Anzac Day Schools’ Awards

Amount: Winning schools will share in $39,000 of prize money
Closing Date: 29 May 2025
Purpose: To provide immediate assistance following a disaster or catastrophic event in their lives. Pending the capacity of the fund, the panel may consider larger amounts as appropriate to the need of the beneficiary.

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Artists’ Benevolent Fund

Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To provide immediate assistance following a disaster or catastrophic event in their lives. Pending the capacity of the fund, the panel may consider larger amounts as appropriate to the need of the beneficiary.

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Building Excellence in Support and Training (BEST) Grants Program

Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: 28 April 2025
Purpose: This funding will help Ex-service organisations (ESOs) to advocate for veterans and their families as well as assist with their entitlements and compensation claims.

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Community Energy Upgrades Fund Round 2

Amount: $25,000 - $2,500,000
Closing Date: 13 June 2025
Purpose: To co-fund energy efficiency and electrification upgrades for local governments to deliver reduced energy bills and emissions from local government owned and/or operated facilities.

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Disaster Ready Fund Round Three 2025-26

Amount: $200 million
Closing Date: 2 April 2025
Purpose: To support Australian communities that manage the physical, economic and social impacts of future floods, cyclones, bushfires, storm surges and other natural hazards. Works that deliver enduring benefits for communities are a particular focus this year, with $138 million earmarked for infrastructure projects.

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Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Providers Worker Retention Grant Payment

Amount: $3.6 billion to support the 15 per cent wage increase over two years
Closing Date: 30-Sep-2026 
Purpose: Providers can apply to receive grant funding to support a 15 per cent pay increase for eligible ECEC workers over two years from the Australian Government.

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Export Market Development Grants

Amount: $30,000 - $80,000
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: To bring benefits to Australia by encouraging the creation, development, expansion and diversification of foreign markets for Australian products.

• Tier 1 up to $30,000 per financial year
• Tier 2 up to $50,000 per financial year
• Tier 3 up to $80,000 per financial year
• Representative body up to $50,000 per financial year.

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Financial Wellbeing & Capability Activity Grant -Financial Wellbeing Hubs

Amount: $95.1 million
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: Financial Wellbeing Hubs will provide integrated, co-located financial wellbeing services, with a strong focus on early intervention and financial capability. Integrated services will include financial counselling and financial capability, Emergency Relief and access to Microfinance products, and will focus on supporting individuals to increase their financial and digital literacy and longer-term financial resilience.

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Global Health Initiative – 2025 Mental Health and Climate Change Grant Opportunity

Amount: $250,000 - $2 million
Closing Date: 23 July 2025
Purpose: To develop knowledge and tools for addressing threats to Australia’s national health security from regional and global challenges.

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Industry Growth Program

Amount:  $50,000 - $5 million
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: Supporting innovative small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and startups to commercialise their ideas and grow their businesses. There are two matched funding grant opportunities:

• $50,000 - $250,000 to support early-stage commercialisation projects
• $100,000 - $5 million for commercialisation and growth projects.

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Long Tan Bursary

Amount: $12,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: The Long Tan Bursary helps eligible children and grandchildren of Vietnam veterans pay for their tertiary education. Each year 37 bursaries are awarded to successful applicants across Australia. Each bursary is worth up to $12,000 over 3 years of continuous full-time study.

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Mental Health and Climate Change Grant

Amount: $3 million 
Closing Date: 25 June 2025
Purpose:  To provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that, through co-design with consumers and health services, develop scalable and sustainable interventions to mitigate the impact of climate change on Australians’ mental health.

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MRFF National Critical Research Infrastructure Initiative - 2024 Clinical Trial Enabling Infrastructure

Amount: $300,000 - $7 million
Closing Date: 17 July 2025
Purpose: The 2024 Clinical Trial Enabling Infrastructure grant opportunity focuses on promoting development and implementation of ‘adaptive platform’ and ‘registry based’ clinical trials which are thought to offer more efficient evaluation of potential medical therapies over conventional trial designs.

