Grants & Opportunities

This grant supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in remote areas of South Australia, focusing on conservation initiatives, community engagement, education, and cultural connection.

An award-winning program established in 2012 that harnesses the power of football to positively engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people, typically aged 2-18, across remote and regional communities in NSW, NT, and QLD. It focuses on improving health, education, wellbeing, and connection to Country.

An award-winning initiative that uses football to positively engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, with significant impacts on health, education, wellbeing, and connection to Country. It provides football clinics and tournaments for primary and secondary school-aged children (2-18 years) in remote and regional communities.

This program, delivered through the CommBank Staff Foundation, awards grants to community organisations across Australia. It supports initiatives focused on areas such as mental health, homelessness, education, disability inclusion, regional resilience, children's health, and support for First Nations Peoples, migrants, and refugees.

The CommBank Staff Foundation Community Grants Program provides $20,000 grants to Australian community organisations for initiatives addressing social challenges. These initiatives often focus on areas such as youth mental health, homelessness, disability inclusion, education, regional resilience, Indigenous Australians, and environmental matters. Organisations are nominated by CommBank employees, and staff donations are matched by the bank.

An annual grant to support the creation, development, exhibiting, or staging of creative work that inspires, motivates, and challenges awareness and thinking about human rights, social justice, Aboriginal sovereignty, and environmental sustainability.

An initiative launched in 2011 to promote sustainable business opportunities for Aboriginal people by encouraging joint venture partnerships and awarding contracts and sub-contracts to Aboriginal businesses and joint venture partners. It also includes a funding scheme in partnership with ANZ to help eligible Aboriginal businesses access finance.

Grants supporting health initiatives aimed at improving the wellbeing of the Warnindilyakwa people of Groote Eylandt.

These awards celebrate the successful completion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Year 12 students across the Townsville Diocese, recognizing their achievements in secondary schooling.

Grants provided by the Groote Eylandt Aboriginal Trust to advance the wellbeing of the Warnindilyakwa people through various charitable initiatives, encompassing education, health, social welfare, and cultural support.

Supports health initiatives to advance the wellbeing of the Warnindilyakwa people of Groote Eylandt through charitable grants.

Rio Tinto has committed A$250 million to this Western Australian Government initiative, supporting iconic infrastructure projects in areas such as education, training, health, Aboriginal wellbeing, and energy decarbonisation.

Short-term practical financial support for students needing help with instruments, camp equipment, uniforms, tutoring, psychologist sessions

The Foundation supports projects that promote and strengthen Scottish cultural heritage within Victoria. Funding is available for not-for-profit individuals, groups, and organisations undertaking primary activities in Australia.

Delivered via FRRR partnership - Small & Vital grants up to $10,000 and Larger Leverage up to $25,000 for remote and regional communities

The grants focus on supporting three priority categories: Aboriginal community engagement, Science, technology, environment and math (STEM) education, and Environmental initiatives. Our program offers grants of between $2,000 – $5,000 for not-for-profit organisations in the categories listed above.

Provides up to $4,000 yearly to assist people with MND in financial hardship for medical equipment and supplies.

Commences in the 2025 academic year, providing $1,000 for successful completion of each academic year of full-time Cert IV or Degree courses lasting a year or more. Paid for the first qualification only, it is means-tested and requires applicants to be Central Australian Aboriginal.

Grants provided to Townsville Catholic Education schools to celebrate and support initiatives linking sustainability with Catholic Social Teachings.

Provides grants of up to $2,000 for UWA Fogarty Scholars to support projects or ventures aligned with the Fogarty Foundation's mission.

Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers (WesCEF) offers grants to not-for-profit organisations in the Kwinana and Rockingham region of Western Australia. The program supports Aboriginal community initiatives, STEM education, and environmental projects.

Partnership with Hands Across Canberra and John James Foundation. $1.94M across 63 projects (2024). Supports community belonging, disability inclusion, healthcare, First Nations communities, DFV prevention.

One-off grant supporting up to $4,000 for medical equipment and care services for individuals with MND.

Funding for community-led Aboriginal health initiatives aimed at closing the health and life expectancy gap

This grant supports innovative projects, such as those delivering nutritious school lunches and cooking programs for children and families in Ballarat.