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.
Funding: up to $30,000
Closes: Midnight - Friday 12th December 2025
Purpose
The Royal Agricultural Society Foundation (RASF) is offering opportunities for community-minded people to be awarded up to $30,000 in funding for community projects in their local area.
Small Environmental Grant Scheme
Funding Amount: between $2,000 and $15,000
Expressions of Interest Submissions Due: 8th December 2025 for funding in February 2026
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: 8th December 2025 for funding in February 2026
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.
Grant amount: From $500 to $200,00
Applications closes: 5:00 pm Friday 5th December 2025
Program Objective
To assist Crown Land Managers meet their duty to biosecurity obligations of the reserves they manage under the Biosecurity Act 2015.
Crown Reserves Improvement Fund - Pest 2025-26
The Crown Reserves Improvement Fund (CRIF) provides financial support for the maintenance, improvement or development of Crown reserves.
This program is administered by Crown Lands.
Grant amount: From $500 to $200,000
Applications close: 5:00 pm Friday 5th December 2025.
Program Objective
To assist Crown Land Managers meet their duty to biosecurity obligations of the reserves they manage under the Biosecurity Act 2015.
Crown Reserves Improvement Fund - Weeds 2025-26
The Crown Reserves Improvement Fund (CRIF) provides financial support for the maintenance, improvement or development of Crown reserves.
This program is administered by Crown Lands.
Grant amount: From $50,000 to $1,000,000
Applications close: 5:00 pm 5th December 2025.
Program Objective
The CRIF 2025-26 funding round objective for general grant applications is to financially support projects that will have a high community impact.
Crown Reserves Improvement Fund - General 2025-26
The Crown Reserves Improvement Fund (CRIF) provides financial support for the maintenance, improvement or development of Crown reserves.
This program is administered by Crown Lands.
Funding: up to $25,000
Applications close: 5pm Thursday 4 December 2025
Funding announced by mid March 2026
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 in the medium to long-term timeframe, generally one to ten years after the disaster.
Grants are available for a broad range of initiatives.
Applications close: 5pm Thursday 4 December 2025
Funding announced by mid March 2026
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 less than15,000). The timeframe to deliver these projects is up to 12 months.
Targeted larger leverage grants: up to $50,000 are only 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.
FRRR’s Small & Vital program supports thriving, resilient, and sustainable remote, rural and regional communities across Australia.
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.
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.
Funds: based on application for the specific initiative/request.
Maximum amount: N/A
Closes: Ongoing
Run by: IGA
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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
