Community Grants

Community Grants - Information Sessions

Interested in applying for Community Grants? Council is hosting free information sessions for our community members to learn about the new features in the Community Grants Guidelines.

Join us in person from 5:45 to 6:45pm on Tuesday 29 July 2025 at Smart Precinct NQ.

Alternatively, you can join one of our online information sessions:

  • 6 to 7pm on Tuesday 15 July 2025
  • 10 to 11am on Saturday 19 July 2025.

The sessions are free to attend, but registrations are required.

Visit Community Grants Information Session | What's On Townsville to register your spot.

About Community Grants

Community Grants create mutually beneficial agreements with local Not-for-profit or Auspiced Organisations to support the delivery of community outcomes for Townsville.

This program is focused on enabling successful activities through the provision of one-off funding.

Community Grants are most suited to community organisations that seek funding and/or in-kind support to conduct activities which align with the public interest and improve the quality of life for residents of Townsville.

Applications for 2025/26 are now open.

Who can Apply

An applicant must:

  • be a Not-for-profit Organisation or Auspiced by a Not-for-profit Organisation that is able to accept legal and financial responsibility for the project and its activities
  • be a financially viable organisation
  • reside and/or primarily provide services within the Townsville Local Government Area (LGA), or be able to demonstrate that the Activity promotes Townsville
  • be free of debt to Council
  • have successfully completed Council’s acquittal requirements from all prior activities funded by Council
  • hold appropriate public liability insurance per Activity.

Acquittal Requirements

Successful applicants will be required to submit an acquittal within 3 months of the completion of their initiative, unless otherwise stated.

How to Apply

Applications for 2025/26 are now open.

Contact Us

Community Grants and Partnerships Team
13 48 10
communitygrants@townsville.qld.gov.au

Grants and Partnerships Awarded

If you would like information regarding Grants and Partnerships that have been awarded since 1 February 2019, this can now be accessed on Townsville Dashboards under Your Council using the Community Grants and Partnerships tab.

You can also access the more detailed dataset in the Open Data Portal.