Grant Directories
Use these Grant Directories to help you find the right grant for you and your project!
- Grant Connect (Australian Government)
- The Funding Centre
- Regional Development Australia
- Arts Hub
- Grant Guru
ArtsQLD
Arts Queensland has a wider range of grant offering for artists and arts workers. To see the full range of offering you can visit https://www.arts.qld.gov.au/aq-funding
The following are some popular programs that may be relevant to you:
- Regional Arts Development Fund (administrated by local councils)
- Queensland Arts Showcase Program (QASP)
- Touring Queensland Fund
- Strategic Partnerships Fund
- First Nations Commissioning Fund
Creative Australia (Australia Council for the Arts)
Creative Australia has a wider range of grant offering for artists and arts workers. To see the full range of offering you can visit https://creative.gov.au/investment-and-development/
The following are some popular programs that may be relevant to you:
- Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups
- Arts Projects for Organisations
- Contemporary Music Touring Program
- Digital Fellowship Program
- International Travel Fund
- International Touring and Presentation Fund
- International Engagement Fund
- Playing Australia Project Investment
First Nations Funding:
- Flourish III: First Nations Textile Design & Fashion Innovation Fund
- Young People: First Nations Arts & Culture Project Fund
- Arts Business: First Nations Development Fund
- Space to Create: First Nations Music Residency
Philanthropic
- Aboriginal Benefits Foundation Trust
- AMP Foundation
- The Balnaves Foundation
- Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal (for organisations)
- Gordon Darling Foundation
- Ian Potter Cultural Trust
- Minderoo Foundation
- Sidney Myer Fund
Crowdfunding
Grant funding is not always an option, the following Crowdfunding platforms are a great way to source additional or alternative funding.
Other
- Support Act Crisis Relief Grants
- QANTAS Regional Grants
- Gambling Community Benefit Fund
- Screen Queensland
- Screen Australia Funding and Support
- American Australian Association Arts Fund
- QMusic’s Scholarships & Awards
- Festivals Australia
- The National Library of Australia’s Creative Arts Fellowship
- State Library of Queensland’s Queenslands Writers Fellowship
- QCoal Foundation Community Grant Program
- Strengthening Multicultural Queensland program
Not a Regional Artist?
The Regional Arts Fund (RAF) can only fund applicant’s in MM2-MM7 locations. If you are located in an MM1 location, the following grant programs may be of use to you.
- Brisbane City Council’s Creative Sparks Grants Program
- Brisbane City Council’s Lord Mayor’s Creative Fellowships
- Brisbane City Council’s Lord Mayor’s Community Fund
- Ipswich Council’s Grant Finder
- Sunshine Coast Foundation’s Community Grants
- Sunshine Coast Council’s Creative Industries Investment Fund
- Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation
- Gold Coast Council’s Arts Grants & Opportunities
- Gold Coast Council’s Community Event Grants Program
- Gold Coast Community Fund
If you are aware of other funding opportunities for Queensland Artists and Arts Workers please let us know by emailing raf@flyingarts.org.au.