Grant Winners - See the diversity of grants you can apply for
Grants are a great way of helping your group expand, develop or start a project. We are always amazed at the grants that are received by organisations of all shapes and sizes for all sorts of purposes. Below are a list of people that have won grants for a huge range of purposes, just click on a category and see some of the winners.
Arts and Culture
Children and Family
Disability
Education, Employment & Training
Environment Conservation & Heritage
General Community
Health & Wellbeing
Indigenous
Multicultural
Older People
Rural & Regional Development
Sport & Recreation
Women
Youth
Arts and Culture
| Amount Received | Grant Recipient | What For? | Program |
| $14,649 | RAZ Music | This production will tour to 20 venues in the ACT, NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, NT and TAS with 22 performances. | Playing Australia |
| $5,000 | Dongwang Fan | To travel to Shanghai to build mentorship relationships with internationally renowned Chinese artists through the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Art Gallery, Shanghai School of Arts and Crafts and other art institutions | Ian Potter Cultural Trust |
| $12,000 | Steamworks Arts Productions | Composer Iain Grandage will create a score for the collaborative dance/theatre work, The Drover's Wives, | Music - New Work (Australia Council) |
| $10,000 | Apunipima Cape York Health Aboriginal Corporation | Community Cultural Development Theatre | The Myer Foundation - The Arts and Humanities |
| $3,999 | SB30 Project Team | employ video artist, Sue Monro for postproduction of a body of work which highlights the social and cultural impacts of rapid urban development on local community, specifically in the inner South Brisbane area. | Arts Queensland's Small Grant Program |
| $2,200 | Catholic Diocese of Darwin | Significance Assessment | Community Heritage Grants - National Library of Australia |
| $3,450 | North Richmond Community Health Centre | For a collaborative community art project involving experienced origami artists, culturally diverse community groups and high rise estate tenants as part of the 2003 TET celebrations. | RACV Foundation |
| $4,800 | dropArt: Aerial Dancers | Being used to fund dropArt's Fringe 2002 performance. | Project & Development Grant - SAYAB |
| $10,000 | Newdegate Nominees | To run a Cinematheque program | Screen Tasmania - Industry and Cultural Development |
| $8 905 | Applause Street Theatre and Buskers Festival | The project plans to deliver various community workshops in performing arts including stilt walking, theatre sports, juggling, mini-tramp, clowning, tiny tumblers, introductory and advanced circus skills. | Festivals Australia |
| $5,693 | ACT Down Syndrome Association Inc | To assist with the costs of mounting, presenting and promoting a photographic exhibit 'On the face of it' | Arts ACT |
| $2,720 | Peter Fenoglio | towards costs to develop photographic artworks for an exhibition to support and acknowledge people with HIV/AIDS. | Arts QLD |
Children and Family
| Amount Received |
Grant Recipient |
What For? |
Program |
| $3,685 |
Allen Main Memorial Pre School |
To help Service families to undertake family support projects
at the local level that will assist them to overcome some of the
impacts of mobility. |
Family Support Funding Program |
| Full amount requested |
Laverton Toy Library |
8 expensive and large toys to be loaned out as a party pack |
The Forest Hill Foundation |
| $6,790 |
Hobart City Mission |
for communal equipment for new supported unit complex |
ANZ Foundation |
| 1,000 |
Darwin Toy Library |
Large variety of books for their members. |
Inger Rice Foundation |
| $4,000 |
Ginninderra District High School |
The Breakfast Club will operate five mornings per week in the
school. Students will manage and operate the Club as a core curriculum
activity and will be assessed accordingly. The Club will recruit youth
outreach & community service workers, to serve breakfast while
building a rapport with the students. |
Schools as Communities-Strategic Projects |
| $18,610 |
Montrose Access |
To purchase an Emerson Cough Assist Machine and a Home Pulse
Oximeter |
Mazda Foundation |
| $ 6,800 |
Kildonan Child & Family Services |
To enable the establishment of the first No Interest Loan
Scheme specifically for families affected by domestic violence. |
Mercy Foundation |
| $4,055 |
Blue Care |
Computers for after school services program. |
St George Foundation |
| N/A |
Bellingen / Dorrigo JRLFC |
Assistance in transporting children |
Telstra Kids Fund |
| $99,970 |
Geeveston Community Centre |
Early Intervention & Family Support |
Tasmanian Community Fund |
| $3,092 |
Chapel Hill Community Preschool & Kindergarten Association |
To construct a fence |
Gambling Community Benefit Fund |
$3,000
|
Coffs Coast Apex Toy Library |
A new computer, printer, fax and
photocopier. |
Volunteer Small Equipment Grant
|
Disability
| Amount Received | Grant Recipient | What For? | Program |
| $15,000 | Fernlea House | To help renovate their bathroom to have disabled access. | Jack Brockhoff Foundation |
| $9,911 | Oak Enterprises | Technology for People with Disabilities | Community Support Levy |
| $23,819 | Autocefalic Greek Independent Community | Respite Care | Dept of Ageing Disability and Home Care |
