Below are grants that are currently available to individuals or groups. If you need help filling out the forms, don't hestitate to contact us for some friendly advice.
Value: $50 to $100
Voucher 2 – 2025: Available now
Voucher 1 – 2026: Available now
Vouchers to help families with eligible school-aged children pay for sport, recreational, creative or cultural activities.
For more Information: https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-for-an-active-and-creative-kids-voucher
Run By: Service NSW
Funding: up to US $1,000 000 (AUD $1,450,00 approx.) for each category
Applications open: 26 January 2026
Applications close: 7:00am AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time, UTC+10) on 23 June 2026 in NSW, Australia [5pm EST (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-5) 22 June 2026].
The Zayed Sustainability Prize recognises and rewards small and medium enterprises (SMEs), nonprofit organisations (NPOs), and global high schools with impactful, innovative, and inspiring sustainable solutions.
The Zayed Sustainability Prize awards 6 categories; Health, Food, Energy, Water, Climate Action and, Global High Schools.
For more information and to apply Zayad Sustainability Prize
Australia's capacity to respond to disasters relies on emergency management volunteers. Today's volunteer leaders must negotiate a maze of relationships, networks and expectations to lead effectively in the disaster environment. Leadership demands innovation, creativity, negotiation, improvisation and strategic vision.
The Volunteer Leadership Program (VLP) equips volunteers from community organisations, not-for-profits, disaster relief organisations and local government within the emergency management sector, with the skills and confidence to grow as leaders. The VLP experience is immersive and collaborative, bringing together volunteers from different organisations and agencies to build knowledge and share experiences with each other. The program explores practical leadership frameworks through interactive learning, and participants gain both self-awareness and an enhanced ability to understand and contribute to their organisations.
Please direct any questions to events@aidr.org.au.
For more information and to apply Volunteer Leadership Program.
Funding: $1000 - $5000
Applications close: May 2026
Volunteer Grants support the work of local community organisations by reducing barriers for volunteers and increasing participation in volunteering.
The 2025-26 Volunteer Grants program, delivered by the Australian Government through the Department of Social Services, supports community organisations that rely on volunteers by helping remove barriers to participation and promoting volunteering opportunities.
Grants between $1,000 and $5,000 are available to eligible not-for-profit organisations that depend on volunteers to deliver their work.
Volunteer Grants, funded by the Australian Government, provide practical support to strengthen volunteer-led activity in communities across Australia.
The 2025-26 Volunteer Grants will open for expressions of interest through Federal Members of Parliament (MPs).
Organisations should:
Read the Grant Opportunity Guidelines carefully
Contact their local Federal MP - Hon Barnaby Joyce MP Member for New England to understand how to submit an expression of interest.
Organisations nominated by their MP will be invited by the Department of Social Services to complete a formal application in May 2026.
Funding: $10,000 - $20,000
Applications close: 21 May 2026
The annual grant program supports initiatives that will make an impact in your community.
The project supports initiatives that provide sustainable, tangible and long-term benefits with positive outcomes for Australian rural, regional and remote communities. In turn this builds capacity, longevity, liveability and connection in the regions in which we operate.
Based on six distinct pillars, the project offers a total of 12 grants, on, Elders will offer grants up to $20,000.
Each application must align to one of the following pillars;
In addition to the six pillars above, there will be two People's Choice grants, for a maximum of $10,000 each. This open criteria grant will be voted for by Elders employees.
For more information and to apply Elders Community Giving Project
Funding: no maximum or minimum allocation
Applications close: 10 May 2026
Qantas is offering $2 million in support to Australian-based communities and projects that are looking to benefit Australia's regional areas.The $2 million is divided between marketing support ($750,000) and flights and cash ($1,250,000).
To apply and for more Information: Qantas Regional Grants
Funding: $100,000 to $1,000,000
Applications close: 4pm 1 May 2026
The purpose of the Active Regional Communities Package is to enhance the liveability, resilience and long-term sustainability of regional NSW by investing in community events, infrastructure and locally driven activities that strengthen social cohesion, support community participation, and improve the amenity of regional places.
