Jewish Community Response Grants Program

To be eligible for a Jewish Community Response Grant, applicants must:

• be located within NSW
• have acquitted any prior grants from Multicultural NSW
• be a not-for-profit organisation.
   

Activities that can be funded through the small grants program can include:

• Group programs and activities that facilitate social connection
• Creating opportunities for conversations and listening to occur which relate to the incident and associated events
• Supporting community and individual wellbeing, resilience, and post-trauma growth
• Proactive outreach to community members
• Funeral and commemoration costs
• Practical assistance
• Resourcing the development of wellbeing resources
• Encouraging social connection and supportive relationships
• Other community-based activities that assist individuals and groups to access a range of initiatives focused on healing, connection and wellbeing.
   

The following activities are a non-exhaustive list of activities the grant funds may not be used for:

• Activities that directly contradict established government health and safety advice will not be supported
• Purchase of alcohol, tobacco products, gaming services, computer software, entertainment 
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• Purchase of capital works and equipment purchases for the NGO (for example, purchase of phones, computer hardware, laptops, tablets, routers, modems, webcams, entertainment systems, TVs, etc.)
• Organisational operating costs (including office rent and administration costs)
• Broader work that the organisation already delivers such as services, programs and activities 
  that do not fit within the aims of the grant program
• Covering existing debts or budget deficits of the organisation
• Research or policy activities
• Party political activities
• Security costs
• Commercial or fundraising activities
• Celebration of national or independence days
• Cash prizes or gifts.
   

Funding of $1 million is available. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until 30 June 2026, or until the funds are exhausted.

Applicants may request up to $50,000 per application. Multiple applications from the same organisation will be accepted. The limits can be subject to change following advice of the Minister’s office.

Multicultural NSW may consider applications requesting increased funding, up to a maximum of $500,000, where:

• applicants produce evidence of costs already incurred in response to the attack
• expenses were incurred between 14 December 2025 and 14 January 2026
• the expenses or initiatives are within the scope of the grant guidelines.
   

Terms and conditions will apply to the grant funding agreement. Successful organisations are required to enter into a funding agreement and comply with the terms and conditions of the funding agreement.

You can read the full grant guidelines (PDF 370.81KB) for more information.