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Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund

Arts and culture funding for charities, offered by Hands Across Canberra.

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Funding
Not stated
program pool figure, not a per-grant amount: In July 2018, Hands Across Canberra announced the creation of the Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund (CMCF) with an initial gift of $5 million
Where
Australian Capital Territory
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Who can apply

  • Charities

These are the applicant types Hands Across Canberra lists for this program. It is a starting filter, not the full eligibility test, and the guidelines on the official page are what decide an application.

What Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund funds

What this money is forArts and culture

The Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund was created in June 2018 with the objective to assist in meeting the social, economic, cultural, educational, environmental and other charitable needs of the community in the Australian Capital Territory (and the immediately surrounding region) for the public benefit. The ACT Government invested $5 million as seed funding to kick-start a long term commitment to our local charities and community sector to support their incredible work and also explore innovative solutions to meeting community needs.

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How to apply

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Hands Across Canberra

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About Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund

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When does Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund close?

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How much funding is available through Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund?

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Who can apply for Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund?

Hands Across Canberra lists this program as open to charities. That is a starting filter rather than the full eligibility test: the criteria in the funder's guidelines are what decide an application.

Is Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund still open?

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Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund is offered by Hands Across Canberra in Australian Capital Territory. Applications are made through the funder, never through GrantWindow: we take no applications, charge no fee and act as no intermediary. Any site offering to apply on your behalf for a government grant is worth a very careful look.

Where this record came from

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  1. Read fromhandsacrosscanberra.org.auAustralian foundations, community foundations and corporate community fundsThe address of Hands Across Canberra's own listing for this program is one of the two facts a trial opens.
  2. Published underPublisher copyrightPublisher copyright. Facts compiled from the funder's own public grant pages; each record links to the exact page.
  3. Last checked24 Oct 2026The day we last read this program on the funder's own page.

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