The Local Sporting Champions program provides financial assistance of between $500-$750 for coaches, officials and competitors aged 12-18 participating in state, national or international championships.
Applications for Round 3 2025/26 opened 1 November 2025 and will close 31 January 2026.
More information: Local Sporting Champions | Australian Sports Commission
The Local Para Champions program provides financial assistance of between $750-$1,000 for coaches, officials and competitors aged 12-24 participating in state, national or international championships for athletes with a disability.
Applications for Round 3 2025/26 opened 1 November 2025 and will close 31 January 2026.
More information: Local Para Champions | Australian Sports Commission
We will announce the new round once it is open.
We are delighted to announce that Round 9 of the Stronger Communities Grant Programme has been announced! This is an exciting opportunity for community groups and organisations to apply for grants ranging from $2,500 to $20,000 to support infrastructure projects that deliver social benefits to local communities.
Key Details:
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Grant Amounts: Between $2,500 and $20,000
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Purpose: To fund infrastructure projects that provide social benefits for local communities.
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Grant Opportunity Guidelines: Be sure to review the guidelines carefully for details on the objectives your project must meet and eligible expenses. There are some slight changes this round, so it’s important to read the guidelines closely.
Expressions of Interest are now closed. If you submitted an Expression of Interest, please keep an eye out for an email by 1 March 2025 as to if you were successful or not.
The 2025/2026 round of Volunteer Grants.
EOIs closed 26 March, 2026. Organisations that submitted an EOI will be notified early May.
This Program funds grants of between $1,000 and $5,000.
There are two categories of funding:
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Category 1: Purchase of communication or insurance items that will benefit any of the community organisations’ volunteers.
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Category 2:
- Purchase items for the main purpose of supporting a community organisation’s volunteers from the following cohorts
- Fund volunteer-run activities within the community organisation for the main purpose of supporting
Please read the Grant Opportunity Guidelines for eligibility criteria or all categories before submitting your EOI.
Expressions of Interest closed 26 March 2026.
Previous Volunteer Grant Recipients for 2024-2025:
Congratulations to all the recipients of the Families and Communities Program 2024-25 Volunteer Grants. The 27 Recipients shared $66,225 in funding. We hope it makes a difference to their volunteers! Applying for grants can be an effective way to raise vital funds for the worthwhile projects your organisation is championing.
- Friends of Lake Claremont Ltd
- Friends of Mosman Park Bushland
- Friends of Shenton Bushland
- Friends of Galup/Lake Monger
- Subiaco Women's Shed
- Lake Monger Community Shed
- Floreat Toy Library
- Swanbourne Nedlands Surf Life Saving Club Inc
- Paddle WA
- Mosman Park Bicycle Users Group
- Floreat Surf Life Saving Club Incorporated
- 1st Pelican Point Sea Scouts
- Scouts WA Radio and Technology Team
- Nedlands Yacht Club
- Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia
- St Vincent De Paul Society WA
- Scarborough Baptist Church
- Kindy in the Park Inc.
- Dress for Success Western Australia
- Deserving Better WA
- Conquer Cystic Fibrosis
- Multiple Birth Association of Western Australia
- Fresh Start
- Subiaco Justice Centre, Inc.
- Lionheart Camp for Kids
- Arthritis and Osteoporosis WA
The urban Precincts and Partnerships Program is now open for applications for transformative investment in urban precincts.
There are two streams:
Stream One: Precinct development and planning
Project funding of between $500,000 and $5 million will be available for master planning, consultation, design, business cases and partnership establishment.
Stream Two: Precinct Delivery
Project funding of $5 million to $50 million is available to help deliver a specified project or projects as part of a precinct.
This is an always open, non-competitive funding opportunity.
Find out more here: Urban Precincts and Partnerships Program | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Open Gardens WA donates money for horticultural projects to not for profit, volunteer or charitable organisations.
The projects can be for education, community events or fairs with a horticultural, gardening, sustainability or wellness theme.
This is funded with the revenue from our garden openings, special events and memberships, to foster and encourage gardening for a healthier life.
We encourage you to apply for a grant at any time of the year.
If your child is sick, disadvantaged or living with disability, Variety WA can help by providing a range of practical items where no other assistance is available. All their grant opportunities are currently open.
Check out their website here.
KidSport enables eligible Western Australian children aged 5 to 18 years to participate in community sport by offering them financial assistance of up to $300 per financial year towards club fees.
Eligible Western Australian children are aged 5 to 18 with a valid Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card.
Read more about it and apply here.
There is a lot of information on a range of activities that Lotterywest supports for not-for-profit organisations available on their website.
Information here.
Since 1917, CommBank employees have been supporting Australian communities through our workplace giving program. This program has enabled us to award over 200 grants to community organisations supporting the wellbeing of Australians each year.
Information here.
Federal government grants can be found at the links below. When our electoral office is tasked with running Federal Grant Programs, we will promote them separately from the links below.