| $14,500 | Tasmanian Deaf Society | To make and compile videos in Auslan, which preserves the language, history and culture of the Tasmanian Deaf community from the last 70 years to date, as a resource for other generations to access | FACE |
| $5,000 | Barwon disAbility Resource Council | To develop self-advocacy skills for people with disabilities. | Geelong Community Foundation |
| $63,000 | Vision Australia Centre | The purchase of a specially modified bus | Tabcorp |
| $42,008 | Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW | To address the vulnerability of people with cognitive disabilities to simplistic and stereotypical messages about race and ethnicity. | Living in Harmony Community Grants |
| $19,000 | Capital Region Enterprise & Employment Development Authority | The four part Program develops resilience, self-awareness and assertiveness in young people with learning or other disabilities, who need extra assistance in the transition from school to work. | Canberra Community Foundation |
| $40,000 | Craigieburn Primary School | Construction of a stage with disabled lift access to enhance community access | Community Support Fund |
| $11,100 | Autism Association of NSW | Helping Kids Cope | Youth for Youth Investments |
Education, Employment & Training
| Amount Received | Grant Recipient | What For? | Program |
| $50,772 | Aboriginal and Islanders Independent Community School (Murri School). | To purchase computer equipment and office furniture was used to establish a community computer lab, the 'building block' for the Kulkathil Centre. Students from the Murri School also have access to the facility. | Gambling Community Benefit Fund |
| $10,675 | Campbell to Community | To support the ICT focus at Campbell Primary School and the notion that "Information and communications technology will be integrated into the teaching and learning programs of the school to support quality teaching and learning". | Public Education Endowment Trust |
| $1,000 | Catholic Regional College and Student Environmental Action League | Development of education program for secondary students on waste minimisation in with practical experiences around the school and home. | EcoRecycle |
| $50,000 | Women In Rural Environments Enterprise Project | To provide training and mentoring for women starting out in enterprise. | Foundation for Regional and Rural Renewal |
| N/A | Woori Yallock Farm School Lilydale | To initiate an environmental program | Environmental Grants for Schools |
| $10,000 | Common Fate | Preparing a plan that addresses local government employment of Indigenous people | Community Support Fund |
| $8,494 | Richardson Primary School | After School Activities Program | Schools as Communities |
| $64,874 | Drink Spiking | Community Education to reduce harm-associated with Drink Spiking | Law Enforcement Drug Fund |
| $40,000 | Care and Communication Concern Welfare Services | To offer training in the automotive industry and personal development for young people at risk (including early school leavers/young offenders/young Aboriginal people) on the Central Coast whilst also providing support and links to gain employment, further training and/or apprenticeships. | Area Assistance Scheme |
Environment Conservation & Heritage
| Amount Received | Grant Recipient | What For? | Program |
| $4,500 | Essendon Croquet Club | External repainting of building | Public Heritage Program |
| $500 | Regional Heritage Transport Association, Junee | Purchase computer cataloguing software(Mosaic) | Volunteer Initiated Museums Grant Program |
| $6,100 | Nuclear SA | To address the misinformation being promoted in South Australia about uranium mining and its effects in our world. The project will target especially students in South Australia. | Mercy Foundation |
| $7,773 | Environmental Defenders Officer Victoria | To produce and distribute a quick reference guide to environmental planning legislation in Victoria | Victorian Law Foundation Legal Information Grants |
| $20,000 | Liveringa Homestead | Conservation works. | Heritage Council of WA |
| $44,192 | Moreland Energy Foundation | To train council workers to provide energy audit services to householders in their municipalities | Greenhouse Community Action Fund |
| $600 | Burra Community Library Board of Management | Conserve Births Register Volume 1907-09 | Community History Fund |
| $3,000 | Port Fairy Lifeboat Restoration Committee | Worksheets on the extensively-researched collection of lifeboat and rocket rescue artifacts will be transferred to a catalogue database with photographs, improving access for voluntary workers, other museums and the public | Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support |
| $8,207 | Seymour/Longpoint Care Group Inc | A Coast Care Project to Revegetate Coastal Reserve Areas at Seymour Longpoint. | Envirofund |
General Community
| Amount Received | Grant Recipient | What For? | Program |
| $30,000 | Connect the Coast Assn | Mini Bus | Jupiters' Casino Community Benefit Fund |
| $15,000 | Albury Wodonga Community Centre | To establish two interest free loans | The Ian potter Foundation |
| $22,200 | Elwood St Kilda Neighbourhood Learning Centre | Evaluate this free outreach magazine and establish funding strategies for sustainability | Community Support Fund |
