This June we celebrate the courage, joy, and resilience of LGBTQIA+ communities across Australia and Rainbow Giving Australia (RGA) is so proud to stand alongside you. You make our Rainbow community brighter. Happy Pride!
Exciting changes to our Grant Programs, GiveOUT Day returns, SWP milestones & more inside.
June brings pride, momentum, and exciting news from Rainbow Giving Australia.
We're thrilled to share our 2027 Grant round is opening with three funding streams supporting LGBTQIA+ community projects across Australia. EOIs open 29 June!
We're also celebrating GiveOUT Day 2026 returning on 15 October, save the date! And Sweat with Pride has already raised over $125,000 in its first week.
Plus: Pride Month events across the country, funding opportunities open now, and ways to get involved.
What to expect:
- Rainbow Giving News
- Other LGBTQIA+ Funding Opportunities
- Community
- News & Events
- Resources
- Ways to Support
1. Rainbow Giving News
GRANTING | Annual Grant Programs | Expressions of interest open 29 June 2026 and close 3 August 2026
Rainbow Giving Australia is pleased to announce our 2027 annual collaborative grant round made possible with the generous support of Snow Foundation, in collaboration with Pride Foundation Australia and Wear It Purple and our other partners!
This year we’re offering:
- Ignite Pride Grants ($5,000 - $20,000) for LGBTQIA+ community-led projects and include a $20,000 Ignite Pride grant delivered in partnership with Pride Foundation Australia to support work promoting human rights and justice for trans and gender diverse communities.
- Queer Futures Fund (up to $20,000) delivered with Wear It Purple, supporting arts, culture and community projects led by and for LGBTQIA+SB young people (18–26).
- Amplify Pride ($30,000 - $60,000) supports organisations and initiatives tackling big, systemic issues facing LGBTQIA+ communities. We’re evolving the program this year to enable deeper, long-term impact.
Read the full overview and key dates.
ANNOUNCING | GiveOut Day Thursday 15 October 2026
Australia’s national giving day for LGBTQIA+ communities is back on Thursday 15 October 2026.
Whether you’re an LGBTQIA+ organisation, community group, supporter, donor, or champion, now is the time to mark the date in your calendar and start planning.
REPORTING | Sweat with Pride 2026 Ambassadors
Week 1 of Sweat with Pride hit the ground running raising over $125,000 and we’re just getting started.
Sweating alongside all of our Sweaty Bettys are our incredible 2026 Ambassadors, Kath Ebbs, Mitch Brown, Lou Keck, Amai Manukia/King Cuuntessa, and Joe Ball. We are so grateful to have these community legends showing up with so much love all month long.
SWEATING | Saturdays in June
Join us at the Inner West Pride Centre, Newtown NSW for Sweat Saturdays: Free community workouts.
The momentum is real. Help us keep it going. No matter what, every dollar raised supports Rainbow communities across Australia.
2. Other LGBTQIA+ Funding Opportunities
WA | GOV | GRANTING | Family and Domestic Violence Primary Prevention Grants Program 2026–2028 | applications close 3pm AWST 16 July 2026
Supports community-led, evidence-informed initiatives to prevent family and domestic violence, with funding available for programs focused on LGBTIQA+, Aboriginal, CALD, and disability communities across Western Australia. Grants up to $500,000.
- Mandatory briefing: 10am–12pm AWST Wed 17 June — register by 15 June 2026.
- Lean More & Apply
AUST | PFA | GRANTING | Pride Foundation Australia Small Grants Round 2 | applications close 11.59pm AEST 13 July 2026
Open to individuals, groups, and organisations with projects benefiting LGBTQIA+ communities. Current priority: healthy ageing and older LGBTQIA+ people. Grants up to $1,000.
3. Community
News & Events
- NSW | Sydney Pride Fest 2026 | 1–30 Jun 2026 | Sydney's biggest Queer Arts & Culture Festival yet, with 300+ events across drag, comedy, theatre, markets, live music, workshops and more. Oxford Street precinct and venues across Sydney/Gadigal Land.
- AUST | Fit N’ Proud | RGA is also proud to be a community partner of the Fit N’ Proud program as part of Sweat with Pride.
- VIC | Victorian Pride Centre: Pride Month | 1-30 Jun 2026 | A full month of LGBTQIA+ events at Melbourne's iconic Pride Centre, featuring drag bingo, karaoke, craft socials, and more. Victorian Pride Centre, St Kilda Road, Naarm/Melbourne.
- VIC | Rainbow Families Day at Werribee Open Range Zoo | Sunday 14 Jun 2026 | 10am-5pm | Pride-filled day out with 100 free tickets on offer from Zoos Victoria. RGA is proud to support Rainbow Families as an Amplify grant partner. Werribee Open Range Zoo, K Road, Werribee South VIC 3030.
- AUST | WEBINAR | Seizing the Moment: Driving fairer outcomes across gender | Thursday 11 Jun 2026 | 12–1pm AEST | An online conversation on gender equality momentum following Women Deliver 2026, featuring Nayomi Kannangara (CEO, IWDA), Julie Reilly (CEO, Australians Investing In Women), and Renee Cremer (Yuin woman and Deputy CEO, Community First Development). Online.
Resources
- Request for RGA Promotion Or Support | We love connecting with our community! If you'd like RGA's support, amplification, or collaboration, you can submit a request for review.
- LGBTQIA+ Films To Support
- A Quiet Reckoning — A powerful new documentary following Sunil Menon, one of India's leading LGBTQ+ voices, as he ventures into the queer and transgender community in Chennai. Raw, intimate, and deeply moving, this film shines a light on lives rarely seen, and the courage it takes to live authentically in the face of violence and discrimination. If this story speaks to you, consider supporting the project.
- Light: The Ian Roberts Story — A landmark Australian documentary following Ian Roberts, the first professional rugby league player to come out. Brave, intimate, and deeply resonant, this film explores the personal cost and cultural impact of living authentically in one of Australia's most masculine sporting arenas and what his courage meant for LGBTQIA+ people across the country. If this story speaks to you, consider supporting the project.
4. Ways to support
Make your gift count before 30 June 2026
As the end of financial year approaches, it’s a powerful moment to turn values into impact. Donate to Rainbow Giving Australia before 30 June and your contribution is fully tax-deductible, helping grow the funding, capacity, and connection our communities need to thrive.
Thank you for being part of a future that’s safer, more equitable, and more inclusive for LGBTQIA+ people across Australia.
Community Feedback Form
We hope to gather input from our communities about the vision and priorities of Rainbow Giving Australia, and how we can best support the LGBTQIA+ community. Please share your thoughts, insights and hopes, and any concerns
Sending love
the Rainbow Giving Australia Team
Rainbow Giving Australia: Working towards an empowered, sustainable and united rainbow community sector
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.