Funding Centre

Funding Centre Where not-for-profits go for money The Funding Centre is the best place to go to get information on grants and fundraising in Australia.

The website and associated tools and newsletters are an initiative of Our Community, a world-leading social enterprise that provides advice, tools and training for Australia’s 600,000 community groups, as well as services for business, government and the general public. Like other Our Community initiatives, the Funding Centre is built around a self-sustaining social enterprise model. The EasyGrant

s Newsletter and associated grants database was created in 1995 as the first consolidated grants newsletter in Australia and went on to become the very first product of the Our Community Group. The online Funding Centre seeks to lead the fundraising knowledge revolution in Australia through the provision of low-cost or free information and tools, including online and hard copy materials and face-to-face training.

30/07/2026

🧠 Three grant opportunities now open with a focus on mental health

💠 Mental Health Child, Youth and Families Grant
Provider: ACT Government Health and Community Services
Closes: August 25

This grant supports non-government organisations to provide mental health services for children, young people and families. Total funding available is approximately $2.7 million per year (GST exclusive).

💠 Mental Health and Wellbeing Grants
Provider: Queensland Mental Health Commission
Closes: August 28

The grant supports practical, community-led initiatives that strengthen mental health and wellbeing. Eligible organisations with an established presence in rural and remote Queensland can apply for grants of up to $300,000 to deliver community-led initiatives.

💠 Ski for Life Grants
Provider: Ski for Life
Current round closes July 31, next round opens August 1

Ski for Life provides grants to community groups and organisations delivering practical mental health and su***de prevention initiatives across rural and regional Australia.

Close to 2,000 grants are now open on the Funding Centre, find your next opportunity today.

29/07/2026

📢 Institute of Community Directors Australia Winning Grants Funding in Australia - The Step by Step Guide now on sale

This practical, step-by-step guide will take you through the grant seeking process assisting you to prepare and research a winning funding application.

Offer ends July 31 2026, 11.59pm (AEST)

27/07/2026

🌟 Grant & award opportunities for schools 🌟

Real School grant

Real Insurance launched the Real School grants program to help aid school funding to schools and school groups/ committees across Australia.

Closing October 1

Sporting Schools grants - Term 4

Sporting Schools offers grant opportunities for primary schools, and targeted grant opportunities for secondary schools in relation to year 7 and 8 students.

Opening August 3

Junior Landcare Australia award

Has your school made an outstanding contribution in protecting and improving their local environment? Now in its 32nd year, the State and Territory Landcare Awards stand as a prestigious biennial national Landcare Awards program.

Closing July 31

👇 Find out more of our July grant picks

📬 July EasyGrants newsletter has landed!Packed full of the latest grants and fundraising news from around Australia and ...
23/07/2026

📬 July EasyGrants newsletter has landed!

Packed full of the latest grants and fundraising news from around Australia and tips to get the most out of your membership.

👇 Get a sneak peak of our featured grants this month

💛 Grant writing tip from the Funding Centre community:"We take care to make sure our applications provide qualitative an...
21/07/2026

💛 Grant writing tip from the Funding Centre community:

"We take care to make sure our applications provide qualitative and quantitative examples of the success of our programs, and that we explain our programs and budgets accurately and succinctly."

Clear, honest storytelling backed by real numbers, that's what turns a good application into a funded one.

See how long-time Funding Centre member Delta Therapy Dogs put this into practice 🐾 Read their story 👇

20/07/2026

📢 Three upcoming webinars you should now about as not for profit

📅 Tuesday July 21

How to create and maintain a technology budget
Community Media Training Organisation

Your grant submission can live or die on how your numbers look and whether your budget will make sense to an assessor.

📅Thursday July 23

The resilient leader: Leading sustainably through change

Institute of Community Directors Australia

This session will explore sustainable leadership in the for-purpose sector, including how leaders can recognise burnout, respond to changing conditions, and develop the self-awareness and resilience needed to lead effectively over the long term.

📅Thursday August 6

Understanding Not-for-profit Finances

Justice Connect

In this practical webinar, Kathy Tung, from Accounting for Good, will break down the ‘accountancy speak’, provide clarity, and empower you to understand your not-for-profit's financial reports.

20/07/2026

Happy Leadership week 🎉

Leadership Week, an initiative of the Institute of Community Directors Australia and McKinsey & Company, is a dedicated week of leadership training designed to support and strengthen the capability of the not-for-profit and community sector.

Check out complimentary webinars on offer 👇

🌟 Grant of the week: Bunnings Warehouse Australia Community Grants program📅 July 31💰 Up to $10,000🗺️ Australia-wideThe B...
16/07/2026

🌟 Grant of the week: Bunnings Warehouse Australia Community Grants program

📅 July 31
💰 Up to $10,000
🗺️ Australia-wide

The Bunnings Community Grants program provides targeted grants of up to $10,000 to support practical projects that deliver real, local impact.

15/07/2026

🎉 Big news: SmartySearch launched on Understorey, in partnership with Social Enterprise Australia!

SmartySearch is an easy-to-integrate grants search tool built for councils and peak bodies and is powered by Funding Centre's database.

It's designed to make life easier for grantseekers in community services and economic development teams: affordable, user-friendly, and always up to date.

📌 Are you a council or peak body? Request an info pack or book a demo with Grace to see how SmartySearch can support your grantseekers.

14/07/2026

"One resident, who is mostly non-verbal, burst into beautiful song when she saw the dog." That's how Tracey Johns from Delta Therapy Dogs and a long-time member of Funding Centre, describes one of the small, powerful moments their volunteers and dogs create every day.

Moments like this are only possible because the programs stay funded. Over the past year, Delta Therapy Dogs applied for 70+ grants, with around a 1-in-4 success rate, by checking Funding Centre for new opportunities every month.

Their advice for other grassroots NFPs: use the new financial year to update your numbers and refresh your pitch, rather than reusing last year's application.

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