| Computer Equipment | Stepping Stone Clubhouse | Computer Equipment | Microsoft |
| "Small donation" | RMIT and Monash University students | To protest against the cuts to funding of university courses and the introduction of up-front fees for university places. | Anna Wearne Memorial Trust |
| $5,000 | Big Issues Australia | Vendor Peer Support and Mentoring project. The program will use the skills and expertise gained by longer-term vendors to help new vendors become established and work towards making positive changes to their lives | Ian Potter Foundation |
| $8,076 | Edens Landing State School Parents & Citizens Association | To install shade sails; purchase musical instruments. | Gambling Community Benefit Fund |
| $2,517 | Boort Girl Guides | To take 20 Girl Guides from Boort on a Camp "From Drought to Sea". | RACV |
| $879 | Laverton Toy Library | Fridge, microwave, chairs, urn & printer | Volunteer Small Equipment Grant |
Health & Wellbeing
| Amount Received | Grant Recipient | What For? | Program |
| $10,000 | Dragons Abreast Tasmania | A Dragon Boat for Tasmania | Tasmanian Community Fund |
| $11,000 | Champs Camps Tasmania | Health and Wellbeing Camps to Build Health Issues Resilience in Children at Risk of Mental Health Issues | Community Support Levy |
| $22,836 | Council Area Networks Inhalant Tactics | An innovative action research model designed to develop a local area strategy for the complex issue of inhalant misuse. | Law Enforcement Drug Fund |
| $48,038 | Prince of NSW Hospital | Early intervention for bipolar disorder | Australian Rotary Health Research Fund |
| $5,000 | Wagga Women's Health Centre | Health Expo | Positive Ageing Grants |
| $2,200 | AIDS Action Council of the ACT | Significance Assessment | National Library of Australia |
| $5,950 | Motor Neurone Disease Association | Motor Neurone Disease Association pamphlets, together with a series of topic specific fact sheets to be complied by an Outreach Officer, as well as literature from other relevant organisations, will form the basis of a loose-leaf Resource Kit which will be distributed to Neurologists and made available to allied health professionals and carers responsible for the care and treatment of Motor Neurone Disease suffers. | Friends of ACE Support Program |
| $31,000 | Beyond Words - Community Version | To better understand the responses and reactions of a person with dementia to the care they are receiving. | The Bernard Judd Foundation |
Indigenous
| Amount Received | Grant Recipient | What For? | Program |
| $25,000 | Australian's for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) | To encourage more young people to become involved in the reconciliation movement | Youth Participation Grants |
| $16,196 | Coalition of Peoples | To continue to provide an outlet of expression for the Indigenous Community though dance, music, theatre and visual arts | Arts WA |
| N/A | Enabling Queensland | Target and increase the development of ICT skills and talent of indigenous Australians through promoting the variety of pathways, jobs and careers in the ICT industry and creating easier access to employment opportunities and industry information | i-STAR |
| $15,000 | BAnkstown Council | Aboriginal Oral History Project | Foreshores Improvement Program |
| $4,372 | Warlpiri-patu-kurlangu Jaru Incorporated | Piloting an animated literacy aid for Indigenous children | AIATSIS |
| $5,091 | Koorie Women Mean Business | Computer, mixer, CD player, etc. | Community Broadcast Foundation |
| $12,000 | Durri Aboriginal Corporation Medical Service | Kempsey Aboriginal Community Website Project | Myer Foundation - Social Justice Program |
| $50,000 | Muswellbrook Shire Council | To enable the public display of the Aboriginal Reconciliation Mural which depicts the Aboriginal History of the Muswellbrook area. | Area Assistance Scheme |
| $86,568 | Pitjantjatjara Council | This exhibition examines the way Anangu (Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people) are using digitally-based IT to protect and secure their past. | Visions of Australia |
Multicultural
| Amount Received | Grant Recipient | What For? | Program |
| $90,000 | Hawkesbury-Nepean region Landcare group | To produce landcare training and educational materials in five languages for 2,000 market gardeners | National Landcare Program |
| $10,000 | The Mission to Seafarers | This Project aims to bring the Mission's Volunteer Program to National Standards as established by Volunteering Australia and to attract and retain new volunteers while supporting existing volunteers who provide services to seafarers, from diverse cultural backgrounds, visiting Victorian Ports. | Brencorp Foundation |
| $30,000 | St George Migrant Resource Centre | The project aims to train up to 20 South Pacific Islander women to become focal points in the community that can provide access to welfare information and services, facilitate community education and develop into leaders. A support network would be developed. | NSW Women's Grants Program |
| $1,300 | Frances Folk Gathering Committee | To take children from isolated smaller schools by bus to Frances to participate in workshops with musicians, storytellers, dancers and songwriters from diverse backgrounds. | Community Festival Grants |
