GO7751: Local Investments Funding Grant Opportunity
The Local Investments Funding Grant Opportunity enables strategic and rapid response to address local issues to benefit First Nations people and facilitate improved community and government engagement.
The objective of a Local Investments Funding grant is to deliver outcomes, aligned to community needs government priorities and Closing the Gap targets by providing funding of no more than $125,000 (GST exclusive) for:
- • generally small scale, short-term, one-off proposals to address immediate local need and which have community support
- • a variety of activities, ranging from small scale infrastructure and cultural activities, through to a co-contribution to larger projects
- and • activities that leverage other government funding and may include co-contributions for larger projects with other governments, local councils or organisations
To be eligible, applicants just be invited by the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) to apply for funding.
To be eligible you must be invited by the NIAA to apply for funding; have an Australian Business Number (ABN) (exemptions may apply in special cases); where relevant be registered for GST; if an individual, be a permanent resident of Australia; have an account in your name and which you control with an Australian financial institution; and be one of the listed entity types (Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the CATSI Act, company incorporated in Australia under the Corporations Act 2001, an incorporated association, an incorporated cooperative, an organisation established through a specific piece of Commonwealth or state/territory legislation including public benevolent institutions, churches and universities, an Australian state or territory government body, an Australian local government body, an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust, a partnership, a joint (consortium) application with a lead organisation that satisfies the entity type, or an individual with an ABN).
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Last updated: 12 February 2026