Funding Opportunities

You’ve developed your idea, done your research and now you need some funding to kick off your creative project. Well, look no further! We've rounded up funding opportunities across a range of art forms and categories. 

Department of Local Government, Sport & Cultural Industries

Below are the links to the grants programs currently offered by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (Culture and the Arts WA). Young people can apply through one of the programs listed below.

Arts U-15k

The Arts U-15k grant program offers up to $15,000 for artists and creative industry professionals to deliver a one-off project or a program of activity. The program supports the development and growth of a vibrant sector that promotes the participation and active engagement of Western Australian communities in high quality arts and cultural experiences.

Contemporary Music Fund

The Contemporary Music Fund Grant Program will assist homegrown contemporary music artists with projects that enable them to produce and promote their work, building links nationally and internationally. The program provides funding support to the WA contemporary music sector across a range of activities.

Connecting to Country

Supports projects that enable Western Australian Aboriginal people and organisations to undertake on Country trips that foster the intergenerational transfer of knowledge, preservation of culture and strengthening of communities.

For more information about other grants offered by the Department of Local Government, Sports and Cultural Industries, find out more here.

Community Arts Network WA

Catalyst Community Arts Fund

  • Supports projects that facilitate and support Western Australian community-determined arts and culture activities that express local culture an identity and promotes the values of community empowerment, social inclusion, respect for diversity and self-determination.

  • This fund focuses on the community learning new skills, experiencing and participating in the arts.

Australia Council for the Arts

The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body and it offers a wide range of grants which support a diverse range of artists, artistic practice, organisations and arts activity. To view all the grants offered, visit Australia Council for the Arts Grants.

City of Perth

Arts Grants & Sponsorship Program

The City of Perth’s Arts Grants & Sponsorship Program supports innovative arts and cultural activities to excite and engage city visitors throughout the year.

  • Arts and cultural organisations, community groups and individuals are invited to propose innovative, city-based projects

  • Grants are divided into two categories; Creative Community Projects which enhance the social well-being and encourage participation in cultural life; and Arts Projects, which encourage artists to publicly share, explore and strengthen their practice.

General funding resources

Grants Finder

Grants Finder is an online grant search site that identifies suitable and relevant Australian government grants for community projects, against various search criteria. Find out more.

Department of Local Government Grants Directory

The Grants Directory is a compilation of grants available to regional and metropolitan Western Australian communities and local governments. The Directory contains programs provided by the Western Australian Government and selected Commonwealth Government agencies as well as private sector organisations. Find out more.

Our Community

Our Community lists funding opportunities and provides regular updates with its Easy Grants Newsletter. Find out more.