Find your Council grant match

With so many Council grants open for applications, it can be a challenge to figure out which grant works best for your project.

To help you pick, we decided to play match maker. Here’s our breakdown of some of our most popular grants on offer. Let’s get stuck in.

Are you passionate about a community event but need extra funding?

We want to help you hold a great community event (of any size). Whether you want to hold a small cultural celebration, organise a sporting event, or run a charity fundraiser, Council’s Community Events grants are perfect for you.

Available funding:

• City-wide events up to $15,000 + GST
• Local general community events up to $5,000 + GST
• Sporting events of state or national significance up to $5,000 + GST.

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Do you want an opportunity to become best friends with your neighbours?

We want to help you reach out and get to know your neighbours. Council’s Connecting Neighbours Grants are for residents who have a great, community-focussed project that builds connections.

So, whether you want to hold a BBQ to welcome new residents to your street, run a garden working bee to tidy up your local park, or install a new street library, we want to hear from you.

Available funding:

• Small groups (minimum three friends or neighbours) - up to $250
• Ideas supported by a local organisation – between $250 to $1000.

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Do you need to give your property with local heritage listing some love and attention?

We want to encourage conservation projects in heritage places that add to the history of our city. If you own a property that has local heritage listing, you can apply for support from the Wollongong Heritage Fund.

Available funding: Funding is available on a dollar-for-dollar-spent basis and Council will consider funding up to 50% of the total project cost, to a maximum of $10,000 (excluding GST).

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Do you want to hold the greatest NAIDOC Week celebration for your community?

Are you getting ready to plan your NAIDOC Week events? If you are, please apply for a Council NAIDOC Week Grant to support your project.

Available funding: For not-for-profit groups holding community events in the Wollongong Local Government Area during NAIDOC Week - up to $1,500.

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Does your band or choir want to sing some love songs?

Or any songs really, we don’t mind. Each year Council supports not-for-profit bands and choirs based in Wollongong to perform locally at public events.

Available funding:

• Primary (or senior) bands up to $2,000
• Secondary (or junior) bands up to $1,000
• Choirs up to $500.

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Do you want to strut your stuff at the Culture Mix festival?

Culture Mix is Wollongong’s contemporary multicultural festival and it’s coming back to the Wollongong CBD on Saturday 19 October 2024.

The best part of the festival were the different multicultural organisations, artists and community groups who got involved in the festival program. That’s why we’re once again inviting multicultural groups, organisations and communities to apply for one-off funding to develop a new and innovative idea for the festival.

Available funding: up to $2000.

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Are you besotted with an amazing creative idea?

We want to support unique cultural projects that make our city a vibrant and creative place to live. That’s why we’re supporting artists, creatives, and not-for-profit cultural groups to participate in activities like live music gigs, performing arts, visual arts, and craft.

Available funding: Up to $4,000.

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Want even more grants?

Visit our ‘Apply for a Grant’ webpage for more information on the grants currently on offer.