What’s in the 2023–24 Queensland budget for your organisation?

The package includes a $550 cost-of-living rebate on household electricity bills, with $750 available for vulnerable households, and $650 for small businesses. It’s unclear at this stage whether not-for-profits will be eligible for the $650 rebate, but the Funding Centre team will remain on high alert for updates.

Other funding highlights for community groups and social sector services included:

• $118.2 million in increased funding for a third round of the Resources Community Infrastructure Fund, which supports the development of community infrastructure
• $20.6 million over three years for the Resilient Homes Fund to help homeowners to improve the resilience of their residential property following floods in 2021–22
• $20 million in 2023–24 to support tourism in priority areas including First Nations tourism, sustainable tourism, and accessible tourism through the Tourism Experience and Infrastructure Grants Program
• $5 million in additional funding to expand the Backing Female Founders program, which includes the Female Founders Co-Investment Fund and the Accelerating Female Founders program
• $4 million to address youth early intervention programs including $1.5 million to enhance existing programs and $2.5 million for a new Youth Development Partnership Fund
• $3.3 million in increased funding in 2023–24 to increase employment and agribusiness development in regional Queensland through the Rural Economic Development Grants
• $2.8 million over four years for the Women in Network grant program to support women’s and girls’ participation and leadership in male-dominated industries
• $1.9 million in increased funding over three years to extend the Queensland Remembers Grants Program
• $1 million per year, ongoing, from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund to support the Safe Night Precinct program, which may include funding for safe night precinct grants
• $100,000 in 2023–24 to increase Celebrating Reconciliation Grants

It's still unclear when or how this money will trickle down to not-for-profits and community groups, but we'll be keeping our eyes peeled for grant updates relevant to Funding Centre members.

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