ClubGRANTS is one of Australia’s largest grant programs, providing more than $100 million in cash each year to a variety of worthy causes across NSW.

Charities, sporting organisations and not-for-profit community groups are among tens-of-thousands of worthy causes funded through the program each year.

Lowes Petroleum Service is a joint venture partnership between Lowes Petroleum Service and bp Australia. The people who rely on us are as varied as the roads we travel in regional and remote areas of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

Keeping regional Australia thriving is what makes us tick. We are a socially-conscious organisation, passionately supporting our communities through local employment, local investment and involvement in a wide range of local initiatives and events.

For 80+ years, Australians have been enjoying National Pies – at pie nights, at social clubs, and at footy matches big and small. To say thanks for your support, we’ve launched a new grants program: National Pies for Local Heroes.

Any registered Australian community group, sporting club or not-for-profit organisation can apply. We’ll award a grant of $1,000 each month over the next 12 months, beginning in March 2024. We’ll also award a major grant of $10,000 at the end of the program.

Glencore is one of Australia's largest coal producers with 15 operational mines across New South Wales and Queensland.

Every year, they support their local communities via a combination of partnerships, sponsorships, funding and voluntary employee contributions. Glencore aims to build positive and lasting social and economic benefits by seeking out, undertaking and contributing to activities and projects aligned with these goals.

Silvan Australia is a family-owned business recognized as an industry leader in agricultural machinery and rural lifestyle. Silvan have operated throughout local communities across Australia for 60 years and acknowledges the significance of local sporting clubs and their impact on community.

Via this recognition Silvan are offering local sporting clubs throughout Australia the opportunity to be a part of our Community Sponsorship Program with the chance to apply for a onetime cash grant towards the operation of club-based events, activities, projects, and equipment.

South32 are a global business with a local focus and are committed to building meaningful relationships in the communities where we operate.

We actively engage with stakeholders to understand their interests and aspirations and identify opportunities to work together with the aim of creating shared value.

This grant is designed to increase participation in local sport and recreation activities, particularly in regards to the inclusion of:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders;
• Disengaged young people;
• Newly arrive migrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants;
• People experiencing homelessness; people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds;
• People living with disabilities;
• People of diverse genders and/or sexuality (LGBTI);
• People over 55 years of age, particularly those living alone;
• Women and girls.

This grant program supports small scale, community-led projects that encourage communities to take action to improve, enhance, represent or celebrate their local neighbourhoods.

Heritage Bank has an extensive sponsorship program and supports many diverse areas with primary focus on the arts, refugees, indigenous Australians, women, youth, rural Australia and small business. We have developed application guidelines to make our requirements clear to potential sponsorship applicants and to encourage the presentation of proposals that meet those requirements.

Our sponsorship portfolio is organised under one unifying theme “Helping Hands” which embodies the idea of providing a hand-up while helping people help themselves. In doing so, we assist their efforts to grow and prosper.