Grants & Opportunities

A fully-funded 10-week in-person program supporting women and children to overcome abuse and build self-esteem and resilience.

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.

Funds initiatives supporting economic equity, safety, and justice for women and girls.

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.

The Afghanistan Inquiry Legal Assistance Scheme funds the reasonable costs of legal representation for current and forme...

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.

Provides specialized training focusing on the development of First Nations People and Women, offering Certificate II or III qualifications for entry-level or semi-skilled roles.

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.

National social justice initiatives supporting social entrepreneurs to achieve systemic change on key issues.

The Foundation, with sponsor Bondor Metecno, assists the Gallery in delivering this exhibition. The award celebrates diverse, high-calibre talent of artists living and working in the Northern Rivers, Tweed, and Gold Coast regions, including Bundjalung (First Nations) and emerging artist categories.

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.

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.

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.

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....

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.