By purpose
Australian grants, by what the money is for
25 categories, from community halls to export markets. Open the one your project is and see every program funding it, council to Commonwealth, with the closing date on the front.
- 25categories
- 4,049programs on record
- 567open now
- 595closing inside 60 days
Counted from the catalogue on 24 Oct 2026
How to read this page
- Every category has its own mark and its own colour.The bigger the tile, the more of the catalogue is in it.
- The bar says who funds it.Councils, then states and territories, then the Commonwealth.
- 67The amber figure is the deadline.How many programs in that category close inside 60 days.
Pick the door your project fits
Community is the biggest category in the catalogue, at 2,142 programs. Every category below pulls Commonwealth, state, council and university funding into one list.
- CommunityFor community groups, local projects and not for profit organisations2,142programs on record56% councils38% state6% Commonwealth67 closing inside 60 daysNext closes October 2026
- Arts and cultureFor artists, creative projects, festivals and cultural organisations1,594programs on record65% councils30% state4% Commonwealth55 closing inside 60 daysNext closes October 2026
- EnvironmentFor conservation, land care, biodiversity and environmental projects1,357programs on record72% councils23% state5% Commonwealth38 closing inside 60 daysNext closes October 2026
- Business growthFor expanding a business, lifting capability or funding a growth project1,269programs on record60% councils33% state7% Commonwealth53 closing inside 60 daysNext closes October 2026
- Capital works1,238programs44 closing soon
- Health1,148programs47 closing soon
- Training and skills1,088programs50 closing soon
- Events930programs27 closing soon
- Sport and recreation765programs25 closing soon
- Disaster recovery743programs21 closing soon
- Indigenous582programs16 closing soon
- Youth569programs22 closing soon
The rest of the taxonomy, smallest categories last
- HeritageCouncil led529
- TourismState led454
- Regional and ruralState led350
- DigitalState led332
- EnergyCouncil led331
- InnovationState led303
- AgricultureCouncil led300
- SeniorsCouncil led289
- Research and developmentState led243
- EmploymentState led178
- ExportState led103
- ResourcesState led65
- Finance and investmentState led38
Who actually writes the cheque
A netball club and an exporter are both after funding and they should be looking in completely different places. Sorted by how much of each category is council money.
- Councils
- State and territory
- Commonwealth
- The hairline marks half
Ask your council firsttwo thirds or more of these programs are local government
Funded from both endscouncils and the bigger portals both run these
Go straight to the state and the Commonwealthcouncils barely fund this kind of project
Counted on the same cut the state listings use, so every program sits in exactly one level. Browse by state and territory.
One catalogue
Most people only ever need one of these doors.
A club needs the sport and events money. A manufacturer needs the Commonwealth's. The category is the fastest way to stop reading programs that were never for you.
Free trial
Every category tells you the month. A trial tells you the day.
1,726 of the 4,049 programs in this catalogue carry a closing date the funder published, and every one of them shows its month on the category page it sits in. The exact day, the funder's own closing time, the application link and a countdown that stays right come with a 7 day free trial. No card, and the catalogue stays free to read either way.
25 categories. The month is printed on all of them, the day on none of them.
Browsing Australian grants by purpose
Every category on this page pulls together Commonwealth, state, territory, council and university programs funding the same kind of project, with the closing date on the front of every entry. Grants for community projects, arts and culture, environment and land care, small business growth, capital works, health, training and skills, community events, sport and recreation, disaster recovery, Indigenous organisations, youth, heritage, tourism, regional and rural development, energy, digital, agriculture, innovation, seniors, research and development, employment, export, resources, manufacturing, finance and education.
A category earns a page of its own at 25 programs, because a page with nine rows on it is a thin page whatever the subject. Smaller categories still appear on the grant pages that carry them. 276 programs sit in none of the categories above, either because the funder published none or because the only one they carry is too small for a page of its own, and every one of them is listed by state and territory instead.
The categories overlap on purpose. A council program upgrading a netball court is capital works and sport and community, and it is listed under all three, because that is how the funder describes it and how three different people will look for it. So the category counts do not add up to the size of the catalogue and this site never adds them up.
Looking for funding somewhere specific instead? Browse the directory by state and territory, where council programs from every local government area sit in their own listing, or see everything closing soon across all 10 jurisdictions.