2025/2026 Community Grant Recipients
The Northern Rivers Community Foundation congratulates all recipients of the 2025/26 Community Grants Round. A total funding pool of $416,385 is being distributed across the Northern Rivers.
This year's annual Community Grants Round supported 31 community organisations to deliver 33 projects.
A huge congratulations to our community organisation recipients. We look forward to supporting you through the completion of your projects.
This year's Community Grants are supported by NRCF’s Business for Good and Family Legacy Funds, Impact Areas and Local Community Fund donors, as well as Grant partners Global Giving, The Dunnet Foundation, The James Frizelle Charitable Foundation & The Paul Ramsay Foundation.
Local Impact Grants
$172,210 TOTAL AWARDED
NRCF’s signature program of small grants to support grass roots organisations to strengthen and enhance our regional communities. Grants of up to $15,000.
Community Infrastructure Grants
$204,175 TOTAL AWARDED
Designed to support organisations to purchase assets and other infrastructure to enable more connected and inclusive regional communities. Grants of up to $15,000.
2023 - 2026 Thriving Together Grant Recipient
Wardell Community Organised Resilience Effort (CORE)
Thriving Together – Year 3
$40,000 TOTAL AWARDED
This is the third and final year of funding for a multi-year Recovery & Resilience grant supported by the Paul Ramsay Foundation. Following the 2022 flooding disasters, a combination of poor living conditions, housing and income insecurity, and recovery burnout have created severe and ongoing social, economic, and psychological challenges. The Thriving Together Grant is assisting WardellCORE to continue its five days a week operation as a community-driven recovery centre for the local community in the flood impacted town of Wardell.
Supporting Partners
LOCAL CONNECTS TO GLOBAL
The United Nations has adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by 2030. Each project in our 2025/2026 Community Grants round is relevant to the goals as outlined below.