Grants & Opportunities

This program supports projects in theatre, dance, music, and visual arts that aim to strengthen and enrich the community, promote education, innovation, and audience development, and extend cultural opportunities. It also provides funding for catalogs, commissions, exhibitions, publications, and symposia.

Support for computers and technological resources for indigenous communities.

Provision of necessary household items for those in need.

Funding for sporting activities and participation.

The Environment Grants Program funds projects dedicated to conserving land and threatened species, protecting the integrity of water resources management, and advocating for climate action. It also co-funds initiatives that enable and empower communities and First Peoples to safeguard land, habitats, and ecosystems.

Provides grants to charities across causes like mental health, social inclusion, food security, and environmental sustainability.

Coles provides sports equipment grants to Little Athletics centers across Australia to help young people live healthy, active lives. In FY25, Coles provided $150,000 in these grants.

Flagship Grants are leadership-type grants providing significant, extended funding for ambitious projects that deliver transformative impact in priority areas, with partners proactively identified by the foundation.

Provides sports equipment grants to Little Athletics centres across Australia to support grassroots community sporting programs and encourage healthy, active lives for young people.

Up to $5,500 for casket, transport, flowers, funeral director fees and site preparation, plus up to $500 for feasting food for Traditional Owners and their partners

Travel, accommodation, meals for guest speakers at local churches

Annual education support for Prep to Year 6 students from the five Traditional Owner Groups, covering book packs, uniforms, school fees and equipment. Requires report cards and school attendance confirmation.

Up to $1,000 per year plus up to $700 for IT assistance for courses over 12 months. Covers one return trip home annually, books and fees. Requires academic transcripts and does not replace Abstudy.

This grant is open to Aboriginal people who have saved up at least $1,000 towards their deposit and that are in the process of building or buying their home.

The NSW Koala Strategy supports a range of conservation actions that will provide more habitat for koalas, support local community action, improve koala safety and health, and build our knowledge to improve koala conservation.

The Program will be offered to those new and emerging Aboriginal Governance Groups not already participating in the LDM Program and will provide capacity funding to those Groups enabling them to undertake community engagement and consultation.

The NSW Closing the Gap Partnership Ad Hoc Grant Round provides funding by invitation only to support initiatives identified under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap

LDM is an initiative of OCHRE: the NSW Government’s community-focused plan for Aboriginal affairs. LDM seeks to improve the relationship between government and Aboriginal people through agreement making on service delivery issues.

The purpose of the Minister’s Discretionary Fund (MDF) is to provide one-off grant funding at the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty’s discretion, to support Aboriginal people and communities across NSW.

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.

Major Grants offer substantial, meaningful, and potentially multi-year support to not-for-profit partners to achieve long-term positive impact within the foundation's areas of interest, allocated proactively based on evidence.

Grants for WASH projects connecting skilled volunteer tradespeople to communities in need of water and sanitation and/or irrigation and water solutions to food insecurity. Currently prioritising disaster relief in Australia and Texas, USA.

The Healing at Home on Country, Aboriginal Elders & Mentors Grant Program funds culturally safe, community-led initiatives that support healing, rehabilitation, and reintegration for Aboriginal people leaving custody in NSW. It aims to provide Aboriginal Elders or mentors to support Aboriginal people on parole or post-release, deliver culturally appropriate health, wellbeing, healing or mentoring programs, and support post-release transition, reintegration and connection to family, community and culture.

Supports community leaders in capacity building.

Programs designed to enhance skills and connect youth with the community.