The Authority’s Placemaking Grants is a funding program for eligible organisations, groups, and individuals to support placemaking projects in Canberra’s City Centre and Braddon.

The Placemaking Grants program supports projects that foster community engagement and enhance people’s experience with public spaces through various categories. Please note grants may not be awarded under all categories.

Grant Categories:

• Art Grants
• Event Grants
• Marketing Grants
• Place Grants
• Space Grants

Anyone can submit an EOI, but only selected applicants will be invited to complete a full application.

Applicant Eligibility Criteria:

City Grants funding is open to applications from individuals, groups and organisations.

Groups, unincorporated associations, and other bodies with no legal status must nominate an individual member of the group to take legal and financial responsibility for any funding.

Applicants or their chosen auspicing entity must:

• Be Australian citizens, have permanent resident status in Australia, or, if not a permanent resident, be on a temporary Australian VISA which expires no less than two years from the date of the application.
• Have an Australian Business Number (ABN).
• Demonstrate that they will attain (upon successful receipt of grant) or currently hold Public Liability Insurance coverage to a minimum level of $10,000,000
• Have satisfactorily managed and acquitted all previous grants provided by the City Renewal Authority and any other ACT Government agency (except for current year’s funding).
• Be registered for Goods and Services Tax (GST) if applicable.

• Email: cityrenewal@act.gov.au