Grants
Grants are a great way to contribute to school and community fundraising. It’s important to know what to look for, where to look and be prepared!
Instead of trying to fit your project into a grants program, we want you to prepare your project for when the RIGHT grant comes up.
Greenline has put together resources for grant applications and will continue to add to these resources. As always we are more than happy to answer any questions and help you put together your project portfolio.
WA | Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund – Small Grants
Provides financial assistance to community groups and local governments to develop basic infrastructure for sport and recreation.
The program aims to increase participation in sport and recreation, with an emphasis on physical activity, through rational development of sustainable, good quality, well-designed and well-utilised facilities.
There are two grant categories:
– CSRFF Small Grants (this listing)
– CSRFF Forward Planning Grants
Eligible to: Non-Government, government, community groups, sporting clubs
Round 3 closes at 11:59, Thursday 31 August 2023
Round 4 closes at 11:59, Sunday 31 March 2024
QLD | Gambling Community Benefit Fund
Allocates funding to not-for-profit community groups to help them provide services, leisure activities and opportunities for Queensland communities.
The Gambling Community Benefit Fund (GCBF) is Queensland’s largest one-off community grants program and distributes approximately $60 million each year to not-for-profit community groups. The GCBF funding helps these groups to provide services, leisure activities and opportunities for Queensland communities.
Eligible to: Non-Government, community groups, health, sporting clubs, education, other
Round 3 closes at 11:59, Thursday 31 August 2023
Round 4 closes at 11:59, Tuesday 31 October 2023
AUS | Strengthening Rural Communities – Rebuilding Rural Communities (up to $10,000)
Gives small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities.
Eligible to: Non-Government, community groups, other
Round 4 closes at 11:59, Thursday 31 August 2023
NT | Community Benefit Fund – Major Community Grants
Provides funding towards services, leisure activities and opportunities for Territorians.
If you want to apply for a major community grant in the Northern Territory (NT) you must be either:
– An NT based non-profit community organisation
– An NT regional council.
Eligible to: Non-Government, Government, community groups
Round 4 Open from 01 July-31 August 2023
VIC | Building Blocks Grants – Improvement
This grants stream provides funding for upgrades, refurbishments and renovations to early learning facilities, or investment in IT equipment for not-for-profit funded organisations offering a 3 and 4-year-old kindergarten program.
Your organisation can apply if it is one of the following:
- a Victorian Local Government Area (Council);
- a not-for-profit community organisation that is a legal entity (for example an incorporated association, incorporated cooperative or Indigenous corporation);
- a Victorian government school; or
- a Victorian non-government school registered with the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority or Catholic Education Commission of Victoria.
Eligible to: Education
Applications closes at 11:59, Sunday 3 September 2023
QLD | Go for Gold Fund – Sports Infrastructure Funding
The Go for Gold initiative aims to enhance and build new sports infrastructure in schools for students and local communities across Queensland to encourage greater participation in sport. It will also provide sports equipment for state and non-state schools across the state.
The benefits of the Go for Gold Fund will be spread across schools including primary, high, middle, special education, outdoor and distance education schools.
Eligible to: Education
Applications closes at 11:59, Friday 15 September 2023
SA | Community Recreation and Sport Facilities Program
The Community Recreation and Sport Facilities Program will assist eligible organisations to develop infrastructure that directly addresses demonstrated need and supports participation through the rational development of good quality projects.
To be eligible for CRSFP funding, organisations must:
- Be a not-for-profit sport club, association or sports facility manager incorporated under the Associations Incorporations Act 1985 (SA), or hold a comparable legal status; or
- Be a local council; or
- Be a school council/board of management; and
- Have been operating for 12 months or longer.
Eligible to: Non-Government, government, community groups, health, education, sporting clubs, other
Applications closes at 11:59, Monday 25 September 2023
WA | Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund – Forward Planning Grants
Funds large scale sport and recreation infrastructure projects where the total project cost exceeds $500,000 and may require an implementation period of between one and three years.
The purpose of the Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund is to provide financial assistance to community groups and local governments to develop basic infrastructure for sport and recreation.
There are two grant categories:
– CSRFF Small Grants
– CSRFF Forward Planning Grants (this listing)
Eligible to: Non-Government, government, community groups, sporting clubs, other
Applications closes at 11:59, Friday 29 September 2023
NSW | Country Passenger Transport Infrastructure Grants Scheme (CPTIGS)
Provides subsidies to support the construction or upgrade of bus stop infrastructure generally owned and maintained by local councils across country NSW.
The Scheme aims to maximise benefits to country passengers through supporting:
– More accessible passenger transport especially better connections between bus stops and surrounding communities
– An increase in the use of passenger transport in country areas through improved awareness of bus stop locations, kerbside information and improved security
– The development of minor infrastructure to complement passenger service development.
If schools, transport providers and businesses would like a shelter or upgrade they should contact their local council to make the application on their behalf
Subsidies can be used for the provision and/or upgrading of bus stop infrastructure components as follows:
– New shelters or
– Upgrades.
