Please note that there are different selection processes available. More information is available on the Selection Processes page.
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Open Grants
The PLACE Initiative: A Centre for Place Based Change 2025 - 2029
Grant Category
Community Development
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Closed non-competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Social Services
The PLACE Initiative: A Centre for Place Based Change 2025 – 2029 is a joint initiative of the Australian Government and 5 philanthropic foundations that has been designed to address gaps in local capability for place-based work in areas such as staffing skills, sharing of good practice/evidence and, an ability to access and use data.
Inclusion and Accessibility Fund: Australia's Disability Strategy (ADS) – Community Attitudes
Grant Category
Services for People with Disabilities
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Targeted competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Social Services
The Inclusion and Accessibility Fund aims to support grass roots efforts to create safe and inclusive communities by improving understanding and shifting mindsets in relation to disability, and barriers to inclusion of people with disability.
Inclusion and Accessibility Fund: Australia’s Disability Strategy (ADS): Achieve Foundation
Grant Category
Services for People with Disabilities
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Closed non-competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Social Services
The Inclusion and Accessibility Fund aims to support grass roots efforts to create safe and inclusive communities by improving understanding and shifting mindsets in relation to disability, and barriers to inclusion of people with disability.
Inclusion and Accessibility Fund: Australia’s Disability Strategy (ADS): Powerd Media
Grant Category
Services for People with Disabilities
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Closed non-competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Social Services
The Inclusion and Accessibility Fund aims to support grass roots efforts to create safe and inclusive communities by improving understanding and shifting mindsets in relation to disability, and barriers to inclusion of people with disability.
Inclusion and Accessibility Fund: Australia’s Disability Strategy (ADS): Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA)
Grant Category
Services for People with Disabilities
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Closed non-competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Social Services
The Inclusion and Accessibility Fund aims to support grass roots efforts to create safe and inclusive communities by improving understanding and shifting mindsets in relation to disability, and barriers to inclusion of people with disability.
Inclusion and Accessibility Fund: Australia’s Disability Strategy (ADS): First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN)
Grant Category
Services for People with Disabilities
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Closed non-competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Social Services
The Inclusion and Accessibility Fund aims to support grass roots efforts to create safe and inclusive communities by improving understanding and shifting mindsets in relation to disability, and barriers to inclusion of people with disability.
Justice Reinvestment in Central Australia Program - Round 3
Grant Category
Indigenous Communities
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Closed non-competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Attorney-General’s Department
Successful initiatives under this opportunity will prevent and reduce Central Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ contact with the criminal justice system through place-based, community led measures to prevent crime, treat drug and alcohol misuse or address illegal drug use.
Native Title Anthropologist Grant Program 2025-2028
Grant Category
Indigenous Arts and Culture
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Open competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Attorney General’s Department
The program is part of the Government’s wider investment in the native title system. It aligns with Government commitments to the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, which sets out 4 Priority Reforms and 17 socioeconomic outcomes which aim to improve the lives of First Nations people.
The Strong and Resilient Communities - Inclusive Communities (SARC – IC) Round 4 grants aim to support vulnerable and disadvantaged people on pathways to self-reliance and empowerment through local, community-driven solutions that support them to participate socially and economically by providing grant funding for one-off, time limited projects of up to 2 years.
Forestry Industry - Support Plantation Establishment Round 3 - Batch 2
Grant Category
Agriculture
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Demand-driven
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
This grant supports the establishment of new long rotation softwood and hardwood plantation forests and assists the sector to respond to the projected growth in demand for domestically sourced timber resources, contributing to Australia’s carbon emissions reduction commitments.
Stronger Places, Stronger People is a place-based, collective impact initiative being stewarded by the Australian Government in partnership with state and territory governments and 10 communities across Australia.
Community-led Solutions Economic Development Tranche 3
Grant Category
Community Development
The Community-led Solutions Economic Development Tranche 3 (CSED T3) grant opportunity seeks to create self-sustaining and ongoing local job opportunities, through community-led capital infrastructure projects in the Northern Territory and Doomadgee, Queensland.
The WorkFoundations grant opportunity aims to fund social enterprises and businesses who can provide tailored, paid employment placements for job seekers facing challenging barriers to employment.
National Child and Family Investment Strategy – Innovation Fund
Grant Category
Community Development
Closing Date & Time
AEDT
Selection Process
Targeted competitive
Delivered on behalf of
Department of Social Services
The Innovation Fund will provide 3 years of funding for projects that will prepare organisations in the child and family sector for the transfer of resources to Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations, and shift service delivery to prevention and early supports for children and families.
The Strong and Resilient Communities – Inclusive Communities Round 3: Supplementary Grants aim to support vulnerable and disadvantaged people on pathways to self-reliance and empowerment through local, community-driven solutions that support them to participate socially and economically by providing grant funding for one-off, time limited projects of up to 2 years.