Growing Local Economies Fund
Employment funding for companies, indigenous organisations and individuals, offered by Department of Regional NSW.
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- Funding
- From $1m
- From $1,000,000
- Where
- New South Wales
- Opened
- 7 August 2018
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Who can apply
- Companies
- Indigenous organisations
- Individuals
- Local government
- Not for profits
- Partnerships
These are the applicant types Department of Regional NSW 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.
Eligibility, in Department of Regional NSW's own words
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What Growing Local Economies Fund funds
$500 million to strengthen the economy and create jobs in regional NSW The objective of the fund is to support projects of economic significance in regional NSW, which draw on the strengths or potential strengths of each Functional Economic Region. The Growing Local Economies Fund has been established under the NSW Government’s Restart NSW Fund. The objective of the Restart NSW Fund is to improve economic growth and productivity in NSW.
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How to apply
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Department of Regional NSW
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About Growing Local Economies Fund
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When does Growing Local Economies Fund close?
This round of Growing Local Economies Fund closed in October 2020. GrantWindow keeps the record because most Australian grant programs run again, and the alert list is told the night Department of Regional NSW opens the next one.
How much funding is available through Growing Local Economies Fund?
Department of Regional NSW publishes a funding amount of From $1m, noted as: From $1,000,000. Confirm it in the guidelines on the official page before you build a budget around it.
Who can apply for Growing Local Economies Fund?
Department of Regional NSW lists this program as open to companies, indigenous organisations, individuals, local government, not for profits and partnerships. That is a starting filter rather than the full eligibility test: the criteria in the funder's guidelines are what decide an application.
Is Growing Local Economies Fund still open?
This round is closed. Closed rounds stay on record because most Australian grant programs run again, and the reopening is the one worth being early for. The alert list is told the night it does.
Who runs Growing Local Economies Fund, and does GrantWindow take a cut?
Growing Local Economies Fund is offered by Department of Regional NSW in New South Wales. 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
© State of New South Wales. For current information go to www.nsw.gov.au. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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- Last checked24 Oct 2026The day we last read this program on the funder's own page.
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