Eligible to: Non-Government, government, community groups
Applications closes at 11:59, Saturday 30 September 2023
QLD | RACQ Foundation Community Grant Program
Gives community groups, charities and sporting clubs the opportunity to rebuild after cyclones, severe storms, bushfires and drought.
RACQ Foundation helps impacted community groups recover from flooding, weather events, drought, bushfire and other natural disasters.
Eligible to: Non-Government, education, health, community groups, sporting clubs, other
Round 4 closes at 11:59, Monday 2 October 2023
VIC | Country Football and Netball Program
Provides funding to assist regional football and netball clubs, associations and umpiring organisations to upgrade and develop facilities in rural, regional and outer metropolitan locations.
Examples of projects eligible for funding include the following:
– Development of new, or upgrade to existing change rooms and pavilions to increase capacity, inclusion and safety
– Development of new, or upgrade to existing sports ovals and courts to increase capacity and safety
– Sports lighting that improves facility capacity and participant safety
– Projects that result in energy or water efficiency, with a direct impact on participation, such as warm season grass conversions.
Eligible to: Government, sporting clubs
Round 4 closes at 11:59, Monday 9 October 2023
AUS | Regional Investment Activation Fund – Stream Two
Supports projects that are time-sensitive and strategically significant for a priority industry or location.
The $110 million Regional Investment Activation Fund (RIAF) will co-invest with eligible entities on catalytic projects that will deliver significant economic, social and/or environmental benefits for a priority industry or location.
Eligible to: Non-Government, businesses, other
Applications closes at 11:59, Tuesday 31 December 2024
AUS | Disaster Recovery and Emergency Grants
Supports community-based welfare projects.
Over the past years we have seen a significant increase in Disaster funding requests as our nation has been impacted in many ways through fire, flood, drought, cyclones etc. Impact has been seen by individuals through to whole communities and the Australian Lions Foundation has provided support funding to assist ways to match the needs.
Eligible to: Community groups, other
Applications close: Adhoc ongoing
WA | Community Place Based Grants
The program includes a process to work with local government, Aboriginal leaders and service organisations, to embed sport and recreation in community-led activities and events that target vulnerable and at-risk youth and their families.
The aim is to fund programs for multiple years to ensure a consistent quality approach to programs to get traction, build capacity and have a collective impact.
Eligible to: Government, Non-Government, community groups, sporting clubs
Applications close: Adhoc ongoing
VIC | Building Blocks Grants – Capacity Building Stream
Provides funding for projects that create additional infrastructure capacity for funded Three and Four-Year-Old Kindergarten programs by building new or expanding existing infrastructure.
Eligible to: Government, education
Applications close: Adhoc ongoing
AUS | Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund
Cricket Australia, in partnership with State and Territory Associations, is committed to developing quality facilities that provide a welcoming environment for all participants, officials, volunteers and spectators.
Typical projects include the construction or refurbishment of pitches, ovals, practice facilities, change rooms, pavilions and supporting infrastructure.
Eligible to: clubs, associations, schools, councils and cricket facility managers, acknowledging the important role that these partners play in providing facilities for community cricket across Australia.
Applications open: Each State and Territory Association varies
NSW | Community Investment and Partnership Programme
Our Community Investment and Partnership Programme delivers $750,000 to a range of different community groups, initiatives and events each year.
Eligible to: local organisations, charities and projects that address areas of need in the Newcastle Local Government Area particularly portside suburbs.
Applications close: Adhoc ongoing
AUS | Bowls Disaster Relief Fund
Bowls Australia is committed to redirecting one-hundred per cent of all sums raised back to those clubs in need, who are able to access monies from the fund via an application process.
Funding can be used to repair or reinstate the structure of a damaged facility, or to repair or replace damaged fittings and equipment integral to the function of a facility.
Eligible to: Bowls club
Applications close: Adhoc ongoing
QLD | Sporting Development Fund
Supports sporting clubs and associations to help them build junior development programs, improve facilities and or purchase equipment to promote sport and a healthy and active lifestyle.
Eligible to: Sporting clubs
Applications close: Adhoc ongoing
AUS | Capital Grants Program
The Capital Grants Program provides Catholic and independent schools with appropriate funding to help them improve school infrastructure through capital expenditure.
This program provides funding for non-government primary and secondary school communities to improve their school infrastructure.
Eligible to: Catholic and Independent Schools across Australia.
Applications close: Adhoc ongoing
AUS | Exxon Australia Contributions Program
These grants offer funding for specific community projects, which demonstrate broad community benefits. Priority areas are health, education and environment/conservation.
Eligible to: Not-for-Profit organisations
Applications close: Adhoc ongoing
AUS | The CLUB grants Scheme
Category 3 is a state-wide funding program which aims to support large community infrastructure projects. Grants are available for emergency and disaster relief, sports & arts and culture infrastructure.
Eligible to: Not-for-Profit organisations
Applications close: ongoing
