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Community customer grants

2024 community customer grants

Applications for 2024 community customer grants are now open and will close Thursday 5pm AEST April 11 2024.

Our community customer grants are for our community customers – organisations not individuals – who are creating change in areas that are important to our customers. Our grants program runs annually. In 2024, community customers have the opportunity to apply for grants up to $20,000.

Our grant program is open to community customers who have held a Bank Australia account for at least 1 year at 30 June every funding year. Applicants must be an organisation, such as a not-for-profit, community, school, volunteer or social enterprise with an ABN. Deductible gift recipient status is not required. Religious, political or commercial organisations are not eligible.

In 2023 we supported 16 amazing organisations. Funding to our grant recipients helped them to scale up their impact and create a positive difference! Check out our 2023 grant recipients below.

How to apply

Our 2024 Grant guidelines have everything you need to know about our community customer grants, including eligibility and assessment criteria plus our application process.

Steps to applying:

Apply now

We’ll contact shortlisted applicants in early May for additional supporting documentation (such as profit and loss reports, balance sheets and statement of cash flow) to help us make final funding decisions. We intend to notify all unsuccessful recipients in late May.

Still have questions?  

Please refer to our FAQ's for more information.

In 2023 we supported 16 amazing organisations.

$
295,282

Our funding helped these grant recipients to scale up their impact and create a positive difference!

All The Queens Men
Asteria Services
Meet our 2023 recipients
Barossa Wildlife Rescue
Meet our 2023 recipients
Bridge for Asylum Seekers
Meet our 2023 recipients
Corner Store Network
Meet our 2023 recipients
Girls Rock! Canberra
Meet our 2023 recipients
Mzuri Dance ArtisTree
Meet our 2023 recipients
Nature Conservation Council NSW
Meet our 2023 recipients
Women of Colour Australia
Meet our 2023 recipients
Women's Environmental Leadership Australia
Meet our 2023 recipients

What are the impact areas?

Our community customer grants fund projects that have a positive impact in areas that are important to our customers:

Environmental impact areas

Supporting the humane treatment of animals

Taking action in Australia on climate mitigation, climate adaptation and climate justice

Protecting Australia's natural environment including flora and fauna

Social impact areas

Supporting increased independence, opportunity and equality for people with disability

Preventing family violence and/or supporting people who have been affected by family violence

Building unity and respect with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and supporting their strengths

Supporting equality for all genders

Supporting equality and equal opportunity for people of diverse genders, sexes and sexualities

Supporting fair and humane treatment for refugees and people seeking asylum

Increased equality of education opportunities for all people in Australia

Economic impact areas

Supporting people in Australia to have access to housing that is affordable and meets their needs

Contributing to an economy that works for everybody in Australia



Frequently asked questions

What are the eligibility criteria?

Our grant program is for community customers who have held a Bank Australia account for at least 1 year at 30 June every funding year. For example, customers who open a Bank Australia account on or before 30 June 2024 can apply for a 2025 grant.

Applicants must be an organisation, such as a not-for-profit, community, school, volunteer or social enterprise with an ABN. Deductible gift recipient status is not required. Religious, political or commercial organisations are not eligible.

I am a personal customer of Bank Australia, but my employer is not a customer. Can my employer still apply for funding?

No. The organisation applying for funding needs to be a Bank Australia customer.

I received a grant last year, am I able to apply again this year?

We want to provide opportunities for new and emerging organisations and communities, that's why we've established an exclusion period. Organisations who have received a community customer grant two years in a row must wait one year before applying again. For example, if an organisation was successful in grant rounds 2022 and 2023, they would not be eligible to apply in 2024, they can apply again in 2025.

Can Bank Australia customers partner with other organisations to deliver a project?

Yes. The lead organisation on the project must be a Bank Australia customer, but that lead organisation is able to partner with other organisations (who may be customers or not).

Can I submit multiple applications for different projects at the same organisation?

No. Applicants can only submit one application per organisation each round.

Community customer grant recipients

Check out the full list of recipients, and the stories behind some of our previous customer grant recipients.