{"id":363086,"date":"2025-07-29T16:29:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T06:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=363086"},"modified":"2025-07-29T19:33:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:33:41","slug":"grant-applications-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/07\/29\/grant-applications-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant Applications Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_355863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355863\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209tarong.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-355863\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209tarong.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209tarong.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209tarong-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209tarong-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209tarong-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209tarong-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209tarong-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tarong Community Partnership Fund is one of the funding opportunities now open for applications (Photo: Stanwell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>July 29, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three local community funds are currently offering funding opportunities for South Burnett not-for-profit groups:<\/p>\n<p><strong>These include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Tarong Community Partnership Fund<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The fund is particularly interested in supporting community projects that boost economic capacity, strengthen preparedness and resilience, and genuinely improve the quality of life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be eligible to apply to the fund, projects must meet at least ONE of the below criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facilitates a collaborative approach to social connectedness<\/li>\n<li>Leads to increased employment<\/li>\n<li>Improves access to and\/or sustainability of existing critical services<\/li>\n<li>Enhances educational opportunities and personal leadership<\/li>\n<li>Builds community economic capacity, preparedness and resilience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information about the Tarong Community Partnership Fund is available <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanwell.com\/community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a> \u00a0<\/strong>or contact the Stakeholder Engagement team by calling (07) 4160-9251.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications close on Monday, September 1, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Powerlink Community Grants<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The 2025 Powerlink Community Grants program is now open with up to $450,000 available to support community initiatives throughout regional Queensland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Community groups, community clubs and not-for-profit groups across 18 Local Government Areas &#8211;\u00a0 including the South Burnett, Gympie, Toowoomba, Western Downs and Somerset council areas &#8211; are encouraged to apply for the grants\u00a0 valued up to $5000 each.<\/p>\n<p>Applications can be made <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerlink.com.au\/community-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications must be received by 5:00pm on Friday, August 22, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Coopers Gap Wind Farm Community Enhancement Fund<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Coopers Gap Wind Farm Community Enhancement Fund is open for applications.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fund is designed to support communities within 25km of the Coopers Gap Wind Farm, with a focus on the communities of Kumbia, Bell and Jandowae.<\/p>\n<p>The 25km radius also includes the Bunya Mountains, Wengenville, Alice Creek and Mannuem.<\/p>\n<p>The focus of the fund is to support initiatives that benefit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Education<\/li>\n<li>Youth<\/li>\n<li>Environment<\/li>\n<li>Health, safety and wellbeing<\/li>\n<li>Community infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>Arts and culture<\/li>\n<li>Economic development<\/li>\n<li>Social welfare<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To apply for funding, visit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.smartygrants.com.au\/2025Coopersgapwindfarm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smarty Grants<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications are due before midnight on Friday, August 22.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three local community funds are currently offering funding opportunities for South Burnett not-for-profit groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":355863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grant Applications Now Open - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three local community funds are currently offering funding opportunities for South Burnett not-for-profit groups.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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