Seeding Strength Grants

Seeding Strength Grants provide funding to young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and First Nations-led organisations, campaigns, movements and projects fighting injustice and building Blak power across Australia. The program offers two grant streams: rapid response grants for urgent campaigns and larger campaign/movement/project grants to support core funding. A First Nations Governance Group of young people determines impact areas and selects recipients. The program includes a streamlined, year‑round rapid response stream and a timebound campaign/movement/project grants round.

Grant funding to support urgent campaigns or to provide core funding for campaigns, movements or projects; tailored reporting support.

Open to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander young people aged 16–35, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisations, and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander-run movements or collectives; priority to those aged under 25 and to grassroots, not-for-profit projects.

Submit an application via the Seeding Strength application form; rapid response applications are streamlined and open year-round. For campaign/movement/project grants shortlisted applicants are invited to finalise a detailed application and video, provide two references, and may be interviewed online before final decisions.