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Showing 1–20 of 341 grants for Arts & Culture Funding
Funder: Bank Australia Amount: Up to $25,000 Complexity: Moderate Closes: 23 Apr 2026

Applicants must be: community customers who have held a Bank Australia or Qudos Bank account from 30 June of the year prior (or earlier); an organisation, such as a not-for-profit, community, school, volunteer or social enterprise with an ABN. Deductible gift recipient status is not required.

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Creativity Pioneers Fund

Funder: Moleskin Foundation Amount: 5,000 Complexity: Moderate Closes: 24 Apr 2026

Legally registered, non-profit organizations that are actively operating, with no restrictions on geographic origin. Eligible organizations must: place creativity at the core of their mission and programming, demonstrating its pivotal role in driving social transformation within their target communities; prioritize disadvantaged and/or marginalized communities, with a primary focus on youth aged 16-27; possess an organizational...

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Qantas Regional Grants

Funder: Qantas Group Amount: Complexity: Moderate Closes: 10 May 2026

Individual, group or not-for-profit organisation seeking funds to contribute positively to your regional community. The grant applicant does not need to live in regional Australia if they are applying for a program of work that directly benefits regional Australia. Regional Australia includes all the towns, small cities and areas that lie beyond the major capital...

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Tucker Foundation Grants

Funder: The Albert & Barbara Tucker Foundation Amount: Up to $25,000 Complexity: Moderate Closes: 31 May 2026

Organisations with income tax exemption and ACNC registration for local, regional or national projects anywhere in Australia. Much of the funding is allocated to small scale, grassroots groups that are well placed to make a real difference but have limited resources and often struggle to find funding. They prioritise groups who are entirely or predominantly...

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AusArt Day Micro Grants

Funder: Creative Australia Amount: $2,500 Complexity: Moderate Closes: 2 Jun 2026

A practicing Australian artist or small to medium-sized arts organisation; legally constituted entity (with an ABN); 18 years or older; based in Australia and carrying out the majority of their arts activity or practice within Australia; work within one or more of the following artforms: First Nations Arts, Music, Visual Arts, Literature, Dance, Theatre, Emerging...

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IMB Bank Community Foundation

Funder: IMB Bank Community Foundation Amount: $500 to $30,000, Complexity: Moderate Closes: 15 Jun 2026

Supports projects that support the communities they're a part of: Newcastle, Sydney, Southern Highlands, Illawarra, Shoalhaven, Far South Coast, ACT and Melbourne. To receive funding, your project will need to serve communities in these regions, and you'll need to be able open an IMB Bank Account in one of their branches.

Funder: Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) Amount: Up to $10,000 Complexity: Moderate Closes: 24 Jun 2026

Not-for-profit organisation with either an Incorporation Certificate and/or an ABN. If you are unsure if your organisation is a registered not-for-profit (e.g. if you are a Co-operative, Other Unincorporated Entity, Public Company or Trust), please contact FRRR; projects must be for charitable purposes, offer clear public benefit and benefit communities in remote, rural or regional...

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AMaGA Awards 2026

Funder: Australian Museums and Galleries Association Amount: Complexity: Moderate Closes: 28 Jun 2026

Non-commercial collecting institutions across Australia, including but not limited to museums, galleries, libraries, archives, and historical societies.

Funder: Club Gunnedah Amount: $5,001 - $10,000 Complexity: Moderate Closes: 30 Jun 2026

Not-for-profit organisation that provide the following project and/or services: community welfare or social services; community development; community health services or employment assistance activities. You are also eligible if you or your organisation is involved in community or professional sport.

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2025 Sustainable Cities Awards

Funder: Keep Australia Beautiful NSW Amount: Under $1,000 Complexity: Moderate Closes: 31 Jul 2026

Projects based in metropolitan areas of NSW. Entry is free and open to both Keep Australia Beautiful NSW members and non-members. Category entrants include (but are not limited to) Tidy Towns groups, Individuals, Progress Associations and CWA's, Youth Organisations, Landcare Groups, Chambers of Commerce, Local Authorities/Council's, Tourism Associations, School's, Pre-Schools, Businesses, Small Enterprises and Industry,...

Funder: National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) Amount: Up to $5,000 Complexity: Moderate Closes: 3 Aug 2026

Policy is to give preference to the projects of community based organisations, rather than to individuals. ATO registered with DGR status. Funds can be transferred to a partner organisation with this in place. Applications received at least two months prior to the starting date of the project, or the date when funds will be required,...

Funder: National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) Amount: Up to $5,000 Complexity: Moderate Closes: 12 Oct 2026

Policy is to give preference to the projects of community based organisations, rather than to individuals. Applications received at least two months prior to the starting date of the project, or the date when funds will be required, will be viewed favourably.

Funder: Creative Australia Amount: Complexity: Moderate Estimated deadline: 31 Dec 2026

Australian arts organisations with an annual turnover of $1million — $5 million; must have DGR status; must have a proven track record of at least three years of fundraising. Your organisation's Board Chair, CEO/ED and lead fundraiser (if not the CEO/ED) must participate in the program to form a working group of three. The application...

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Stolen Generations Survivor Grants

Funder: Healing Foundation Amount: $5,000 - $50,000 Complexity: Moderate Estimated deadline: 22 Dec 2026

Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) that meets the following criteria: incorporated; operates on a not-for-profit basis; controlled and governed by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples; your project serves communities with a direct focus on the healing of Stolen Generations survivors and their descendants.

Funder: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts Amount: $45,000 to $300,000 Complexity: Moderate Estimated deadline: 5 Dec 2026

Organisations must be one of the following entity types: a registered Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation; a company incorporated in Australia; an incorporated association; a not-for-profit organisation; a publicly funded research organisation; an Australian local government body; a state, territory or local government body. Grant activities are expected to be based in Australia.

Funder: Creative Australia Amount: Complexity: Moderate Estimated deadline: 2 Dec 2026

Be a First Nations organisation with more than half (51% or more) Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait membership of its governance board; be based in Australia and making Australian work. First Nations organisations can come from any: art form practice; any location; scale or size of organisation; main activity, including performing, producing, service or collecting; existing...

Funder: Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Amount: $20,000 to $60,000 Complexity: Moderate Estimated deadline: 28 Nov 2026

You must: have an ABN; be registered for GST; be a permanent resident of Australia; have an account with an Australian financial institution; be in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. Be one of the following entity types: company incorporated in Australia; company incorporated by guarantee; incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust;...

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