See below for a range of potential grant opportunities available for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services noting that some programs are State specific and won’t apply to all ACCHOs. Opportunities will vary over time. We aim to provide up to date and relevant grant opportunities which are available in the short to medium term.
See below for Tips and Tricks that can help you to write a successful grant proposal.
Funds projects that champion independence and inclusion for people with disability and older people. Mable Community Grants must be explicitly used for projects or programs that relieve poverty, sickness, suffering, distress, misfortune, helplessness or disability in the lives of people in Australia who are living with a disability or who are ageing to improve their health, independence and inclusion within their community.
Locations: National (regional)
Opens: Open now
Closes: 30 April 2024
Grant Type: Community
Max. Grant: $10,000
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Various includes not-for-profits and charities.
Agency: Mable
Supports innovative projects that will create a high impact on communities in addressing the grant theme ‘Tackling inequalities’.
Expression of Intertest process.
Locations: SA only
Opens: 2 April 2024
Closes: 3 May 2024
Grant Type: Community
Max. Grant: $100,000
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Please refer to guidelines – includes registered not for profits / charities.
Agency: Impact100 South Australia
Small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia have the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of community-driven projects, services, activities or initiatives, which clearly and directly focus on strengthening mental health and wellbeing of vulnerable community members who are at risk of, or are experiencing, mental health issues. There are now two streams within the program:
Expression of Interest process.
Locations: National
Opens: 9 April 2024
Closes: 30Â April 2024
Grant Type: Mental Health
Max. Grant: $20,000
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Must be a not-for-profit organisation with either an Incorporation Certificate and/or an ABN.
Agency: Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal
RACGP Foundation grants and awards support practicing and academic GPs and GP registrars to undertake important research in their communities, helping to build an evidence base to inform and improve practice and patient outcomes. A small number of grants and awards are also available to medical students, medical graduates undertaking GP training, practice nurses, and practice owners or managers.
Locations: National
Opens: Open now
Closes: 1 May 2024
Grant Type: Research
Max. Grant: $40,000
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Must be a general practitioner or general practice registrar.
Agency: RACGP Foundation
Provides financial support and encouragement to organisations throughout Australia devoted to improving the welfare and quality of life of elderly people. They may be living in nursing homes, hostels, retirement villages or in their own homes.
Locations: National
Opens: Open
Closes: 30 June 2024
Grant Type: Aged Care
Max. Grant: Not specified
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Organisations with (DGR 1) – Deductible Gift Recipient 1 status.
Agency: Aged Persons Welfare Foundation
Funds community-led initiatives to prevent family and domestic violence throughout Western Australia.
Locations: WA Only
Opens: Open now
Closes: 7 May 2024
Grant Type: Family and Domestic Violence
Max. Grant: Not specified
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Includes Incorporated not-for-profit community organisations (WA only).
Agency: WA Department of Communities
Gives small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of community-driven projects, services, activities or initiatives, which clearly and directly focus on strengthening mental health and wellbeing of vulnerable community members who are at risk of, or are experiencing, mental health issues. The program is open primarily to charitable projects that use non-clinical approaches of engagement, and are community-based and accessible to everyone.
Locations: National (regional)
Opens: 9 April 2024
Closes: 30 April 2024
Grant Type: Mental Health
Max. Grant: $20,000
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Applicant organisations must be a not-for-profit organisation with either an Incorporation Certificate and/or an ABN.
Agency: Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal
Seeks to fund initiatives delivered by organisations supporting people with disabilities, or otherwise marginalised individuals primarily with the objective to secure employment pathways.
The Foundation seeks to identify and support those organisations which have well thought out projects that seek to help vulnerable members of the community to overcome the challenging circumstances in which they find themselves.
Locations: National
Opens: 19 February 2024
Closes: 7 June 2024
Grant Type: Community
Max. Grant: Not specified – minimum request is $100,000
Co-contribution: Yes, required
Eligibility: The Ian Potter Foundation can only make grants to organisations with BOTH Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) Item 1 and Tax Concession Charity (TCC) status.
Agency: The Ian Potter Foundation
Vanguard Grants provide funding to test the feasibility of innovative concepts in clinical, public health and/or health services (including clinical service delivery) or biomedical research which may lead to larger, more rigorous studies in the future.
Locations: National
Opens: 8 April 2024
Closes: 24 May 2024
Grant Type: Health
Max. Grant:Â $150,000 over two years
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Refer to the website below
Agency: Heart Foundation
The Australian Government, through Cancer Australia, is inviting grassroots community organisations and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations working to improve outcomes for people affected by cancer to apply for grants of up to $120,000 each.
Locations: National
Opens: 18 January 2024
Closes: 29 February 2024
Grant Type: Community
Max. Grant: $120,000
Agency: Department of Health and Aged Care
NOTE: Current Program is closed 1 February 2024 – Program will be revised and re-open in May 2024.
The purpose of the NTAIC Grants Program is to promote self-determination and economic self-sufficiency of Aboriginal people living in the NT and to promote their social and cultural wellbeing. The NTAIC Grants Program aims to ensure:
There are two streams – General Grants and Innovation Grants.