| $22,000 | Eastern Riverina Arts Program | To present a week of FOCUS - a range of art forms including film, visual arts, literature, verbal discussion and music, that aims to promote greater understanding, celebrate difference, encourage a greater level of tolerance and compassion for the different cultures that make up the fabric of the region. | Living in Harmony Community Grants |
| $49,717 | National Council of Jewish Women | Superwomen? A contextual study and report of Jewish sandwich generation women balancing intergenerational family responsibilities in Multicultural Australia | Women's Development Program |
| $5,500 | Kaleen High School | Respectful Relationships and Resilience Project | Schools as Communities |
| $35 335 | Dubbo Regional Gallery | Valamanesh show (working title)-an installation by two Australian artists drawing on influences from Australian Aboriginal, Iranian and ancient Persian, Indian, Chinese and Japanese cultures together with the Australian landscape in which they now work. The essential theme is unity in diversity, the commonality of the visual language across cultural boundaries and the influence that we have on each other, living in Australia today. | Visions of Australia |
| $22,950 | Assyrian Australian Association | Youth and women's access project for newly arrived Assyrians in South-Western Sydney | Community Settlement Services Scheme (CSSS) |
Older People
| Amount Received | Grant Recipient | What For? | Program |
| $6,950 | Every Wrinkle Tells a Story | To holf music, theatre and writing workshops with older people | Regional Arts Development Fund |
| $350 | Auburn Asian welfare Centre | Seniors Week activities | Dept of Aging Disability and Home Care |
| $3,000 | Al Zahra Muslim Women's Association | A healthier and positive future for older Arabic Muslim women | Positive Ageing Grant |
| $42,961 | Older Women's Network Australia | Measuring Social Capital: An action research project for Older Women in Australia | Department of Family and Community Services |
| $3,953 | Australian Pensioners & Superannuants | Kitchen Equipment & Public Address System | Gambling Community Benefit Fund |
| $10,000 | Our Lady of Consolation Aged Care Services (OLOCACS) | To evaluate the effects of different environments on people with dementia. | The Bernard Judd Foundation |
| $3,828 | Tamborine Mountain RSL | To purchase a computer, printer, scanner and photocopier to assist in the production of its member newsletter | Veteran & Community Grants |
Rural & Regional Development
| Amount Received | Grant Recipient | What For? | Program |
| $36,500 | Maitland Repertory Society | To completely renovate the kitchen in The Playhouse Theatre. | Area Assistance Scheme |
| $20,000 | Cultivating Carnamah | To continue a process of drawing together the community to strategically plan to build a dynamic future, drawing on energy and commitment of local community members. | Connected Families, Connected Communities Program |
| $75,000 | Organic Licorice Factory - Through the Roof Tours | To transform the organic licorice factory into one of Australia's most significant tourist destinations. | Regional Tourism Program |
| $55,000 | Marine Learning Exhibit at the Rockingham Regional Environment Centre | To install 20 saltwater aquariums, a sea life mural display and a large swimming pool to be used specifically for marine turtle rescues. | LotteryWest |
| $20,000 | Terry and Jim Moran | To upgrade their shearing shed to improve work safety | ShearSafety Grants |
| $100,000 | Denmark Education and Innovation Centre | Sustainable living project | Regional Investment Fund |
| $49,000 | Foundation for Australian Agricultural Women | Women's Development Program | Office for the Status of Women |
| $14,539 | Bell & District Progress Association | To provide basic and advanced information technology training to increase ICT skills of members and other local community organisations | Community Skills Development Program in Information and Communication Technology (CSDP) |
| $6,000 | Kentish Council | To establish the Kentish Youth Council, which will advise the council on youth issues and needs. | Youth Services Seed Funding Programme |
| $16,000 | Bordertown Boutique Cheese Factory | Feasibility Study | Foundation for Regional and Rural Renewal |
Sport & Recreation
| Amount Received | Grant Recipient | What For? | Program |
| $50,000 | Munda Biddi Trail Foundation | To provide trailheads and interpretive information signage for the recently completed first stage of the trail between Mundating and Collie | Trailswest Funding Program |
| N/A | Shepparton Cricket Association Inc | Shepparton Cricket Business Strategy | Sport and Recreation Victoria |
| $3,000 | Flathead Fred Fishing Enterprises | To promote sustainable recreational fishing practices to children | Recreational Fishing Grants |
| $25,000 | Australian Netball Association | Capacity building. | Women's Development Funding |
| $4,000 | Aberdeen Pony Club | Installation of steel frames and concrete shed for equipment storage. | Capital Assistance Program |
| $2,675 | Alyangula Scout Group | N/A | Sport and Recreation Grant Program (NT) |
| $6,500 | Surf Life Saving Australia | The project seeks to link with and educate diverse community groups about surf lifesaving and the surf lifesaving movement about the importance of inclusiveness, which promotes harmony.
