Northern Territory

Name of program: Aboriginal Responsive Skilling Grants NT

Who is it for: 

• registered or incorporated community organisations

What is the aim of the funding?

• to assist Aboriginal Territorians to start and stay in jobs

Who's funding it? NT Government

Conditions:

• Funding to cover training costs.
• Community organisations must be a registered business or an incorporated body and must ensure people being trained are Aboriginal Territorians living in the NT
• The proposed training will provide people with the knowledge and skills to work on their community projects, and should have some or all of the following features:
  • addresses current and future employment needs of communities
  • demonstrated community support
  • quality, innovative training and appropriate techniques that meet the needs of Indigenous communities
  • is linked to a strategic plan – e.g. business plan, community plan, organisational plan or training plan.
• The training must be completed by the end of the calendar year.

When does funding close? OPEN

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Aboriginal Workforce Grants Program

Who is it for: 

• Aboriginal corporations
• not-for-profit organisations
• private businesses
• industry bodies
• other incorporated organisations

What is the aim of the funding?

• to assist and support employment of Aboriginal people

Who's funding it? NT Government

Conditions:

• To be eligible for funding, your project must include elements such as:

  • structured mentoring through a professional service for career development
  • workforce development - for example, support to carry out workplace practices, job design or tutoring
  • wraparound services including:
    • on-site mentoring and structured workplace support
    • transport and/or accommodation where there is no alternative.

When does funding close? OPEN

More information? Click here

How do I apply? Contact your nearest workforce development officer to discuss your application and project.

Name of program: Asset Assistance Grants

Who is it for: 

Non-profit organisations whose assets were significantly damaged as a direct result of:

• the January 2024 northern region flooding in the local government area of:

  • Victoria Daly
  • Barkly
  • Litchfield
  • Roper Gulf
  • West Arnhem

• Ex-Tropical Cyclone Megan and associated flooding in the following local government areas:

  • Roper Gulf
  • East Arnhem
  • West Arnhem

Who's funding it? Department of Trade, Business and Asian Relations, NT Government

Conditions:

• You can apply for a grant of up to $10,000 to repair or replace an asset that:

  • was controlled by an not for profit organisation before the declared disaster event
  • will bring future economic benefits to the not for profit organisation
  • was significantly damaged as a direct result of the disaster event
  • has no alternative funding source to rectify the damage and used any available cash reserve or insurance prior to seeking assistance.

When does funding close? Closing 30 June 2025

How do I apply? Click here or here

Name of program: Territory Infrastructure Loans

Who’s it for?

• First Nations businesses 

What’s on offer?

• finance, matched by a privately funded co-contribution (excluding grant funding), to de-risk project opportunities, bring forward private investment and deliver projects to final investment.

Who's funding it? Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF)

Conditions: 

When does funding close? OPEN

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Business Growth Grants

Who’s it for?

• First Nations businesses 

What’s on offer?

• funding can be used for:
  • Property, plant and equipment.
  • Fit-out costs.
  • Staff wages (capped at one position to a maximum of 38 hours per week, for 26 weeks at the National Minimum Wage).
  • Direct business and administration costs (e.g. insurances).
  • Essential professional services and consultancy costs (e.g. taxation, legal, financial) to a maximum of 10% of the grant funding sought.
  • Trading stock and consumables (capped at a 50% contribution, where you demonstrate that you can and will fund the other 50% of the cost of trading stock and consumables).

Who's funding it? Aboriginal Investment NT

Conditions: 

When does funding close? Closes 30 May 2025

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Business Startup Grants

Who’s it for?

• First Nations businesses 

What’s on offer?

• funding can be used for:
  • Property, plant and equipment.
  • Fit-out costs.
  • Staff wages (capped at one position to a maximum of 38 hours per week, for 26 weeks at the National Minimum Wage).
  • Direct business and administration costs (e.g. insurances).
  • Essential professional services and consultancy costs (e.g. taxation, legal, financial) to a maximum of 10% of the grant funding sought.
  • Trading stock and consumables (capped at a 50% contribution, where you demonstrate that you can and will fund the other 50% of the cost of trading stock and consumables).

Who's funding it? Aboriginal Investment NT

Conditions: 

When does funding close? Closes 30 May 2025

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Donations

Who is it for: 

• Aboriginal people – especially young people – who are disadvantaged and unable to fully participate in sporting, educational, cultural and similar activities
• community groups who provide welfare/health services to Aboriginal people
• Peak bodies
• new job roles that provide training, education, access to employment, etc

Who's funding it? Centrecorp Foundation

Conditions: 