Locations: NT
Opens: May 2024
Closes: TBC
Grant Type: Various
Max. Grant:Â General Grants – $500,000 per year (up to $1.5 million over three years).
Innovation Grants – $10 million
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Indigenous Organisations in the NT.
Agency: NTAIC
The program addresses the urgent need to allow families with deceased loved ones who were insured under a Youpla Group funeral expenses policy to mourn and conduct Sorry Business with the dignity that had been intended. The program will pay a grant in place of a funeral benefit that would otherwise have been paid in response to the death of a person covered by a Youpla Group policy, where the policy was active on or after 1 April 2020, prior to the Youpla Group’s collapse.
Locations: NSW
Opens: 7 September 2023
Closes: 30 June 2024 (extended)
Grant Type: Funeral Expenses Targeted
Max. Grant: $20,000
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility:
To be eligible you must be the expected recipient of a funeral benefit of a Youpla Group policy, where the policy:
Agency: The Treasury Department
Aims to support projects run by Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations which offer a direct and noticeable benefit to the Noongar community.
Locations: WA
Opens: N/A
Closes: 20 April 2024
Grant Type:Â Community
Max. Grant: $100,000
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Grants will be made to incorporated, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations that are based and delivered within Noongar Community
Agency: Noongar Charitable Trust
The Allergy and Immunology Foundation of Australasia (AIFA) funds important new research in allergy, immunodeficiency and other immune diseases.
Locations: National
Opens: Open now
Closes: EOI due 14 May 2024
Grant Type: Research
Max. Grant: $40,000
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Must be a member of the Australian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy – application forms for membership can be obtained at: https://www.allergy.org.au/members/apply
Agency: Allergy and Immunology Foundation of Australasia (AIFA)l
In 2024 Impact100 WA will consider applications for initiatives that aim to meet the following objectives:
As guidance, donors to Impact100 WA have a preference for a) Initiatives that deliver more widespread outcomes and b) Lesser-known, smaller Western Australian based not-for-profit organisations.
Large focus areas but includes initiatives that positively impact the mental and/or physical well-being of people in WA.
Locations: WA only
Opens: 19 March 2024
Closes: 9 May 2024
Grant Type: Community
Max. Grant: $100,000
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Please refer to guidelines – includes registered not for profits / charities.
Agency: Impact100 Western Australia
The Local Investments Funding Grant Opportunity enables strategic and rapid response to address local issues to benefit First Nations people and facilitate improved community and government engagement. The objective of a Local Investments Funding grant is to deliver outcomes, aligned to community needs government priorities and Closing the Gap targets by providing funding of no more than $100,000 (GST exclusive).
Locations: National
Opens: Open now
Closes: 30 June 2024
Grant Type: Indigenous
Max. Grant: $100,000
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Applicants must be invited to apply by NIAA.
Agency: National Indigenous Australians Agency
This grant opportunity seeks to ensure that all Australian’s living with cancer have access to high-quality and culturally safe support throughout their cancer experience. Acknowledging the existing national cancer screening programs and funding provided for more commonly diagnosed cancers, this grant opportunity will prioritise activities that focus on increasing equity across tumour types and/or priority populations.
The Cancer Patient Support Program (the Program) will support, one-off, time-limited activities that provide national leadership on emerging priorities across the cancer control continuum.
Locations: National
Opens:
Rd1 – 2 April 2024
Rd 2 – 14 May 2024
Closes:Â
Rd1 – 14 May 2024
Rd 2 – 18 Sept 2024
Grant Type: Health
Max. Grant: $1 million
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Various – includes Indigenous Corporations
Agency: Department of Health and Aged Care
Allocates funding to not-for-profit community groups to help them provide services, leisure activities and opportunities for Queensland communities. The Gambling Community Benefit Fund (GCBF) is Queensland’s largest one-off community grants program and distributes approximately $60 million each year to not-for-profit community groups. The GCBF funding helps these groups to provide services, leisure activities and opportunities for Queensland communities.
Locations: QLD Only
Opens: Open
Closes:
Rd 3 – 30 April 2024
Rd 4 – 30 Nov 2024
Grant Type: Community
Max. Grant:
Rd 3 – $100,000
Rd 4 – $35,000
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Incorporated organisations with not for profit objectives.
Agency: QLD Department of Justice & Attorney-General
This grant opportunity enables the awarding of grants under the Pathways to Community Control (P2CC) program. The purpose of this grant opportunity is to support an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCHO) to transition health service delivery to Aboriginal community control under the P2CC Program and specifically targets ACCHOs in the Northern Territory. The grant supports the planning and implementation of the transition.
Locations: National
Opens: Open now
Closes: 30 June 2024
Grant Type: ACCHO Support
Max. Grant: See guidelines
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: To be eligible you must be the organisation/s invited to be considered by the Commonwealth Department of Health. Â See Guidelines for further details.Â
Agency: Department of Health and Aged Care
Awards grants to organisations that advance the safety, health, education and economic opportunities of women and girls.
