Lord Mayor’s Better Suburbs Grants
The Lord Mayor’s Better Suburbs Grants program supports not-for-profit community organisations to deliver projects and activities across the city and to maintain, improve and develop community facilities.
The program comprises two categories.
Community Facility Category
The Community Facility Category provides funding to improve, develop and maintain community facilities, with preference provided to Council community-leased facilities. Funding is available for both the planning and design, and construction, phases of projects.
Community Support Category
The Community Support Category provides funding to support projects that respond to local community needs, improve community facilities and build organisational capacity.
Funding
For the Community Facility Category you can apply for grant funding ranging from $10,000 to $200,000.
The Community Support Category offers grant funding up to $10,000 (excluding GST).
Funding round dates
The Community Facility Category has one round each year, which opened on 28 August 2024 and closed 14 October 2024, with outcomes notified in late January 2025.
The next round of the Community Support Category will open for applications on Monday 24 March 2025 and close on Monday 12 May 2025. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by mid-July 2025.
How to apply
For more information about the Lord Mayor’s Better Suburbs Grants including how to apply, read the guidelines:
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- be an incorporated not-for-profit organisation, or be auspiced by a not-for-profit organisation
- Community Facility Category applicants will also need to lease a Council community facility or have the authority to undertake the proposed works on a Council community leased facility.
Acquittal reports for successful applicants
If your application is successful you will be required to complete your project and submit an online acquittal form within 12 months of the grant approval notification.
Grant recipients with overdue acquittal reports are not eligible to apply for further grants.
If you believe your organisation may have an outstanding acquittal report from a project, phone Council on 07 3403 8888 and ask to speak with the Grants Administration Unit for advice.
More information
For more information, you can read the grant guidelines or:
- phone Council on 07 3403 8888
- send us an email.
You can also contact Council via:
- The National Relay Service (including video and Auslan relay)
- Speak and Listen users phone 1300 555 727 then ask for 07 3403 8888
- phoning Translating and Interpreting Service on 131 450 and asking to be connected with Brisbane City Council on 07 3403 8888.