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NHMRC Development Grants 

Amount: $16.5 million
Closing Date: 11 June 2025
Purpose: To increase rates of translation of health and medical research into commercial outcomes, resulting in improved health and medical knowledge

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Supporting People with Cancer

Amount: $40,000 - $120,000
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: To fund projects aimed at reducing the impact of cancer and providing better support for people affected by cancer​

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Urban Precincts & Partnerships Program (uPPP)

Amount: $500,000 - $5 million.
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To develop a precinct idea through to investment-ready stage in partnership with local stakeholders to benefit regional communities. State and Territory governments, local governments, regional universities, not-for-profit organisations, including indigenous organisations are eligible to apply.

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ClubsGrant

Amount:  Undisclosed
Closing Date: 31 May 2025
Purpose: Provides funding for general community development and support activities, such as junior sport. Eligible organisations 

• Belmont 16's
• Cardiff RSL Club
• Charlestown Bowling Club
• Doyalson Wyee RSL Club

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Deadly Deposit Grant

Amount:  $10,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: The Deadly Deposit Grant program is a financial grant that can match people's savings towards their deposit, up to $10,000. Deposit savings may be made up of money in the bank, cash, and other sources including inheritance.

This grant is open to Aboriginal people who are in the process of buying a home. Applications open to social housing tenants. 

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Energy Consumer Australia

Amount:  $15,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To enable residential or small business consumer advocacy by participation in current or forthcoming government, regulatory, or industry decision-making processes, or for small, targeted research projects.

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Home Buyer Booster Grant

Amount:  $2,500
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To help with some of the expenses associated with buying a property, like legal and administrative costs. This grant can be used for expenses such as:

• Legal fees including the administrative costs of buying a property, and preparing a will
• Property valuations
• Home and contents insurance
• Surveying costs
• Pest and building inspections
• Stamp duty (for non-housing tenants). Aboriginal people living in social housing are exempt from Stamp Duty as per Section 278 of the Duties Act 1997 (NSW).
• Any unspent funds can be used towards other costs associated with buying a home (e.g. moving costs)

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Homelessness Innovation Fund (HIF)

Amount: $15 million
Closing Date: 30 April 2025
Purpose: The Homelessness Innovation Fund (HIF) will initially target reducing the current demand and costs of temporary accommodation, and proposals for service reform and innovation.

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NAIDOC Grants Program

Amount: $500 - $5,000
Closing Date: 21 April 2025
Purpose: To support events and activities in NSW marking NAIDOC week that:

• Celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements
• Align with the theme of NAIDOC Week in 2025 - The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy
• Promote a greater awareness and understanding of Aboriginal history and/or culture within the broader local or regional community

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P&C Transition Grant 2024-25

Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: 30 June 2025
Purpose: To support approved OOSH services that have transitioned to P&C ownership as a result of the recent provider Category Review.

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Regional Event Fund – Event Development 

Amount: $50,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To support events in regional NSW to grow visitation and increase economic benefits to destinations. The Event Development stream supports the strategic growth of proven events as drivers of tourism.

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Service Reform and Innovation Grant - HIF 

Amount: $15 million
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: The Homelessness Innovation Fund (HIF) will initially target reducing the current demand and costs of temporary accommodation, and proposals for service reform and innovation.

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NSW Community Sports Awards 2025

Closing Date: 12 May 2025
Purpose: To recognise outstanding achievements and contributions to community sport in NSW – largely carried out by a volunteer workforce. Awards categories are;

• Community Official of the Year
• Young Official of the Year
• Community Coach of the Year
• Young Coach of the Year
• Volunteer Director of the Year
• Community Team of the Year
• Community Club of the Year
• Local Council of the Year
• Community Event of the Year
• Inclusive Achievement of the Year
• Innovation of the Year
• Distinguished Long Service Honour
• Community Sport Administrator of the Year

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Voucher Programs for Primary School Students

Amount: $100 
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: The NSW Government offers vouchers to help cover the costs of your child's activities. Find out more about the programs and how to apply. Eligible parents, guardians and carers of school-aged children can now apply for Active and Creative Kids vouchers. The voucher:

• Is valued at $50
• Is available twice a year, in terms 1 and 3 for each eligible child
• Can be used for eligible active or creative activities with registered providers.

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