Small Grants
You can use the categories to the right to explore particular topics. You’ll also find inspiring stories about some of the wonderful things community groups do with that funding. We also share a selection of media stories, where FRRR or a member of our staff has been featured. For any media enquiries, email Julie Weldon or call 0423 110 802.
Nutrien Ag Solutions Community Grants Program returns for 2025
09 Jul 2025 – Nutrien Ag Solutions and FRRR invite NFPs to apply for grants up to $5,000 to support local community projects across remote, rural and regional Australia.
Weaving culture and community in Kingston
25 Jun 2025 – Supported by OSCA and a $10,000 SRC Small and Vital grant, the Kingston Weaving project is bringing community and culture together in SA’s Limestone Coast.
Rural Australia receives $820,000 funding boost
13 Mar 2025 – Eighty-four NFPs across remote, rural and regional Australia are sharing $827,253 in grants thanks to FRRR’s Strengthening Rural Communities grant program.
Workshops weave people together in the 2023 Rural Bellingen Show
26 Feb 2025 – An SRC grant was used to purchase an Artisan Tent for the Rural Belingen Show, supporting the community’s recovery following the 2022 floods.
Rural communities continue to fall through funding gap
06 Jun 2024 – FRRR is calling for individuals and organisations to help meet the growing unmet needs of remote, rural and regional communities.
Sprouting Joy: Morawa Playgroup’s Nature Playground Project
24 Apr 2024 – Morawa Playgroup in Western Australia’s wheatbelt, transformed its outdoor space into a vibrant nature playground with support from an FRRR grant.
Reviving Namabunda
24 Apr 2024 – Bundjalung Tribal Society utilised an SRC grant to reengage their volunteer support base after interest had waned due to volunteer fatigue and lockdown restrictions.
Strengthening Victoria’s dairy communities
07 Feb 2024 – Community groups in small communities across three Victorian dairy regions can now apply for Gardiner Foundation Community Grants up to $5,000.
Bruny Island Billabong playground brings community together
31 Jan 2024 – Bruny Island District School’s Parents & Friends Committee achieved much more than they hoped for when they upgraded the playground that focuses on children up to five.
Targeted small grants creating a better place
12 Dec 2023 – FRRR’s In a Good Place Program Coordinator, Jeanice Henderson, shares key insights from the rural mental health and wellbeing grants program.