The Active Regional Communities Package has 3 streams to target activities, with proportionate investment, to achieve the overarching objective of the Active Regional Communities Package. The Streams enable funding to support a wide range of projects that work together to attract and retain residents and workers essential to regional economic success and provide communities opportunities needed to thrive and adapt to economic or environmental change.
This program is for the Community Participation Stream - Stream Two.
The Community Participation Stream is a $25 million investment from the Regional Development Trust Fund and delivers priorities identified in the Regional Development Trust Fund Investment Strategy in the following Key Focus Areas of the strategy:
The overarching Active Regional Communities Package aims to make regional NSW a great place to live and work.
The objective of the Community Participation Stream is to:
The minimum grant amount is $100,000 and the maximum grant amount is $1 million (GST exclusive).
For more information and to apply Active Regional Communities Package - Community Participation - Stream 2
Funding: undisclosed
Applications close: 11.59pm 26 April 2026
The Earthwatch Student Challenge is an opportunity for a select number of Year 10 - 12 students to experience environmental research first hand.
Imagine spending a week in an amazing location with students from all over Australia, exploring solutions for a more sustainable relationship with our environment. The Earthwatch Student Challenge is a once in a lifetime opportunity for a select number of Year 10 - 12 students to experience environmental research first hand.
Current Program Dates:
For more information and to apply Earthwatch Student Challenge
Funding: up to $20,000
Applications open: 3 March 2026
Applications close: 16 April 2026
Funding will support applications that are clearly focused on the medium to long-term recovery and resilience building of the local community.
The Rebuilding Futures program seeks to support communities to strengthen their resilience through long-term recovery from a significant disaster by undertaking community-identified and community-led recovery, prevention and preparedness activities for public benefit.
A broad range of community led initiatives will be supported to achieve at least one of the following:
AND evidence outcomes of 1 or more of the 7 critical dimensions for building community resilience: Inclusion; Networks; Communication; Information; Self-Organising Systems, Local decision making; and/or Resources.
Closes: Ongoing
Primary producers may be able to claim an immediate deduction for capital expenses incurred on fencing and fodder storage assets.
Australian Taxation Office
Closes: Ongoing
Value: Up to $2 Million
Agristarter Loans provide farmers with loans to either assist them in starting their own farming business or to plan for and implement succession arrangements.
Australian Government Regional Investment Corporation
Closes: Ongoing
Provides primary production businesses with tax deductions on farm management deposits to help them deal with inconsistent income from natural disasters, climate and market changes.
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Closes: Ongoing
Purves Environmental Foundation grants gifts (funds) to enable and empower others working towards environmental sustainability and preservation of biodiversity.
We aim to:
Current Regular Giving funding focus areas:
Degradation of key biodiversity habitat
We aim to support initiatives that seek to advocate for prevention of destruction of biodiversity habitat through improvement in policies and management, backed by best available science.
Unsustainable management of natural resources
We aim to support key initiatives and organisations that seek to improve policies on environmental management of natural resources, in particular freshwater, by using best available science.
Pollution
We aim to support initiatives that seek to improve policies, regulations, or schemes that mitigate pollution, in particular soft plastics.
For more Information: https://www.purvesenvirofund.org.au
Funding: up to $15,000
Applications close: 5.00pm 31 March 2026
Purpose
Our Essential Grants Program provides financial support to community groups across our network area, contributing to positive outcomes for regional communities.
Overview
The program supports community-based initiatives that align with the following categories:
Last financial year, 2024-2025, we contributed $150,000 in grants to community groups in our network area, with amounts up to $15,000 funded to each successful applicant.
For more information: https://www.essentialenergy.com.au/about-us/community-support/Essential-Grants
Apply Using SmartyGrants: https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/G19953/apply
Small Environmental Grant Scheme
Funding Amount: between $2,000 and $15,000
Expressions of Interest Submissions Due:
Providing support for organisations undertaking projects that will make a positive difference to the natural living environment, in land, sea or air, rural or urban. We support grassroots organisations and individuals, and academics who are working with on-ground community groups.
