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.

International Volunteer Day Grants

Administered by the Department of Communities

Status: 2025 Applications open

The Department of Communities provides funding to support communities to celebrate International Volunteer Day as a whole of community event to acknowledge and celebrate the role of volunteers in the community. Grants of up to $1,000 for community organisations to host events or activities occurring between 1 - 7 December 2025 in celebration of volunteers for International Volunteer Day (5 December 2025). See the Department of Communities website for details.

Volunteer Management Activity - Project Based Grants 2025 - 2026

Administered by Volunteering WA

Status: Applications closed

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.

Applications for the 2025-26 round closed on 6 April 2205. Successful recipients will be publicly announced June 2025.

See previous successful recipients:

Volunteering WA Research Grant Program

Administered by Volunteering WA

Status: Applications closed

Volunteering WA, with the support of the Volunteering WA Research Committee, has established an annual volunteering grant program for Western Australian researchers. Reasearch proposals for the 2025-26 round close on 3 April 2025.   

This program is funded by Volunteering WA and supported by our Research Committee.  

2025 National Volunteer Week Grants, supported by Lotterywest

Administered by Volunteering WA

Status: Applications closed

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).

View the full list of National Volunteer Week Grant recipients.

Read the Grant Guidelines.

Learn more

Strong and Resilient Communities Activity (SARC) Grants

Administered by Volunteering WA

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.

Sector Grants

Grant directories 

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 hour Grant Writing Workshop or see our upcoming workshop dates.

Please note that we also promote other grants through our newsletters and social media.