Grants & Opportunities

The Environment Grants Program funds projects dedicated to conserving land and threatened species, protecting the integrity of water resources management, and advocating for climate action. It also co-funds initiatives that enable and empower communities and First Peoples to safeguard land, habitats, and ecosystems.

These grants support initiatives focused on sports participation.

This grant supports innovative projects, such as those delivering nutritious school lunches and cooking programs for children and families in Ballarat.

Provides grants to charities across causes like mental health, social inclusion, food security, and environmental sustainability.

Coles provides sports equipment grants to Little Athletics centers across Australia to help young people live healthy, active lives. In FY25, Coles provided $150,000 in these grants.

These grants provide funding to grassroots Little Athletics Centres across Australia to purchase essential sports, safety, and volunteer equipment.

Flagship Grants are leadership-type grants providing significant, extended funding for ambitious projects that deliver transformative impact in priority areas, with partners proactively identified by the foundation.

Supports various community initiatives in the Eyre Peninsula.

Supports current students whose families experience significant financial hardship, to enable them to continue their education at BGS. Gifts to this fund are not tax-deductible.

Provides sports equipment grants to Little Athletics centres across Australia to support grassroots community sporting programs and encourage healthy, active lives for young people.

An initiative launched in 2011 to promote sustainable business opportunities for Aboriginal people by encouraging joint venture partnerships and awarding contracts and sub-contracts to Aboriginal businesses and joint venture partners. It also includes a funding scheme in partnership with ANZ to help eligible Aboriginal businesses access finance.

This program focuses on Early Childhood Development for children aged 0-5 who may experience barriers to accessing health and education services. It also supports projects addressing disadvantage and inequity, and promoting social inclusiveness and community connectedness.

Annual grants to St Vincent's Hospitals and Facilities across NSW for patient wellbeing and healthcare projects

Multi-year capacity funding provided by Ecstra to support Super Consumers Australia's consumer-focused policy work and practical guidance for people seeking information on retirement topics.

Ecstra's funding supports the expansion of Christians Against Poverty's (CAP) Money Mentor program, which trains and supports volunteers to operate as financial capability workers in community outreach.

A bespoke program funded by Ecstra that helps social enterprises embed financial education into their support models, aiming to help people gain confidence and skills to control their finances.

A structured classroom-based program, supported by Ecstra's multi-year partnership with Young Change Agents, that equips young people with critical financial skills by guiding them through the creation of micro businesses with purpose.

Major Grants offer substantial, meaningful, and potentially multi-year support to not-for-profit partners to achieve long-term positive impact within the foundation's areas of interest, allocated proactively based on evidence.

Provides financial support to students whose families are in genuine financial hardship to help pay school fees, uniforms, technology, and activity costs

Funding for documentary films at pre-production, production, or post-production stage. Key requirements include footage (concept reel, character compile, or rough cut), a 1-2 page proposal, other funding sources or a strategy for attracting funding, and a clear audience/impact plan. Applications are accepted on a year-round basis.

Funding for documentary production/filming

This fund offers grants to eligible Little Athletics Centres across Australia to purchase essential sports, safety, and volunteering equipment.

Provides funding for medical practitioners to acquire therapeutic products to support patients with T-cell and B-cell lymphoma.

Grants focused on building financial capability within communities, particularly for those experiencing financial stress or disadvantage, including initiatives creating employment pathways and embedding financial education alongside job training. [10]

Partnerships to develop and deliver financial education in schools, at home, and other learning environments, ensuring broad access to money skills and financial planning. [5, 19]