Lord Mayor's Community Fund

Brisbane City Council's Lord Mayor's Community Fund supports community projects that build stronger communities in Brisbane.

Applications for the 2024-25 financial year are now open. Applications will close at midnight on Friday 13 June 2025, or when each ward had spent their allocated budget (whichever is sooner).

Projects must contribute to the Brisbane Vision by helping achieve our aspirations to be a:

  • friendly and safe
  • active and healthy
  • clean and green, or
  • vibrant and creative city.

Each Council ward is allocated $40,000 for community projects undertaken within that ward. The Lord Mayor also allocates $40,000 for community projects that involve multiple wards.

Community organisations can apply for funding for local projects. Councillors can also apply to support community events, activities or capital projects.

The minimum grant is $250 (goods and services tax (GST) exclusive) and the maximum is $10,000 (GST exclusive) per organisation.

Eligible projects include projects such as:

  • community events including:
    • Australia Day ceremonies
    • fetes
    • events that charge an entry fee (e.g. fundraiser with a cover charge or festivals with a site entry fee)
  • equipment hired for a community event
  • community facility improvements and equipment
  • funding towards community sporting organisations equipment and activities within a ward.

Guidelines

Before starting your application, read the:

How to apply

To complete the online application, determine which Council ward your project will take place in. Visit the Electoral Commission Queensland website and select the appropriate ward from the list of Council wards open for funding.

Council wards

Council wards open for funding
  1. Bracken Ridge
  2. Calamvale
  3. Central
  4. Chandler
  5. Coorparoo
  6. Deagon
  7. Doboy
  8. Enoggera
  9. Forest Lake
  10. Hamilton
  11. Holland Park
  12. Jamboree
  13. Lord Mayor’s Office
  14. MacGregor
  15. Marchant
  16. McDowall
  17. Moorooka
  18. Morningside
  19. Northgate
  20. Paddington
  21. Pullenvale
  22. Runcorn
  23. Tennyson
  24. The Gabba
  25. The Gap
  26. Walter Taylor
  27. Wynnum Manly
Council Wards closed for funding
  1. Nil

Promoting your project

Projects or events supported wholly or partly by a Lord Mayor's Community Fund allocation must acknowledge the program with the words 'Supported by the Lord Mayor's Community Fund'.

Funding recipients for this grant round

Funding recipients from previous grants rounds 

Download the previous Lord Mayor's Community Fund (LMCF) recipients:

For more information, phone Council on 07 3403 8888 to speak to the Grants Unit.

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