Helping the Ballarat community find the right grant

The City of Ballarat’s Grant Finder is a free search directory, listing a wide-range of grant and funding opportunities for local businesses, community groups, not-for-profits, and individuals.  

The database has been tailored for the wider Ballarat area with a focus on funding for regional areas as well as State and Federal Government opportunities. 

There are more than 1,400 programs with more than $50 billion of grants available.  

The Grant Finder allows a user to search and find grants and to filter grants by location, industry and project type.  

The Grant Finder directory also has advice and tips for finding and applying for grants to maximise your chances of receiving the funding you need. 

For assistance, there are video tutorials available on our website and guides explaining how to register on Grant Finder to stay up to date with the latest opportunities.  

Grants open, close, and requirements change regularly. Registering on the City of Ballarat’s Grant Finder means you don’t have to keep coming back to search, an email will find its way to your inbox to alert you.  

Registering on Grant Finder also allows you to: 

• Create a shortlist of grant opportunities in the favourites tab.  

• Assign priorities to grants.  

• Stay on track of opening and closing dates with the inbuilt calendar.  

• Organise the grants by application stage.  

• Keep up to date when your favourites are updated.  

City of Ballarat Mayor, Cr Daniel Moloney said it’s fantastic to be able to assist local businesses and groups to stay informed of funding opportunities.  

"Volunteers usually offer their time to directly help others and most I speak to find the task of applying for grants to be a distraction from their core focus of community work,” he said.  

"We need to make the administration of community organisations as easy as possible, while still having fair and transparent grant processes. Tools such as Grant Finder make a tedious task much simpler and help ensure groups don’t miss out on any funding opportunities. 

“Community groups provide a range of benefits to Ballarat, delivering programs, events and services, so as a Council it is important to offer a service that can help local groups access funding.”  

The City of Ballarat’s Grant Finder provides a consistent, streamlined approach for community groups and organisations seeking funding for programs, events, products and services that bring a wide range of benefits to Ballarat.