Grants for Community Groups
Environmental Grants Program
We are committed to supporting a low carbon, water sensitive and climate resilient City. The aim of our Environmental Grant Program is to encourage community groups to seek funding for environmental project initiatives that will protect and enhance the sustainability and environment of the local area.
Placemaking Grant
Placemaking Grants of up to $7,500 aim to support the creation and delivery of projects in public spaces across the city. These include initiatives that improve how we feel and use our public spaces and how we can enhance the way they look and work, and also how we celebrate our heritage. The program aims is to give the community the opportunity to make their City a place where people love to be through placemaking projects of all sizes and shapes.
Community Grants
Community Grants of up to $7,500 aims to help local communities thrive by building community wellbeing, cohesion and capacity.
We provide grants for projects, initiatives and activities that align with our City Plan and demonstrate that they are beneficial for the City of PAE community.
Sports and Recreation Grants
Sport & Recreation Grant Program aims to encourage active lifestyles in the local community by supporting organisations to deliver sporting or recreation opportunities for the benefit of the PAE community. Grants of up to $1,000 are available for activities and purchases that clearly demonstrate alignment to the program aim and one focus area.
Equipment Grants
The Equipment Grant program aims to support not-for-profit community groups and organisations in the delivery of their programs and services with urgent or necessary purchases that enhance the health, wellbeing and safety of our community at a local level. Grants of up to $2,000 can be applied for to purchase equipment that supports the aim of the program.
Quick Response Grants
The Quick Response Grant program supports community groups with emerging or unexpected needs and opportunities that will make a positive difference to the PAE community at a local level. Eligible applicants can apply for up to $500 for activities that support the program aim.
Events Grant
The City of PAE’s Events Grant Program aims to help create a community that is inclusive, cohesive, creative and prosperous through the support of a program of accessible and diverse community events and festivals across the City.
Creative Industry Grant
Creative industry grants of up to $5000 aim to support creative practitioners of all disciplines to grow their practice and deliver projects that contribute to PAE's vision for a strong, creative, impactful and suitable arts ecology.
Arts Organisation Fund
The Arts Organisation Fund aims to provide a mechanism for sustaining, growing and developing creativity, arts and culture in our City by attracting and supporting professional arts organisations to the region through dedicated funding of up to $40,000 per year.