Grants & Opportunities

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.

A program helping young people with care or youth justice experience, and those in Education First Youth Foyers, access vocational education and training with tuition fees waived under Skills First.

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.

The Ballarat Women's Fund Grants support initiatives that create long-term benefits for women and the wider community in Ballarat. It focuses on primary prevention and early intervention initiatives addressing family violence, promoting gender equality, and improving women's participation, opportunity, and inclusion by addressing systemic barriers.

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.

Designed for smaller grassroots organisations and organisations new to the foundation. Maximum request is $25,000. Focus areas include mental health, education equity, homelessness, family violence, addiction, food insecurity, disability inclusion, and arts/culture.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A youth recognition award for academic achievement in Legal Studies, providing a grant to the highest achiever in Legal Studies Units 1 & 2 from secondary schools in Hume.

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.

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

Grants to support freelance journalists

ACF's flagship collective giving program tackling Australia's biggest issues in social, cultural, and environmental justice. Fundholders pool resources and make collective granting decisions. Events scheduled in Melbourne (May 7), Sydney (May 12), and Brisbane (May 12) in 2026.

The Attorney-General's Department administers a range of statutory and non-statutory legal financial assistance schemes....

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.

Supporting women's economic empowerment in Australia

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

Grants supporting educational initiatives and opportunities for the Warnindilyakwa people of Groote Eylandt.

Grants supporting social welfare initiatives to enhance the quality of life for the Warnindilyakwa people of Groote Eylandt.

Grants supporting cultural initiatives to preserve and promote the traditions and heritage of the Warnindilyakwa people of Groote Eylandt.

Grants supporting religious initiatives for the Warnindilyakwa people of Groote Eylandt.

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.