Lottery Fund Grant

Who can apply

• Not-for-profit organisations with legal entity status, "including limited liability bodies registered with Charities Services"
• Governance, financial management and administrative systems appropriate to the size and complexity of the funding requested
• Compliance with all relevant legal, constitutional and reporting obligations
• Multiple organisations can collaborate, and one legal entity can apply on behalf of the group
• A fundholder that is a legal entity may request and manage funding on behalf of a non-legal entity

What it funds

• Community support services, ongoing services, operating costs, up to three years
• Community projects, one-off activities, festivals, workshops, research, planning
• Community facilities, and equipment for people with a disability

Next round: Lottery Fund (2026/27) round 3, opens 6 January 2027

The questions on the form

We hold the funder's actual form. Here are the first 3 of 15.

1. Organisation profile (grants management system)bank account details
2. GST information
3. annual financial statements no older than 18 months

Documents to have ready

• Budget (if requesting $20,000 or more in any single year)
• Bank account verification documentation
• Financial statements