A practical guide for community organisations
Winning Grants
A plain-English how-to for volunteers and board members — from finding the right grant to writing an application a funder actually wants to fund, without the jargon.
- What a grant really is — and what funders are actually buying
- Get grant-ready: ABN, DGR, auspicing and the documents to have on file
- Find the right grants and decode the guidelines like an assessor
- Plan the project, write answers that win, and build a budget funders trust
- Avoid the common mistakes and turn one grant into a lasting relationship
Used by neighbourhood houses, sporting clubs, and local arts collectives applying for council, ClubGRANTS, Community Building Partnership and philanthropic trust funding across Australia.
Winning Grants — 12-page starter guide
Published by Quittal. A step-by-step walkthrough from getting grant-ready to acquitting your first win, written for volunteers without a fundraising background.
Get grant-ready
Sort the paperwork and status checks once — ABN, charity registration, DGR or an auspice — so you're never scrambling in the final hours.
Decode the guidelines
Most rejections fail the guidelines, not the idea. Learn to read the brief like an assessor and answer every criterion they're marking you against.
After you hit submit
Win or lose, this is where lasting funding relationships are made. Acquit cleanly, ask for feedback, and turn one grant into the next.