Council Grants
State Government Grants
- Queensland Government grant finder
- Australian Parliamentary Library guide to community grants
- Office of Liquor Gaming and Racing provides information and links to a number of community benefit programs funded by gaming revenue which provide grants to local organisations.
- Arts Queensland provides a detailed list of funding for community groups and individuals engaged in artistic and cultural activities.
- Sport and Recreation Queensland offers funding programs to sport and recreation organisations.
- Tourism Queensland provides a database of funding opportunities for organisations whose work involves attracting visitors to the state.
- Natural Resources Awareness Grants are available for groups involved with natural resource management.
- Queensland Community Foundation (QCF) is a public charitable trust set up to serve the state’s communities by providing a permanent funding source for charity.
- Building Supportive Communities Grants Program provides funds for projects that are aimed at involving people with disabilities with the broader community.
- Brisbane City Council Community Grants
- Multicultural Assistance Program provides funding to both festivals and smaller projects which promote diversity and inclusiveness in the community.
- South Burnett Local Government Association provides links and information for predominantly Queensland sources of funding.
Federal Government Grants
- Australian Parliamentary Library guide to community grants
- GrantsLINK is guide to grants available from Commonwealth Government agencies.
- Grants and Services Finder lists over 1400 grants and opportunities for cultural organisations.
- business.gov.au identifies grants and other funding programs for business related activities.
- Community Portal provides information for community groups in Australia including a selection of links to sources of grants and funding.
- Arts Funding Guide provides an overview of the Australia Council’s funding programs and other forms of support for the arts in Australia.
Non-government Organisations
- ANZ Trustees provides a listing of a wide number of funds and foundations providing grants in different areas.
- APEC Education Foundation offers grants for community building education projects in countries who participate in the APEC Forum.
- Australian Charities has a selection of links for fundraisers and a database of contact details for major Australian Charities.
- Australian Communication Exchange (ACE) provides funding for projects by nonprofit organisations which benefit the deaf hearing or speech impaired in the community.
- Australia’s Open Garden Scheme provides grants for garden-related community projects.
- Australian Ethical Investment Scheme provides grants to community groups annually.
- The Business Enterprise Centre (BEC) website provides information on grants that may be available to business.
- Charities Aid Foundation allows charitable organisations to be placed on a registry to be matched with corporate donors and sponsors.
- Commonwealth Bank Staff Community Fund Local Grants Program aims specifically to assist community groups with projects that improve the health and well being of children and young people nationally.
- Comic Relief Australia grants are managed through Volunteering Australia and are available for a wide range of not for profit organisations.
- Community Enterprise Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Group.
- Fosters Community Grants for specific projects run by community groups and charities.
- The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal aims to take a leadership role in assisting regional rural and remote communities to respond to social cultural and economic change. The FRRR administers a number of funding programs and grants.
- The Foundation for Young Australians is a not-for-profit organisation committed to investing in excess of $3 million each year on providing opportunities for young people with specific funding for projects involving Indigenous youth.
- Givewell provides a comprehensive database of Australian charities giving strategies bequests charitable trusts and corporate philanthropy as well as links to charities and related sites.
- The Ian Potter Foundation
- JASON postgraduate scholarship search engine is a scholarships database for Australian students wishing to study at home or abroad and for international students wishing to study in Australia.
- Landcare Community Grants are funded in partnership with Australia Post and provide grants for projects aimed at improving the environment.
- Macquarie Group Foundation supports groups and activities in Australia and overseas.
- The Mercy Foundation provides support for organisations involved in reducing inequality and poverty in Australia .
- The Myer Foundation and The Sidney Myer Fund
- National Australia Bank provides regular community grants to organisations nominated by employees.
- National Foundation for Australian Women runs a program through which other women’s groups can receive tax deductible donations and grants through their preferred donor fund.
- NRMA Insurance communityhelp grants: grants for crime and injury prevention emergency services and the environment. In Western Australia the program operates under SGIO and in South Australia under SGIC.
- Optus Connecting Communities Grants Program provides grants to organisations to help reduce social isolation and to reconnect disengaged youth.
- Perpetual Trustees Australia
- Peter Brock Foundation provides funding and support for community groups and organisations with a focus on welfare services social issues and community programs.
- The Reichstein Foundation funds projects aimed at assisting disadvantaged communities.
- The Rockefeller Foundation
- The Telstra Foundation provides community development grants for projects particularly aimed at children and young people. They also provide assistance through their Indigenous Community Development program and Social Innovation Grants.
- Wesfarmers makes contributions to community-benefiting activities through its corporate office and through subsidiary businesses. Applications for small donations such as gift vouchers should be made to individual business outlets.
- Woolworths provides support to local community organisations and charities.
- World Wildlife Fund Australia provides funding through its Threatened Species Network Community Grants program to groups working to protect wildlife or habitats.
Commercial
- GrantsearchAustralia who publish the Grants Register.
- Easygrants newsletter published by ourcommunity.com.au
- Fund Base provides a database of government philanthropic and corporate grants and funding programs.
- Pathways Australia provides a database of corporate and government fundraising opportunities for not-for-profit organisations.
- Philanthropy Australia publishes the Australian Directory of Philanthropy .