Grants & Opportunities

Healing at Home on Country provides Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations and for-profit Aboriginal businesses an opportunity to support culturally safe pathways for Aboriginal Adults returning home to their families and communities.

Grants are available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled with any tertiary institutions located in NSW. Applicants must be enrolled in study and demonstrate that they are in financial hardship to access the grants.

Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) — the National Indigenous Australians Agency's primary federal funding programme for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Funds remote and regional community development, capability building, economic participation, jobs and social enterprise. Pty Ltd entities eligible. Multiple streams including Jobs Land and Economy, Children and Schooling, Safety and Wellbeing, and Culture and Capability. Goods on Country fits the Jobs Land and Economy stream as a First Nations social enterprise delivering essential household goods to remote Aboriginal communities.

This program aims to support regional waste groups to undertake education activities to reduce the hazards associated with the disposal of a range of potentially harmful products used in households which cannot be disposed of in kerbside bins.

Screen NSW has opened a competitive market travel grant to support a limited number of experienced NSW digital games practitioners to attend Gamescom 2026 being held in Cologne, Germany, from 26-30 August 2026.

This grant funds a single statewide provider to help older people in supported accommodation understand and exercise their rights through free, independent information, advice, advocacy and education.

Support social enterprises to purchase capability building services to be more efficient and effective in delivering social benefits to vulnerable Australians. Strong representation from First Nations enterprises

This grant is open to Aboriginal people who have saved up at least $1,000 towards their deposit and that are in the process of building or buying their home.

This grant is open to Aboriginal people who are social housing tenants or private tenants and who have saved up at least $1,000 towards their deposit and are in the process of purchasing a home.

The Program will be offered to those new and emerging Aboriginal Governance Groups not already participating in the LDM Program and will provide capacity funding to those Groups enabling them to undertake community engagement and consultation.

The NSW Closing the Gap Partnership Ad Hoc Grant Round provides funding by invitation only to support initiatives identified under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap

LDM is an initiative of OCHRE: the NSW Government’s community-focused plan for Aboriginal affairs. LDM seeks to improve the relationship between government and Aboriginal people through agreement making on service delivery issues.

The purpose of the Minister’s Discretionary Fund (MDF) is to provide one-off grant funding at the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty’s discretion, to support Aboriginal people and communities across NSW.

Support initiatives to improve services and outcomes for sections of the community that need improved transport.

Targeted funding for programs supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people's mental health and cultural wellbeing

The Healing at Home on Country, Aboriginal Elders & Mentors Grant Program funds culturally safe, community-led initiatives that support healing, rehabilitation, and reintegration for Aboriginal people leaving custody in NSW. It aims to provide Aboriginal Elders or mentors to support Aboriginal people on parole or post-release, deliver culturally appropriate health, wellbeing, healing or mentoring programs, and support post-release transition, reintegration and connection to family, community and culture.

Funds initiatives supporting economic equity, safety, and justice for women and girls.

Funds the establishment of micro-businesses in remote Aboriginal communities.

This program provides funding for local not-for-profit, sporting, recreation, and community organisations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia for projects focused on education, quality of life, healthy living, Indigenous capacity building, youth development, community safety, and environmental responsibility.

The Ballarat Women's Fund Grants support initiatives that create long-term benefits for women and the wider community in Ballarat. It focuses on primary prevention and early intervention initiatives addressing family violence, promoting gender equality, and improving women's participation, opportunity, and inclusion by addressing systemic barriers.

Rio Tinto has committed A$250 million to this Western Australian Government initiative, supporting iconic infrastructure projects in areas such as education, training, health, Aboriginal wellbeing, and energy decarbonisation.

A paid internship program for eligible Victorian law students from culturally and racially marginalised backgrounds to gain insights into the legal profession.

Financial assistance for students in Years 7-12 to access Catholic education at St Joseph's College, with priority for Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander students and those from refugee backgrounds

A youth recognition award for academic achievement in Legal Studies, providing a grant to the highest achiever in Legal Studies Units 1 & 2 from secondary schools in Hume.