WELCOMING | Rainbow Giving Australia's Twenty Twenty Thrive key dates for your diary!
- FEBRUARY Keep an eye on your inbox and socials as we announce this year's grant recipients
- MARCH We'll be announcing the theme and releasing tickets for this year's Aurora Ball
- JUNE We'll be launching an energising way for you to fundraise for rainbow organisations...STAY TUNED!
- JUNE Celebrate the beginning of a new era with our annual Aurora Ball
- AUG Organisation applications open for GiveOUT Day 2025
- ОСТ GiveOUT Day, Australia's annual day of giving to LGBTQIA+ Not for Profits & Initiatives
- NOV FY26 Amplify & Ignite Grant Rounds opens for organisations to apply for
- DEC Reflect on all of the THRIVE moments that happened in our rainbow community over the year
ASKING | Are you ready to make a real impact in 2025?
We’ve teamed up with Jake from @jake.hehim to platform 20 rainbow organisations and folks to show you how you can get started with making change this year!
Help spread the word, we’re giving away $2,000 that you can WIN for an LGBTQIA+ organisation of your choice!
SA | FEAST | HIRING | Chair of the Board for Feast Festival, Adelaide's Premier LGBTQIA+ Arts & Cultural Festival | apply now, applications closing Monday 3 February 2025
VIC | ECASA | WEBINAR | Online Support Group: "Not Alone" 8-week trauma group | Thursdays 20 February-10 April 2025 | 3-5pm
For adult gay men impacted by childhood sexual abuse, offering a supportive space led by specialist counsellors.
To enquire, please call Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (ECASA) on 9870 7330 and request to speak with intake (Available Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm)
SYD | QUSC | Queer Screen’s 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival | Thursday 13–Thursday 27 February 2025
All about celebrating love—love for stories, love for community, and love for LGBTQIA+ cinema.
Sydney screenings and nationwide streaming on demand of handpicked selection 28 February-10 March 2025.
ANTRA | CELEBRATING | The 2025 Queer Chinese New Year | Sunday 9 February 2025
Join Australia & New Zealand Tongzhi Rainbow Alliance (ANTRA) at Ashfield Town Hall, featuring storytelling, panel discussions, drag performances, and art workshops.
POSTING | Got an opportunity you’d like to post in our newsletter or on our website?
Funding Opportunities
AUST | NIAA | GRANTING | Local Grants for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and supporting organisations to celebrate NAIDOC 2025 | applications closing 3pm AEDT Thursday 20 February 2025
The National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) is offering NAIDOC 2025 Local Grants for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and supporting organisations to celebrate NAIDOC Week (6–13 July 2025). Grants up to $10,000, and a limited number up to $25,000, are available for activities aligning with the theme “The Next Generation: Strength, Vision, Legacy”.
FTDAG | GRANTING | To eligible charitable organisations | accepting enquiries from 14 January-3 February 2025
The Foote Trust Donor Advised Grants (FTDAG), established by Mr. Eldon Foote QC and Mrs. Anne Foote, support charitable organisations across various sectors, with the 2025 invite-only grant round. They are accepting enquiries from 14 January to 3 February 2025. Apply now.
WA | VWA | GRANTING | volunteer-involving organisations recognising volunteers during National Volunteer Week | applications close 5pm 12 February 2025
Volunteering WA (VWA), with support from Lotterywest, offers grants of up to $1,500 to volunteer-involving organisations in Western Australia to host events or activities recognising volunteers during National Volunteer Week, scheduled for 19–25 May 2025.
SYD | SWSPHN | GRANTING | suicide prevention initiatives | applications open 26 February, closing 5pm 25 March 2024
South Western Sydney PHN is offering grants between $50,000 and $200,000 to organisations for suicide prevention initiatives focusing on promoting social connectedness and reducing stigma.
MORE | Funding Opportunities
HIGHLIGHTING | Resources
This week, Jones, our Head of Community & Grants, praised In Our Blood, a musical drama on Australia’s AIDS crisis, blending heartfelt performances with striking visuals. A great way to learn about a pivotal moment in LGBTQIA+ history.
- Watch now (4 Eps x 50mins)
The Pride Guide, by Pride By Side and Rainbow Giving Australia, offers open-source databases of LGBTQIA+ organisations and funding opportunities, helping streamline access to resources and support for Australia's rainbow sector.
The Playbook is a free resource by the Social Impact Hub developed to build the skills, knowledge, and tools of individuals, for-purpose organisation employees and impact investors to better catalyse impact.
BECOMING | A monthly donor
You're not just giving money. You're saying 'I see you to every LGBTQIA+ person who needs to hear it.
Picture this: An older trans person gets the dignified healthcare he deserves. An isolated rural teen discovers they're not alone. These aren't just stories – they're real transformations happening right now in our community. It’s something to celebrate AND for every life we touch, there are countless others waiting for support.
That's where you come in. For just $20 a month – less than a streaming subscription – you become part of creating ripples of change that touch lives across Australia. It funds life-changing programs that support our most vulnerable. It weaves networks of connection that make our rainbow community stronger.
Ready to be part of this journey? Join us in building an Australia where every member of our rainbow family can THRIVE .
As we begin 2025, I want to express my gratitude for your support in strengthening our LGBTQIA+ communities across Australia. Your contribution to initiatives like GiveOUT Day and Aurora Ball, have enabled us to create tangible change, and we look forward to further accelerating our impact together this year.
Sam Turner (she/they) - Chair
Rainbow Giving Australia acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and work. We pay our respects to all Elders past and present. Rainbow Giving Australia is committed to working with First Nations LGBTQIA+ organisations and initiatives to mobilise the resources they need for their important work. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land. Sovereignty has never been ceded.