| Multicultural Australia |
| $27,204 | Coomera Watersports Club | To purchase new crew boats | Gambling Community Benefit Fund |
| N/A | Boolarra Football & Netball Club | Building Fund | Australian Sports Foundation |
| $4,000 | Canberra Off-Road Cyclists | To buy an event announcement system | Sport and
Recreation Grants Program |
Women
| Amount Received | Grant Recipient | What For? | Program |
| >$30,000 | Bathurst Action Against Sexual Assault Working Party | Statewide educational campaign in association with CAMS, Motor Racing Authority using high profile racing drivers to promote anti-violence message and support the right of women to safe public environments. | NSW Women's Grants Program |
| $33,000 | Sexual Assault Support Services | The proposal is for the employment of a project worker to implement a model of service delivery to women in Risdon Prison | Health and Wellbeing Fund Projects |
| $38,400 | Association of Women Educators | Practical steps to keep parenting and pregnant young women at school | Women's Development Program |
| N/A | Smithfield State High | Promote the participation of female students in ICT subjects and careers by establishing the Girls Computer Club were they can discuss, acquire and improve ICT skills. | i-STAR |
| $20,686 | Kabaro Filipino Women's Support Group | To provide an activity design for young Filipino migrants that would encourage participation in the wider community. | Area Assistance Scheme |
| $36,450 | Wellsprings for Women | To undertake their "Journey to Peace" Program | Brencorp Foundation |
| $41,450 | National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence | Development of a National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence (NASASV) Website | Office of the Status of Women |
Youth
| Amount Received | Grant Recipient | What For? | Program |
| $41,450 | Vibewire Youth Services | Sanctuary (pieces by refugees and migrant youth from NESB) | Living in Harmony Community Grants |
| $5,000 | Machaseh | To provide medium to long term accommodation for homeless secondary school students | Mazda Foundation |
| $45,000 | Manoora Sports Facilities | To lay the groundwork for a range of outdoor sports facilities in Manoora's Moody Creek Reserve and a Basketball Court at the Wu Chopperen Health Service. The funding will enable the design and costing of much-needed sport and recreation spaces for Manoora's young people. | Community Renewal Program |
| $10,000 | Youth Legal Service | To employ a Telecommunications Liaison Officer to improve awareness of telecommunications issues affecting youth in Western Australia | Telecommunications Consumer Representation Grants |
| $17,000 | Girls Time Out - Young Women's Housing and Support Services | To rent and manage one office. | Department of Housing |
| $9,200 | Youth Action & Policy Association | This initiative is a pilot training program for new co-ordinators of youth services | Foundation for Young Australians |
| $15,000 | Youth Research Centre | Young people have participated in peer research and have been employed as assistant researchers | Youth Participation Initiatives |
| $19,998 | Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre | Video on Youth Rights and Responsibility | Law and Justice Foundation of NSW |
| $6,000 | Bathurst Police and Community Youth Club | Installation of new multi-purpose playing surface, Bathurst Police and Community Youth Club | Dept of Sport and Recreation |
| $5,600 | Devenport City Council | To develop a youth participatory structure that will enhance the capacity of both the Latrobe and Devonport councils to implement youth policies and allow young people to inform the councils of youth-relevant issues and needs | Department of Education |
| $10,890 | Calvary Health Care | Suicide Intervention Skills for vulnerable groups | Canberra Community Foundation |
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