against future natural disasters or severe weather events.
- Access for repair and reinstatement: Work to provide access for repair, replacement and betterment can be funded if it is directly related to the above works. For example, the removal of a collapsed tree across a jetty to gain access to repair the pontoon at the end of the jetty
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07 July 2025 |
Stronger Together Festival and Event Grants |
The Multicultural NSW Stronger Together Grants Program aims to support multicultural festival and events across NSW. They invest in community projects and activities that foster community harmony and celebrate cultural diversity as a precious part of our identity and way of life.
Multicultural NSW supports Festivals and Events that celebrate and embrace our state’s vibrant cultural diversity. The grants will support multicultural and multi-faith community groups to produce Festivals and Events while ensuring health and safety remains a priority.
Applications for Festivals and Events to be held between 1 September 2025 -31 March 2026.
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07 July 2025 |
Community Grants |
Australia Post Community Grants support projects that connect people and improve mental wellbeing in local communities.
Local community groups play an important role in creating positive change in people's lives. To help them deliver for their communities, Australia Post award Community Grants of up to $10,000 each year to fund community-led, local projects.
To be eligible for an Australia Post Community Grant, projects must
- Improve mental health and mental wellbeing outcomes of a community
- Help people meaningfully connect
- Be locally led and locally delivered
Applications for the additional ring-fenced disaster recovery funding must also: Support a disaster-impacted community for improved connection, wellbeing and/ or resilience
Australia Post strive for geographic distribution of grant recipients amongst metro and regional communities and also look to support projects assisting vulnerable groups.
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18 July 2025
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Get Online Week Event Grants |
Get Online Week event grants help community organisations host a digital skills event during Get Online Week, 20-26 October 2025.
Get Online Week grants support community organisations to host fun digital skills events during the campaign, promote their digital inclusion program and reach new people. Grant funding can be spent on marketing, learning resources, catering, venue hire, staff and volunteer expenses and event costs. Applications for the $1,000 Get Online Week event grant are open 16 June - 18 July 2025. |
21 July 2025 |
Clubgrants Category 3 |
The objective of the Clubgrants Category 3 Infrastructure Grants program is to fund the costs of construction, alteration, renovation, completion and fit-out of buildings and community infrastructure to deliver outcomes for disadvantaged NSW communities including regional, remote and drought-affected areas, culturally and linguistically diverse, disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and disaster-affected communities. There are four categories to apply for.
- Community Infrastructure
- Sport and Recreation
- Arts and Culture
- Disaster Readiness
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31 July 2025 |
Community Funding Program |
This program provides financial and in-kind support to encourage and assist community groups and organisations to make a positive and ongoing contribution to the community’s wellbeing, cultural life and environmental sustainability.
The Community Funding Program is open twice annually and a total of $150,000 is available across two rounds for projects (including programs, activities, events and capital works) in four categories:
- Sport and Recreation;
- Culture and the Arts;
- Community Services; and
- Rural Village Enhancement.
Not-for-profit community groups and organisations can access up to $5,000 in assistance for each project as either a cash contribution, in-kind support, or a combination of both.
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01 August 2025 |
Transport Heritage Grants Program |
The Program aims to help the NSW community rediscover the culture, the events and the people that shaped transport in NSW over the past 170 years, as well as support the restoration and conservation of, and access to our valuable heritage assets (including buildings, rolling stock, vehicles, museum objects and collections).
- Category 1: Restoration, reconstruction or preservation of a heritage transport item (available for eligible organisations only)
This category comprises projects which directly involve the restoration and/or conservation of transport heritage assets (including buildings, rolling stock, vehicles, museum objects and collections) which are not eligible for other Government funding administered by THNSW.
- Category 2: Exhibition, interpretation, education or publication relating to heritage transport (available for eligible organisations only)
This category comprises projects that involve educating the community about NSW transport heritage or the operation of transport heritage passenger services.
- Category 3: Study, consultation, report or review that will assist in managing a heritage transport place or item in NSW or the ACT (available for eligible organisations and individuals)
This category comprises conservation management plans, statements of significance and heritage management plans.
