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There is currently a significant number of grant opportunities available to clubs.
RQ has compiled a listing of some of the current grant opportunities below.
All the following grants have previously been awarded to race clubs throughout Queensland, as such RQ encourages you to consider if any of the following grants represent an opportunity for your club:
Grant name
Value of grant
Purpose
Major eligibility requirements
Eligible items to be funded by grant
Current round application closing dates
Related links
2020 Supplementary Volunteer Grants
$1,000 to $5,000
To strengthen community functioning by increasing participation in volunteering.
Items will only be eligible for funding if they directly support or benefit your club’s volunteers.
At least 40% of your club’s workforce must be volunteers.
Items and activities that support and benefit the organisation’s volunteers, such as:
20 September 2020
Guidelines
Application Link
Tourism & Events Queensland’s (TEQ) Destination Events Program
$10,000 to $25,000
(with further opportunities for greater event Funding up to $100,000)
To support major regional tourism.
All clubs may apply. Especially if you consider that your major race meeting and complimentary events qualify as a regional tourism event:
Funding up to 25% of your event expenditure budget (up to a set funding limit) in the following areas:
7 October 2020
Racing Queensland’s Country Racing Program -Round 3
Undefined
Improving the racing infrastructure of Queensland Thoroughbred Country Racing Clubs.
Funding is limited to Non-TAB Thoroughbred Clubs.
Eligible projects include repairs and maintenance of infrastructure and asset replenishment or replacement.
13 October 2020
Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal’s (FRRR) Tackling Tough Times Together
$20,000 to $150,000
A drought support grant for community-led initiatives that benefit local communities.
Limited to Not-for-profit community-based organisations from communities across rural, regional and remote Australia.
Applications must demonstrate a focus on an activity area from FRRR's Project Activity Evaluation Tree.
We recommend Clubs consider limit their applications to No.2 & No.6 funding streams:
2). Developing organisational resilience and capacity; and
6). Building Economic Strength & Sustainability.
22 October 2020 - for the first 2 tiers of funding ($20k and $60k)
Gambling Community Benefit Fund - Round 107
$500 to $35,000
Support Community Groups - Incl. Race Clubs
All Clubs may apply.
There is a 1-round exclusion period, which means your organisation cannot submit a new application for the next funding round until you have heard your previous application was unsuccessful or you have acquitted all expenditure on your successful project.
Clubs that have received more than $15,000 from the GCBF over the past 2 years receive the lowest priority for grant allocation.
The Gambling Community Benefit Committee have implemented funding priorities in the following order, where 1 has the highest priority:
31 October 2020
One recently successful club is the Chinchilla Race Club, who will benefit from a $60,000 grant for a public shade facility via the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal’s Tackling Tough Times Together Grant.
There are numerous grant opportunities arising all the time and to stay abreast of these developments, RQ encourages clubs to regularly liaise with the following:
As always, if you would like any assistance or support with preparing your grant application, please phone Racing Queensland’s Partnerships and Development team, Phil Buckle (3869 9780) or Brett Hawkey (3869 9418), or via email.
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