Grantmaking will generally occur once per year, however Proactive grants may be sought at any time.

The NRCT Board will offer a range of grants, commensurate with each funding round.  For Round 1 grants, these ranged from $20,000 to $300,000 for a multi year project.  Round 2 grants and funding availability has yet to be determined.  Potential applicants should seek funding partners in any application and don’t expect NRCT to fund the full cost of any project.

To be eligible for Trust funding, the applicant must:

• If an individual, provide your TFN
• If not an individual, provide your ABN, details on entity type* and GST registration status
• If an income exempt charity, provide evidence of current ACNC registration

Other eligibility criteria may apply for specific grants or funding rounds.  

*Your organisation must have a charitable purpose or purposes. Your organisation’s ‘purpose’ is what your organisation has been set up to achieve.  The Charities Act 2013 (Cth) lists twelve charitable purposes, including advancing the natural environment and other similar purposes ‘beneficial to the general public’.

NRCT will not fund any of the following:

• Expenditure already incurred
• Expenditure primarily incurred outside of Australia
• Expenditure that requires only Cash payments of any currency
• Expenditure without provision of an acceptable tax invoice
• Expenditure that increases Climate change risks, including: 
  • Environmental degradation 
  • Old-growth logging 
  • Heavy polluters 
  • Mining, including the exploration, production or transport
  • of fossil fuels 
• Expenditure on unacceptable products and services including:
  • Armaments 
  • Tobacco 
  • Alcohol 
  • Gambling

Subject to the grant approach NRCT is using for a particular grant round, forms will be available on our website.  If a closing date is provided, no late applications will be accepted.

Where forms are provided, applicants must use this form for the basis of their application.  This is to ensure that NRCT consistently evaluates all applications received.  Additional information can be attached to the application form provided as necessary.

The successful grant recipient must agree to promote the project in all media forms required by NRCT.  This will include provision of information for newsletters, website, social media, attendance at forums etc to share their learnings and generally increase community awareness.  Specific requirements, including branding and use of (any) NRCT logo will be agreed with each Grantee prior to project commencement. Grantees must not commence in communications and engagement activities prior to project commencement. 

Key dates and Timelines are as follows:

• December 2022 – Decision on inaugural Round 1 Grant referred to NRCT by NRCL
• March 2023 – Decision on all remaining Round 1 Grants referred to NRCT by NRCL
• June 2023 – Payment of Round 1 grants to all successful applicants

The only contact is NRCT’s Executive Officer, using the contact form provided.