LGBTQIA+ Grants

With incredible support from Snow Foundation, Rainbow Giving Australia is thrilled to announce the opening of our next round of grants! Expressions of Interest are now open!

This year, we’re making it simpler than ever to apply for funding and support. We’ve combined the Expression of Interest for Amplify & Ignite Pride Grants and GiveOUT Day into one straightforward form. Learn more about it.

Rainbow Giving Australia is proud to offer funding support to our LGBTQIA+ sector in three ways!

Spark Pride
Grants

Helping leaders seize opportunities and grow their skills. Whether it’s for personal or professional development, conference attendance, or travel, these grants are designed to give you the boost you need. The process is fast and easy—funds get to you quickly, and all we ask is that you let us know how they helped!

Grants between $500 - $2000 available year-round.

Coming 2025/2026

Ignite Pride
Grants

Empowering our communities in doing what they do best—supporting each other! These grants are perfect for local or place-based projects, or those focused on specific groups or populations. The application process is simple, with optional community engagement opportunities to help your initiative to flourish.

Grants between $5,000 and $20,000 available annually.

Amplify Pride
Grants

Supercharge initiatives that build the strength and sustainability of our sector. These grants are designed to support organisations across Australia that tackle big, systemic issues. But we don’t stop at funding. We work closely with our partners, providing extra support, connections, and opportunities to help them grow & succeed.

Grants between $30,000 and $60,000 available annually.

Need a hand?

Get in touch with Jones, Head of Community & Grants, at info@rainbowgiving.org.au

Tom (he/him),
Designer by day

If you represent an LGBTQIA+ organisation or initiative and are applying for a grant - Welcome! You are in the right place!

Here you will find information about our grant opportunities and guidelines including our priorities and focus areas, and how to apply.

If you would like to learn about other opportunities to get funded, check out GiveOUT Day here and grants available around Australia from other funders here.

We have expertise and lived experience in our own communities. If we had appropriate funding and reach, our impact would be huge.

Key Informant Interviewee, Rainbow Resources Report

Key Dates for Amplify & Ignite Pride

  • EOI open: July 15

  • EOI close: August 11

  • EOI assessed: August 11 - 20

  • EOI result: September 10

  • Full proposals due: November 10 (after GiveOUT Day)

  • Full proposal result: December 5-January 12

  • Grants paid by: February 16

  • Grants period ends: February 2027

Jackie Turner (she/her),
trans woman and movement builder

View our Granting Guidelines.

FAQ: What’s changed for Ignite Grants?

  • Our Where are the Rainbow Resources? report was clear. Leaders of grassroots community organisations and initiatives don’t have the time or resources to put into long grant applications. So RGA listened, included the lessons we’ve learnt from our award winning Amplify Pride Grants, and have added an expressions of interest stage and simplified the Guidelines for Ignite Pride.

  • RGA will honour our roots and continue to fund NSW based initiatives, and after 25 years and putting almost $1.5million into the NSW LGBTQIA+ sector, we are so proud to open Ignite to Not-For-Profit organisations and initiatives right around Australia.

  • Your organisation or initiative doesn't need DGR-1 status to apply! We know that many of the LGBTQIA+ organisations we want to fund are not eligible to receive DGR-1 status, and we are working to change that. In the meantime we have built the partnerships needed so that more small grassroots organisations can access our funding without going through the process of applying for DGR-1.

    DGR-1 or Deductible Gift Recipient Status 1, is granted to certain not-for-profit organisations. It allows these organisations to receive tax-deductible donations, meaning donors can claim tax deductions for their contributions.

To all community foundations across Australia

Want to better support LGBTQIA+ people and communities? Want to be more collaborative in your funding approach? Let's chat.

LGBTQIA+ communities bring unique strengths and perspectives that enrich the broader social fabric. Where our communities intersect with yours - in housing, healthcare, youth support, and elder care - there are powerful opportunities to amplify impact together.

Reach out to Jones, our Head of Community & Grants at info@rainbowgiving.org.au

Opportunities outside of RGA - Pride Foundation Australia Grants

Our friends at Pride Foundation Australia offer funding opportunities all year round for LGBTQIA+ communities!

If you are interested in one of the grants listed, please go to their website to apply.

Small grants (general focus) - Applications close 14 April

Large grants (Refugee focus) - Applications close 17 April

Large grants (First Nations focus) - Applications close second half of 2025

Small grants (First Nations and CALD) - Applications close 14 July

Large grants (Refugee focus) - Applications close 29 August

Small grants (Remote and Regional focus) - Applications close 17 November