• applicants must be identified as Aboriginal from the Central Land Council Region with funding primarily directed to benefit Aboriginal people of Central Australia
• some contribution towards the cost (whether in cash or kind) is expected of the applicant
• funding available for (in brief):
  • Relief of demonstrated situations of suffering and hardship
  • Access to education for youth – sponsorship of selected individuals to attend schools
  • Support for tertiary education - the Board may consider costs of living away from home costs, textbooks and other ancillary costs. University or higher education fees which are covered by HECS will not be funded.
  • Education support – e.g. creation of Girls Rooms at local high schools
  • Health – e.g. community health education
  • Transport – e.g. vehicles for other than disable purposes
  • Support for IT equipment usually limited to $1,000
• funding will not be provided to establish or support commercial ventures

When does funding close? OPEN

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Community Quick Response Grants

What’s it for:

• targeted at low-value, small-scale projects, such as training or workshops

Who is it for: 

• regional and remote First Nations communities and homelands in the Northern Territory

Who's funding it? Aboriginal Investment NT (previously the Northern Territory Aboriginal Investment Corporation)

Conditions: 

• Apply for up to $10,000 (GST exclusive) for one-off projects

When does funding close? 30 June 2025

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Electric Vehicle Charger (Residential and Business) Grants Scheme

What’s it for? To buy and install a charger at your residential property or business

Who is it for: 

• First Nations businesses and home owners
• owners of an NT registered EV

Who's funding it? Department of Trade, Business and Asian Relations, NT Government

Conditions:

Grants of up to:

• $1,000 for a residential property
• $2,500 for a business.

When does funding close? Closing 30 June 2025

How do I apply? Click here or here

Name of program: Equity Co-investments

What’s it for?

• investing in high potential and innovative ventures looking for funding to accelerate business development and growth into national and global markets.

Who is it for: 

• First Nations businesses

Who's funding it? Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF)

When does funding close? OPEN

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Aboriginal Business Development Program

Who is it for: 

• First Nations people who are Northern Territory residents

Who's funding it? NT Government

Conditions:

• You get one-on-one support from a small business champion
• To be eligible, you must:
  • be a resident of the NT
  • have a business or proposed business that is at least 50% Aboriginal owned and operated and registered in the NT.

When does funding close? to be advised

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Home and Business Battery Scheme

Who is it for: 

• not-for-profit organisations or community organisations operating in the NT in either owned or leased premises
• home owners
• business owners 
• Territory enterprises

What is the aim of the funding?

• to increase the uptake and installation of batteries to solar PV systems in Northern Territory homes and businesses

Who's funding it? Department of Mining and Energy, NT Government

Conditions:

• Eligible recipients may apply for a Voucher once as a Home Owner, and once as a Business Owner, if they meet the criteria for both
• Each Voucher will be issued to eligible recipients for an amount calculated at the rate of $400.00 per kilowatt hour of useable battery capacity up to a maximum amount of $12,000 (exclusive of GST)
• Eligible Works must only commence after an application has been approved by the Department and must be completed within six calendar months of the date of issue of the Voucher.

When does funding close? Closing 30 June 2025

More information: Click here

Getting assistance to apply: For assistance with online applications, phone 1800 193 111 or email [email protected] (responses will be provided within three to five business days)

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Priority Sector Collaboration Grants

What’s it for?

• may offer up to 50% matched funding to consortia (3 or more businesses) to progress sector-wide initiatives to advance local industry capability, innovation and business development in priority sectors.

Who is it for: 

• First Nations businesses

Who's funding it? Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF)

When does funding close? OPEN

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Solar for Multi Dwellings Grant Scheme

What is it for: 

• get up to $7,500 per dwelling to cover up to 50% of the total installation costs for:

  • a shared solar PV system
  • solar sharing technology
  • smart meters, and
  • battery storage systems.

Who is it for: 

• First Nations unit management corporations in line with:
  • the Unit Titles Act 1975
  • the Unit Title Schemes Act 2009
• Other shared property management entity

Who's funding it?

• NT Government’s Department of Mining and Energy, and funded by the Australian Government through its Community Solar Banks Program

Conditions:

• Where there is no title to common property, the application should be made by the owners of the Dwellings jointly.
• The works must supply power to a minimum of two Dwellings
  
• The works and the finally completed system must be situated on common property (that is, on parts of the Property owned by the Management Entity (or owners collectively), not on parts of the Property that constitute individually owned Dwellings.
• Costs and benefits of the installation must be equitably shared among Participating Dwellings

When does funding close? OPEN 

Want ore information? Call 1800 193 111 or email [email protected]

How do I apply? Click here

Name of program: Territory Infrastructure Loans

What is it for: 

• tangible growth capital expenditure
• to support the development and expansion of enabling infrastructure, employment and economic growth and improved Indigenous outcomes, to produce benefits to the broader economy and community, including employment opportunities, regional income, diversifying and/or deepening industry capabilities, business for local suppliers, and Indigenous employment opportunities.

Who's funding it? Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF)

Conditions: 

When does funding close? OPEN

How do I apply? Click here

Thanks to Megan Clark for the photo!