- Category 4: Audience development, accessibility, and inclusion
This category is for projects whose outcomes improve access to NSW transport heritage.
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14 August 2025 |
In Good Place Grants |
The program gives small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia the opportunity to fund projects with a clear focus on mental health, social/ emotional health and wellbeing.
This year, the In a Good Place program will offer grants of up to $20,000, from a funding pool of at least $290,000.There are two streams of funding available:
- Community wellbeing for projects focusing on general mental health and wellbeing within remote, rural and regional communities.
- Farmers and farming communities for projects specifically supporting mental health and wellbeing of farmers and the communities they live in. Note: Farming communities refers to remote, rural and regional communities with a high economic dependency on agriculture and related industries.
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31 December 2025 |
Tertiary Access Payment |
The Tertiary Access Payment (TAP) is a one off payment of up to $5,000. It’s to help eligible students with the cost of moving to study. This is for study after you’ve finished year 12 or equivalent.
If you are a student from outer regional, remote, or very remote areas you can apply for up to $5,000 to relocate to participate in tertiary education in your first year of study. The payment is made in two instalments the first payment being made 42 days (six weeks) after the qualifying tertiary course start date.If you are a student from an inner regional area you can apply for $3,000 to relocate to participate in tertiary education in your first year of study. A single instalment is made 42 days (six weeks) after the qualifying tertiary course start date.You can apply for the TAP in the calendar year you commence your first year of study in a qualifying tertiary course until the age of 22 (inclusive). You must apply between the applicable opening and closing dates.The TAP is intended to help you with the costs of relocating to access and participate in tertiary education. Eligible students are not restricted as to how the payment can be used. |
05 February 2026 |
Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program |
The objective of the program is 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.
The intended outcome of the program is to provide funding for projects and activities that:
- promote appreciation and understanding of the experiences of service, and the role of service personnel
- preserve, add to the sum of knowledge on, or provide access to information about Australia’s wartime heritage.
There are 2 categories of grants available under the program:
1. Community Grants (STS-CG)Grants up to $10,000 are available for local, community-based projects and activities.
2. Major Grants (STS- MG) Grants between $10,001 and $150,000 are available for major commemorative projects and activities that are significant from a national, state, territory and/or broader regional perspective.
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01 July 2026 |
Resilient Homes Program - Central West |
The Resilient Homes Program helps communities recover from disasters. It also makes eligible homes in high-risk areas more resilient to the impacts of future disasters. This program is being delivered by the NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA).
What help can I get?
- Home Buyback – a buyback of the property whereby the homeowner receives a payment for the purchase of the property
- Home Raising – a grant payment of up to $100,000 including GST towards the cost of elevating the liveable areas of the home and associated consequential works
- Home Rebuild – a grant payment of up to $100,000 including GST towards the cost of rebuilding a more resilient home where the property was destroyed or uninhabitable
- Home Relocation – a grant of up to $100,000 including GST to help homeowners relocate their current home to a safer location on their property, or to another property in the region
- Home Retrofit – a grant payment up to $50,000 including GST towards the cost of retrofitting and/or repair work of on the home to incorporate flood resilient design and materials in eligible areas.
Where the estimated costs for the Resilient Measures (i.e. Home Raising, Home Rebuild, Home Relocation and Home Retrofit) is more than the available grant value, RA will match financial contributions provided by the homeowner for eligible activities (co-contribution) up to a maximum of 100% of the available grant value.
The maximum for a single home is:
- Home Raising or Home Rebuild - $100,000 including GST plus $100,000 in co-contribution up to the maximum grant value of $200,000 in total including GST.
- Home Retrofit - $50,000 including GST plus $50,000 in co-contribution up to a maximum grant value of $100,000 in total.
Free Home Assessments are also available for homeowners who may be eligible for Resilient Measures. In the Central West, homeowners within the Home Assessment stream will also eligible for a Home Assessment.
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