BirdLife Australia Community Grants supports passionate Australian groups to act for birds, with up to $10,000 in funding for projects that align with BirdLife Australia's Bird Conservation Strategy.

In 2025, the Community Grants Program is divided into two streams:

• Stream 1 Community Participation and Volunteering
  • provides funding for projects which encourage community engagement and volunteering in the conservation, protection and advocacy for Australian birds and their habitats.
• Stream 2 Conservation and Applied Research
  • provides funding for conservation projects which conserve birds at a local or landscape scale; or contribute applied research into bird conservation, and projects which assist in meeting conservation strategy goals.

Your project may have overlap between these two streams. For example, a project which involves habitat restoration works may focus on engaging new volunteers to allow the group to expand the amount of on-ground conservation work that they can do. In this instance, it would fall under Stream 1. If the project focused on equipment purchases or conducting research to complete works more effectively, it would fall under Stream 2.

Any community group or volunteer organisation which meets the listed criteria can apply for a BirdLife Australia Community Grant, including BirdLife Australia branches and action groups. Your grant application will be reviewed by BirdLife Australia's Community Grants Coordinator and Community Grants and Awards Committee to ensure eligibility.

Please note that Birdlife will only accept one submission for a Community Grant per round from an individual, community group or branch.

• Email: grants@birdlife.org.au