Community Benefits Program

Your Potential

We encourage individuals to maximise their skills, abilities, and potential through funding in sports and cultural health & wellbeing activities.
We offer a range of funding for:
  • Individual representative sport
  • Sporting team sponsorship
  • Funeral and tombstone expenses
  • Projects and activities that provide community benefits
To learn more about these opportunities, we encourage you to read the Grant Guidelines & read Your Stories about other successful applicants and make contact to discuss your particular situation.

Steps to the Grants Process

Application
Complete an application via the links on the specific application page.
Assessment
Trustees will assess your application, and we will notify you of the outcome.
Distribution
Approved applications will have funds distributed based on the application.
Acquittals
We would love to hear about the impacts the support has had on you or your community.

Start an Application

To start an application begin by selecting the program tab in the header above for the program area in which you want to apply. Please read the Grant Guidelines for the program to make sure your application meets the requirements. If you are not sure feel free to contact us.

Community Benefits Programs

Community Benefits ProgramFrequencyMaximum Grant Amount
Assistance with the funeral cost per deceased Beneficiary.Once off

$5,000

Assistance with the tombstone cost per deceased Beneficiary.Once off

$2,000

Cultural Health and Well-being Projects that will deliver measurable social impact on Beneficiary communities, including Back to Country and NAIDOC events.One application up to the maximum amount per calendar year

$5,000

Individual representation in a sport or recreational event at the regional, state, national or international level.Two applications up to the maximum amount per participant per calendar year

$3,000

Sporting team sponsorship at the regional, state, national or international level.Two applications per team up to the maximum amount for each application per calendar year

$5,000

To start an application, select the ‘Apply’ button above.

Application FAQs

  • A Wiri, Yuwiburra, and Barada Barna Peoples, resident anywhere in Australia.
  • Any member of the broader Birra Gubba Nation resident in the Agreement Area.
All applications are through Smarty Grants, which can be accessed from the link on the respective Grant Program website page.
All applications are assessed against the Grant Guidelines and Information document found on the website.
When you submit your applications it can take 3-6 weeks for the assessment process to be finalised.
Applicants should contact Centrelink on 13 28 50 for advice.