Grants and Funding Programs
There are several opportunities throughout the year to apply for grants or scholarships and we encourage you to check our website regularly or subscribe to our monthly sector newsletter.
Grants administered by Volunteering WA
2025 National Volunteer Week Grants, supported by Lotterywest
Status: Applications closed 5:00pm Wednesday 12 February 2025
Volunteering WA, with generous support from Lotterywest, is offering volunteer involving organisations across Western Australia the opportunity to apply for a grant of up to $1,500 to organise an event or activity which recognises and thanks volunteers during National Volunteer Week (Monday 19 - Sunday 25 May 2025).
Strong and Resilient Communities Activity (SARC) Grants
Status: Applications closed
The Australian Government Department Social Services announced funding for volunteer involving organisations through its ‘Strong and Resilient Communities Activity (SARC) - Community Support - Small Grants for Volunteer Involving Organisations’ program.
Small volunteer involving organisations will be able to apply for grants ($10,000 - $20,000) for one-off, time limited projects that build volunteer management capability, and help the organisation to support the social and economic participation of vulnerable and disadvantaged people.
- 2024-2025 SARC Grants Recipients
- Read the SARC Grants page for further information
Volunteer Management Activity - Project Based Grants 2022 - 2026
Status: 2024 Recipients Announced
Supported through Volunteering WA's Volunteer Management Activity and funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services, the focus of the volunteer management grants program is to develop services that build the capacity of volunteer involving organisations to break down barriers to volunteering of these priority groups: First Nation People; People with Disability; Newly Arrived Migrants; Vulnerable Women; Youth; and the unemployed.
See successful funding recipients:
- 2024-25 Volunteer Resource Centre Project Recipients (announced July 2024)
- 2024-25 Inclusion Project Grants Recipients (announced June 2024)
- 2023-24 Round 2 Recipients (announced December 2023)
- 2023-24 Round 1 Recipients
- 2022-23 Recipients with successful projects delivered between 1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023.
Volunteering WA Research Grant Program
Status: 2023-34 Round now closed
Volunteering WA, with the support of the Volunteering WA Research Committee, has established an annual volunteering grant program for Western Australian researchers.
Research proposals are now open for any matter that contributes to our understanding of volunteering and how to advance the sector in Western Australia.
- View the Grant Guidelines and Application details
- See further detail and the current funded projects.
- To register your interest in future funding, please join our Volunteer Researcher Network by visiting this link.
Thank a Volunteer Day Grants
Status: 2024 Round now closed
WA Government Thank a Volunteer Day Grant application are typically open from June - July
The Department of Communities provides funding to support community events and activities throughout Western Australia on Thank a Volunteer Day each year. Organisations can apply for up to $1,000 to host volunteer recognition events or associated activities to celebrate International Volunteer Day on 5 December. See the Department of Communities website for details.
Sector Grants
- Volunteer Grants - Department of Social Services (EOIs open Jan 2024-Dec 2025)
- Department of Communities Grants Programs
- Lotterywest
- Road Safety Commission
Grant directories
- EasyGrants / Our Community
- The Funding Centre - Grant Directory and grant-writing support
Local support
- Local Councils – generally small grants that are easy to apply for.
- Government departments
- Peak Body
organisations - Regional Volunteer Resource Centres
- Large corporations
Successful recipients
We’d love for you to share the good news about how your organisation is making a difference to the Western Australian community. Not only does this help support the volunteering sector in WA, but it also helps to raise your profile as a volunteer involving organisation.
As a successful grant recipient, we encourage you to spread the word with your community, with the media, on social media, and to use the Volunteering WA logos.
Volunteering WA Grant Writing Workshops
Do you need help writing a winning grant?
Enquire about our popular two
Please note that we also promote other grants through our newsletters and social media.