Locations: National
Opens: 21 March 2024
Closes: 8 May 2024
Grant Type: Community (women)
Max. Grant: $50,000
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Charitable organisation with an Item 1 Deductible Gift Recipient Status (DGR). Has been operating for a minimum of 36 months. Â Has a total annual revenue of less than $10 million.
Agency: 100 Women
The Aboriginal Community Infrastructure Program (ACIP) is a grants program which enables Aboriginal organisations to build new fit-for-purpose infrastructure or to repair, refurbish or expand existing infrastructure to support Aboriginal Victorians to thrive, and live self-determined and culturally rich lives. Funding is available for:
Locations: VIC only
Opens: 12February 2024
Closes: 22 April 2024
Grant Type: Infrastructure
Max. Grant: See above
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Victoria Only. Incorporated Aboriginal organisations registered with Consumer Affairs Victoria, the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations or the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Agency: Victorian Government – First Peoples – State Relations.
The intended outcomes of this grant opportunity are:
Locations: NT
Opens: Assessment cycle 1 opens 5 January 2024.
Closes: Assessment cycle 1 closes 9 May 2024.
Grant Type: Justice
Max. Grant: $3.25 million over four years.
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Community-led initiative must be based in the Central Australia area in the Northern Territory, as described by the Northern Territory government.
Agency: Attorney-General’s Department
This is a grant opportunity to develop community-led design and delivery of alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services across the four regions. Funding of up to $49 million (GST exclusive) will be distributed to implement this project over an initial period of two years, with the option to extend for a further two years at the discretion of Commonwealth. The grant will be delivered in two stages:
Stage One – (purpose of these GOGs) to identify and engage a locally based Brokerage Organisation in each region with strong local connections, who will partner with community organisations to develop a Community Design Plan in response to AOD related needs.
Stage Two – (implementation) to enable eligible organisations to apply for funding to deliver projects that will implement the Community Design Plan.
Locations: Regions of Ceduna (SA), Bundaberg-Hervey Bay (QLD), East Kimberley and the Goldfields (WA)
Opens: January 2024
Closes: June 2024
Grant Type: The Drug and Alcohol Program
Max. Grant: $49 million
Eligibility: Not-for-profits
Agency: Department of Health and Aged Care
NIAA has been allocated $190 million over four years (2022-23 to 2025-26), to support Community Sector Organisations (CSOs) already receiving an Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) grant for an eligible activity. The purpose of this funding is to support these organisations at need of funding supplementation due to additional staff wages pressures and high inflations rates.
Locations: National
Opens: 12 May 2023
Closes: 30 June 2026
Grant Type: CSO Support
Max. Grant: Unspecified
Co-contribution: Variable – see section 3.1 of Guidelines
Eligibility: Complex – see sections 2 and 4 of the guidelines. The additional funding is only to be provided to CSOs which were already receiving an IAS grant when the measure was announced, and which may be managing financial sustainability issues as a result of the Fair Work Commission’s minimum wage decision and/or higher inflation outcomes.
Agency: National Indigenous Australians Agency
This program aims to support procedural GPs who work in rural and remote areas to:
This helps ensure people in rural and remote areas have access to highly skilled health professionals. Helps cover the cost of professional development for procedural general practitioners (GPs) who work in rural and remote areas. The RPGP provides grants of up to $32,000 to rural GPs and locums who provide procedural services. This helps with the cost of attending continuing professional development activities, to maintain or increase their procedural and emergency medicine skills (including emergency mental health).
Locations: National
Opens: Always open
Closes: N/A
Grant Type:Â Health
Max. Grant: $32,000
Co-contribution: Not specified
Eligibility: Must be a GP working in a MMM 3-7 region. Please see section 6 of the Guidelines.
Agency: Department of Health and Aged Care
Assists any Indigenous corporation whose property has been directly affected by a declared natural disaster, such as a flood, bushfire, or cyclone.
The funding can be used for immediate clean up your property, work to make your property safe and purchase plant and equipment to assist with recovery efforts.
Please note: the funding does not cover repair and replacement of items that are covered under existing insurance policies unless there is a clear and urgent health and safety risk to humans and livestock or any work that has already occurred.
Locations: National
Opens: Always open
Closes:Â N/A
Grant Type: Health
Max. Grant: $20,000
Co-contribution: Unspecified
Eligibility:Â Indigenous corporations (incorporated) may be eligible for assistance through the program if:
Agency: Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
Writing a successful grant proposal often requires a strategic approach which communicates your organisation’s mission, needs, and goals in a clear and compelling way. To help you write a winning grant proposal, here are some tips and tricks to consider:
By following these fundamental points, you’ll be well on your way to writing a successful grant proposal that stands out from the rest. Remember, the key is to communicate your organisation’s mission and goals in a clear and compelling way that resonates with the funder’s priorities and demonstrates the impact of your work.
If you require any assistance or have any queries regarding the grant opportunities, please contact: sectorsupport@naccho.org.au