In 2025–26, LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Grants Program supports initiatives that align with two priority areas of Western Australia’s LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Strategy 2025-2035:
– Belonging, connection and visibility.
– Safety, equity and wellbeing.

Projects should consider how they could deliver better outcomes for LGBTIQA+ people and communities to:
– Implement LGBTIQA+ inclusive practices, programs and services.
– Strengthen workforce capability and leadership in supporting LGBTIQA+ people.
– Build partnerships across sectors for an integrated approach to activities aimed at developing better outcomes for LGBTIQA+ people and communities.

The LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Grants 2025–26 Program includes two separate grant application opportunities:

1. LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Grants Program 2025-26 – Tier One Grants
Grants of up to $10,000 (excl. GST) for pilots, projects and initiatives that work with and for LGBTIQA+ people and communities towards building a safer and more inclusive WA and aligning to the priority focus areas.

2. LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Grants Program 2025-26 – Tier Two Grants
Grants of up to $25,000 (excl. GST) to undertake collaborative pilots, projects and initiatives using a consortia approach that work with and for LGBTIQA+ people and communities towards building a safer and more inclusive WA and aligning to the priority focus areas.

Applications for the Tier Two Grants should include information on the consortia arrangements for the project, including:
– The lead organisation that will be responsible for the administration of funding, monitoring and reporting against the grant.
– Registered business and trading names of all organisations involved in the consortia.
– Roles and responsibilities of consortia organisations in delivering the project.

A range of items associated with staging an event/activity or directly related to the delivery of the project such as:
– Minor administration costs such as postage and phone calls
– Hire of equipment, transport and venue hire
– Publication costs of resources and material created through the project
– Resource materials, publicity, communications and marketing costs
– Food and non-alcoholic beverages for community engagement activities
– Staff wages/salaries directly related to the project
– Consultants and facilitators
– Intrastate travel
– Audit costs
– Project evaluation.

To be eligible to apply for a grant through the LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Initiatives Grant Program, applicants must be operating fully in Western Australia and be:
– An incorporated not-for-profit community organisation
– An Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation
– Local government authority
– An unincorporated organisation or community group, applying through the auspice of an incorporated body or a local government authority.

Click here to view full funding guidelines on the provider’s website.