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
Applications close: 5pm 30 June 2026
Rounds: Ongoing
Funding amount: up to $50,000
Funding body: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry & Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR)
Small Network Grants support not-for-profit organisations in remote, rural and regional Australia to develop and deliver local projects or initiatives that will broadly result in strengthened social capital, wellbeing and connectedness to prepare for and build social resilience to drought.
The Small Network Grants will fund networks, community events, training initiatives, community infrastructure, development and learning initiatives that assist local people and communities to strengthen social capital and capability to prepare for future droughts.
The list of eligible LGAs can be found here.
Projects may include:
Small Network Grants will be offered across three rounds. This is Round 1 of 3. Each round has a total of $1,000,000 available. There is no minimum request.
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
Applications close: 5pm 20 July 2026
Funding amount: up to $500
Funding body: Wheen Bee Foundation
The Trees for Bees Community Tree Grants support the planting of bee-friendly trees in extended gardens, community-owned land, school grounds, sporting club precincts and urban corridors.
This year, 40 grants of $500 are available for not-for-profit organisations, school groups, Landcare groups, community organisations and sustainability groups.
Applications require a brief summary of the bee-friendly planting proposal, planting area and planting dates.
Applicants will be judged on three criteria:
Planting must be completed by 31 October 2026.
Please read the Terms & Conditions and the Eligibility Checklist.
Applications close: 30 June 2026
Rounds: Ongoing
Funding amount: up to $5,000
Funding body: Pace Farms
Pace Farm's new Community Grants Program aims to provide much needed funding to support organisations across Australia to bring about positive, lasting change to their communities.
The grants are available to empower organisations to deliver real, tangible benefits to their communities, building facilities and services to improve the lives of local people across the country.
The grants are open to community groups including charities, sporting clubs, schools, environmental organisations and community groups.
Projects may include upgrading food charity kitchens, improving sporting clubrooms, delivering education programs to remote groups, providing community health and wellness programs, or assisting a revegetation initiative.
Eligible groups can apply for grants of up to $5,000 a year to fund projects that have positive and measurable benefits for their community and have the potential for long-term impact beyond the grant.
Priority will also be given to projects that align with Pace Farm's respect for equity and inclusion, driven by its vision of Eggs For Everyone, and to initiatives that make a meaningful difference in areas where Pace Farm operates.
There is a new round of applications every three months.
Applications close on:
Pace Farm will contact all applicants with the outcome of their application once the decision-making process for each round is complete.
For more information and to apply.
Applications close: Round 29 - 5pm 24 June, 2026
Rounds: Ongoing
Funding amount: up to $50,000
Funding body: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR)
The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) Small & Vital stream 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.
There are two tiers of Small & Vital funding available:
Small grants up to $10,000 are available for a broad range of grassroots, community-led initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities that strengthen local people, places and climate solutions with a preference for smaller communities (populations under 15,000). The timeframe to deliver these projects is up to 12 months.
Targeted larger leverage grants up to $50,000 are available for projects that focus on strengthening the digital skills, confidence and safety of adults enabling them to get online, build social connections, and access services, information, education and employment through training, as well as acquiring the digital and connectivity infrastructure where needed. The timeframe to deliver these projects is up to 18 months.
Applications close: Round 29 - 5pm 24 June, 2026
Rounds: Ongoing
Funding amount: up to $25,000
Funding body: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR)
The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) Prepare & Recover program supports communities in remote, rural and regional communities across Australia to implement initiatives that prevent and prepare for future climate related impacts, or recover from existing disasters through the medium to long term process.
Grants are available for a broad range of initiatives that focus on community-led resilience building in recovery or preparedness to strengthen the capacity and capability of local people and systems, especially to manage the impact of future disasters.
Projects that focus on strengthening local inclusion, networks, communication, information sharing, self-organising systems, local decision making, resourcing, tools and support will be prioritised.
Demonstration of project need must reference a specific climate impact or event, either historic or likely to occur in the future.
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
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.
The required outcome of the Program is that eligible non-profit organisations have restored essential facilities, equipment or other assets damaged or destroyed as a result of a declared natural disaster and/or have been able to source temporary storage or have leased alternate premises if required.
Eligible non-profit organisations impacted by the declared natural disaster can apply to borrow a maximum amount of $25,000. All loans have a term of up to 5 years, depending on the amount borrowed and your repayment capacity.
Funding: up to $10,000
Status: Ongoing
The objective of the program is to provide a concessional interest rate loan to eligible sporting and recreation clubs and associations to assist with the costs associated with clean up, removal of debris and/or the restoration of essential facilities, equipment or other assets that have been damaged or destroyed as a result of the declared natural disaster.
Natural Disaster Relief Loans are only provided to eligible small business operators following the declaration of a natural disaster by the NSW Government.
This program is administered by Rural Assistance Authority.
This program is funded by NSW Treasury.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
If your home or essential household contents were damaged or destroyed by a natural disaster, you may be eligible for the Disaster Relief Grant for individuals.
The financial assistance is provided to help people to recover from the effects of a disaster and re-establish a basic standard of living. It is not provided to replace insurance or compensate for losses.
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Do you have a project that could benefit from a grant? Would you neighbours like to particpate?
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
