Grants & Opportunities

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This funding is to support the industry in continuing to provide vital accessible transport options for people with reduced mobility by assisting with the cost of replacing older and written-off wheelchair accessible taxis.

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.

The Disaster Ready Fund Round 4 is open for applications from eligible applicants delivering disaster resilience and mitigation projects.

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.

A one-off, ad hoc grant to extend the operations of the National Space Industry Hub

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

The International Travel Fund supports NSW screen practitioners for travel related to significant international festivals, markets, awards, industry trade missions and financing projects.

The Australian Government has announced that all eligible small businesses will receive up to $150 to help with the cost of their electricity bills in the 2025-26 financial year.

This funding round supports strategic investment in initiatives that contribute to the strength, sustainability and vitality of the arts and cultural sector in NSW.