Grants & Opportunities

For businesses with 3+ years operation and turnover under $10M, open to migrants (born overseas, Australian citizens or permanent residents)

Low cost loans up to $6,500 for general purposes with term up to 2 years (3% p.a. for GLI members, 3.5% for non-members)

Low cost loans between $6,500 and $10,000 for home improvements with term up to 4 years (4% p.a. for GLI members, 4.5% for non-members)

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.

Projects must result in sustainable benefits related to caring for Country, supporting cultural practice, renewal or cultural education, and/or development of First Peoples art forms. Thematic priorities for 2025/26 include cultural knowledge transfer and practices (intergenerational), and truth telling in historic or contemporary contexts.

Projects must focus on First Peoples personal and/or collective healing and wellbeing, ideally scalable and/or of national significance. Thematic priorities for 2025/26 include truth telling leading to healing, and social and emotional wellbeing for young people.

Offers awards up to $25,000 for community projects in rural and regional NSW that deliver strong community benefits and enhanced economic and social outcomes.

Scholarships focused on education and professional development in wine studies.

An award supporting journalism and communications in rural and regional areas.

Funding for early-stage documentary development - script, research, concept development

Funding for documentary production/filming

Grant funding to boost the weaving production capacity of the Australian Tapestry Workshop through training and employment of short-term contract weavers.

Co-funds scholarships for the tertiary education of two children of former Special Forces veterans, in partnership with the Australian Veterans’ Children Assistance Trust.

Grants targeting young adults aged 16-24, available for up to 1 year.

Prize funding for food justice initiatives for kids, partnered with Newman's Own Foundation and Henry P. Kendall Foundation

Small grants up to $15K (some to $50K) for Canberra community organisations. One-off or multi-year funding for local impact projects.

An annual grant to support research within the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.

Annual scholarships to support staff development within the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.

Provides scholarships for medical school tuition fees, including Australian-Filipino Medical Elective Cultural Exchange Scholarship and Perpetual Filipino Medical School Scholarship.

Covers voluntary high school contributions for students in junior high school based on academic results and recommendation, managed by partner schools in the Philippines.

Scholarships aimed at supporting individuals in wool classing within the Merino industry.

Recognises outstanding leadership in tertiary education management.

Supports participation in ATEM's Higher Education Leadership Program.

This scholarship assists students boarding at residential agricultural colleges, supporting them in their endeavors in Year 12.

This scholarship provides financial assistance for up to two years to a student undertaking tertiary study in a wine-related discipline.