Aboriginal Arts Projects
| Funding of Aboriginal arts projects, supporting developments and activities taking place in the City of Melbourne within the 2024 calendar year.
| Applications open Thursday 1 August 2024
| Applications close Sunday 22 October 2024
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Aboriginal Creative Residency
| The residency at Boyd studios provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander artists with a valuable opportunity to spend time researching, experimenting, developing and creating new work.
| Applications closed
| Applications closed
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Aboriginal Community Grants
| Community-led projects that promote community connection, cultural and social inclusion, access and participation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
| Applications closed
| Applications closed
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Annual Arts Grants Program
| Funding of arts projects, arts residencies, supporting developments and activities taking place in the City of Melbourne within the 2024 calendar year. | Applications closed
| Applications closed
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Arts Grants - Multi-year Arts Grants Program
| Multi-year arts grants provide three year funding for small, medium and large arts organisations. | Applications closed
| Applications closed
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Arts Grants - Quick Response Arts Grants
| For artists and small to medium arts organisations across all disciplines who need support to successfully deliver their project to the public or to develop new work.
| Applications open Monday 3 March 2025
| Applications close Sunday 30 March 2025
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Business Event Sponsorship Program | Business events or conferences held in the City of Melbourne municipality that promote Melbourne as a destination. | Applications closed
| Applications closed
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City Activation Grants Program
| Grants to to support and deliver new and exciting activations within the City of Melbourne, bringing communities and consumers into the city to support local businesses.
| Applications closed
| Applications closed
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Community Inclusion Grants
| Support for not-for-profit organisations to run projects that promote community connection, social inclusion, and access and participation.
| 15 July 2024
| 12 August 2024
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Community Meals Subsidy Program
| Subsidies are available to not-for-profit organisations that support older people to meet and share a meal on a regular basis.
| Applications opened 9am, 1 July 2023
| Applications close 5pm, 31 August 2023
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Community Use of Town Halls
| Allows not-for-profit community organisations to apply for in-kind support for use of the Melbourne Town Hall, North Melbourne Town Hall or the Meat Market in North Melbourne. | Open all year (until funding for that financial year has been allocated)
| When funding for the financial year has been allocated
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Connected Neighbourhoods Small Grants
| Provide funding for projects that support diverse communities of a particular neighbourhood through increased community connection, access and participation.
| Open all year (until funding for the financial year has been allocated)
| When funding for the financial year has been allocated.
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Dusk till Dawn Activation Grants Program
| Funding for activations that bring energy and vibrancy to city precincts from 6pm to 6am and entice more visitors in to support the city's twilight and night time traders.
| Applications closed
| Applications closed
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Event Partnership Program | A sponsorship program supports and enables free, accessible and inclusive events that generate unforgettable, captivating, and innovative experiences.
| Applications closed
| Applications closed
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Fishermans Bend Innovation Challenge
| Win $70,000 towards implementing technology idea to benefit communities in Australia’s largest urban renewal project.
| Submissions closed
| Submissions closed
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Heritage Grants Program
| Any owner of a building within the heritage overlay located in the City of Melbourne, and planning restoration works that will be visible from the public realm
| All Heritage Buildings Fund open for applications all year
Landmark and Community Buildings Fund applications open July 2020
| All Heritage Buildings Fund open for applications all year
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Inclusive Sport and Recreation Grants
| Inclusive Sport and Recreation Grants are delivered by the City of Melbourne to provide opportunities for children and young people to participate in community sport and to support individuals participating at an elite level to achieve their sporting goals.
| Applications open | Applications open
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Operational Support Grants
| Grants for local volunteer-run community organisations that support community connection, social inclusion, access and participation for City of Melbourne residents.
| Applications closed
| Applications closed
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Signal Screen and Sound Commissions | Signal will commission up to ten young and emerging artists aged 16 to 25 to produce their screen or sound work for highly visible showcase in the city. | Applications closed
| Applications closed
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Small Business Grants | Creative and innovative small businesses currently located or intending to move to the City of Melbourne municipality, including previous applicants. | Applications closed
| Applications closed
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Social Investment Partnerships | Funding that supports the development and delivery of projects and programs that provide equitable opportunities that enable, empower and build the capacity of our diverse community. | Applications closed
| Applications closed
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Social Enterprise Grants | Social enterprises currently operating or intending to operate in the City of Melbourne municipality, including previous applicants.
| Applications closed
| Applications closed
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Urban Forest Fund
| Matched-funding from $10,000 to $500,000 is available to support new greening projects on private property with public benefits, such as tree plantings, biodiversity plantings and green roofs and walls. | Applications open Monday 25 September 2023
| Applications close Wednesday 31 January 2024
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Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund | Funding for organisations working to minimise waste creation, divert waste from landfill, and transition Melbourne towards a circular economy. | Applications closed
| Applications closed |