Submissions Due:
Providing support to people playing a key role in conservation projects. Grants are awarded to individuals for professional development in their field, particularly those involved in grassroots landscape restoration.
Amount: Up to $250,000
For: Business, Individual
Status: Ongoing
Low interest loans of up to $250,000 are available to primary producers in NSW to fund a broad range of products, activities and services aimed at improving drought preparedness and climate variability resilience.
Program objective
The Drought Ready and Resilient Fund (DRRF) will increase the self-reliance, sustainability, and resilience of NSW primary production enterprises to manage drought.
The program is offered to eligible primary production enterprises for eligible activities that support the primary production enterprise to implement their Farm Business Resilience Plan (or equivalent), as detailed in the program guidelines. (PDF 1.93MB)
This program is administered by Rural Assistance Authority.
This program is funded by NSW Treasury.
From $2,000 to $15,000
For: Individual
Status: Ongoing
These grants provide financial assistance for landholders managing conservation agreement areas to improve the biodiversity value of their properties.
Conservation Partners Grants support landholders working to protect and manage biodiversity on their land.
The grants are available on an on-going basis for landholders who are not seeking or are ineligible for conservation management payments under the Biodiversity Conservation Trust’s Conservation Management Program.
Funding
There are four levels of funding available:
Up to $15,000 per year for up to three years for landholders with in-perpetuity conservation agreements, Trust Agreements, Registered Property Agreements.
Up to $8,000 per year for up to three years for landholders with a term Registered Property Agreement.
Up to $2,000 per year for up to three years for landholders with a wildlife refuge or wildlife refuge agreement or who are members of Wildlife Land Trust.
Landholders with Land For Wildlife agreements can apply to the Community Environment Network (CEN) for conservation partners grants of up to $2,000 per year.
The CEN grant can be identified by prefix "LFWBG" in recipient number.
In-perpetuity agreements greater than 1,000 Ha in size may be eligible for up to $30,000/year for up to three years. Investment at this level is at the discretion of the BCT and subject to case-by-case assessment.
Applications will be funded if they are eligible, complete and meet the assessment criteria and if the BCT has available funding.
Contributions from landholders such as labour or co-contributions are encouraged.
This program is funded and administered by NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust.
Boarding Scholarships for Isolated Students (BSIS) provides financial support for eligible students boarding away from home or residential fees to access education.
Scholarships are available for students in Years 7 to 12 who are disadvantaged by a low family income and geographical isolation.
You can apply for a scholarship on the NSW Education website
Grant amount: Up to $1,000
Status: Ongoing
Program objective
If you are a small business owner in NSW, the $1,000 SafeWork small business rebate can help you purchase eligible safety items to make your workplace safer for you and your workers, including managing or eliminating hazards and risks that may cause serious injury, illness or death at work.
The rebate only applies to safety items on the eligible items list. These items support safety solutions which are high level controls under the hierarchy of control.
Addition of agricultural drones
Agricultural drones (used in a primary producing farming operation with one or more of the following capabilities: spray, spread and/or visual capabilities) have been added as eligible items under the $1,000 SafeWork small business rebate. The Hon. Sophie Cotsis MP, Minister for Industrial Relations, and Minister for Work Health and Safety approved this addition in August 2025.
The addition of agricultural drones to the rebate align with SafeWork NSW’s 2025-2026 regulatory priorities relating to harm prevention associated with mobile plant, vehicles or fixed machinery. This addition will support regional and small farm operations that will benefit from the use of drone technology as a practical and modern safety tool. Visit the SafeWork website or email safetyrebate@safework.nsw.gov.au if you have any questions.
This program is funded and administered by SafeWork NSW.
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Our Landcare Coordinators can help develop project ideas, action plan next steps, and source funding!
Tell us your ideas using our Expression of Interest Form
