Annual grants

The 2025 Annual Grants are now open

Grant applications for projects taking place in 2025 opened on 10 June and close on July 31 2024. 

All applications are through SmartyGrants. Here are the 2025 Annual Grant Guidelines (PDF 790KB). 

The application forms for the Community Grants and the Arts grants are now available for preview.

You can view the Community Grants form here and the Arts & Culture grant form here

The Yarra Arts Fellowship is now open and closes on 31 July 2024. Here is a copy of the Guidelines and you can apply here

Annual Grants information

Watch the recording of this year's grant information presentation (YouTube 24 minutes).

Three grant information sessions were held in early June. 

2024 Annual Grants

We received 230 applications and 123 grants were approved by Council on 14 November 2023. 

Here is a list of the successful 2024 Annual Grants (PDF 640KB). 

Round 2 Arts and Culture 2024 Annual Grants have now closed. 

Here are the Round 2 Arts and Culture Annual Grant Guidelines (PDF 345KB)

2023 Annual Grants

The 2023 grants were announced at the 15 November 2022 Council Meeting. The annual grants program received more than 170 applications and 108 grants were approved (62%). The total amount allocated was $968,370.

View the list of successful applications (PDF 629kB).  

2022 Annual Grants

The 2022 grants were announced at the 23 November 2021 Council Meeting. The annual grants program received 220 applications, 22 more than last year. More than $1.8 million was requested for projects valued at $9.5 million in total. Of the 220 applications, 159 applications have been recommended to receive funding totaling $1,003,280. 72% of applications were successful.

View the list of successful applications (PDF 777kB).

Grants E-newsletter 

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Have a question?

You can learn about our how we manage the grants program, including the application and assessment process, through our Grants Administration Guide (PDF 1.7MB).

If you have a question about the annual grants, you can ask us online, or call us on 03 9205 5527 or 03 9205 5146.