Community Development Fund grants past recipients

This page lists all past successful recipients of grants funded by the Community Development Fund (CDF) offered by the Office of Responsible Gambling (ORG).

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About the fund

The CDF funds a broad range of projects and programs for community benefit. The fund is financed through unclaimed poker machine jackpot prizes and unclaimed gaming machine tickets. Revenue is received into the fund on a rolling basis.

The fund is governed by Section 204A of the Gaming Machines Act 2001, which empowers the Secretary (or delegate) to apply funds from the CDF for community benefit. The Act does not prescribe or limit the focus for community benefit funding.

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Most recent recipients

Find a list of all the most recent grant recipients from 2022 onwards.

2019 recipients

Activate Sydney@Night Grants

In February 2019 the Office of Responsible Gambling sought applications from a wide range of groups and individuals such as community groups, venues, Liquor Accords, commercial organisations and individuals for Activate Sydney@Night Grants.

Applicants were able to apply for funding of $500,000 for one-off unique ideas that encourage a vibrant night-time economy in the seven key precincts of Darlinghurst, Haymarket and George Street, Opera House to Walsh Bay, Pyrmont, Newtown, Liverpool and Parramatta.
Projects and initiatives are to run at night – defined as between 6.00 pm and 6.00 am – and be based in one of the night-time economy precincts.

Grants of up to $100,000 per application were available for projects to help activate a vibrant, diverse and dynamic night-time economy for the benefit of the local community and visitors.

Funding was available to expand existing initiatives or seed funding for new initiatives to support the night-time economy such as cultural or street fairs, support for permanent or pop up venue spaces, or coordinated programming of music, arts and entertainment.

Funding was available for one-off events as well as a series of events delivered within 12 months of the receipt of funds.

Liverpool City Council

Liverpool Laneways Project $65,000

Mary's Underground

Mary's Underground: Weekly Late Night LiveMusic Series $78,000

Musica Viva Australia

Curate a series of unexpected chamber music encounters across Sydney. $75,000

The Bower Reuse & Repair Centre

ParraPickers: Second-time around celebration $75,000

The Music and Booze Company

The King Street Carnival $100,000

The Sydney Fringe

Sydney Fringe Festival Newtown Precinct Project $75,000

Winda Film Festival auspiced by Jumbunna at UTS and Wurhu Durhay

Closing Night of Winda festival under the stars at Barangaroo $30,000

Liquor Accords Grants

In February 2019 the Office of Responsible Gambling offered $100,000 in funding to local Liquor Accords to run and promote innovative and established initiatives to boost public safety and minimise alcohol-related harm.

Grants of up to $15,000 per application were available to support local initiatives to bring positive improvements to public safety and amenity in and around licensed premises, and in other public and private spaces:

education and awareness programs, especially those targeted at school students and school leavers
signage, posters or brochures to improve patron safety
programs and initiatives that encourage positive patron behaviour
road safety awareness and initiatives
late night transport options, and
measures to improve community or public safety, for example, extra lighting around town centres and/or licensed premises.

Gunnedah & District Liquor Accord

Gunny Gets You Home Safe Project $7,400

Hastings Liquor Accord

Hastings Liquor Accord Safety and Education Campaign $15,000

Inner West Community Drug Action Team

Stay Safe Solutions $15,000

Kiama Municipal Council/Kiama Liquor Accord

Kiama Municipality Youth Resilience Program $3,500

Lake Macquarie Liquor Accord

Lake Macquarie Courtesy Bus Promotion Project $15,000

Maitland Liquor Accord

Safer Nights Out - Stop a good night turning feral $8,775

Northern Beaches Liquor Accord

Dark Matter - A Late Night Guide for Northern Beaches School leavers $12,950

Queanbeyan Liquor Accord

Not a minor problem - Under Age Drinking Sporting Club Talks $7,000

Tweed Heads/Tweed Coast Liquor Accord

Responsible Attitudes & Service of Alcohol for High School Students $15,000

Wollondilly Liquor Accord

Plan DV - to stop violence $2,800

2018 recipients

‘Back to the Track’ grants

$400,000 was awarded in 2018 for ‘Back to the Track’ grants to support the growth and sustainability of the NSW racing industry by assisting new and stronger connections with regional communities. These grants were awarded in the last quarter of 2018.

Bathurst Thoroughbred Racing

Next Gen – Back to the Track for under 35s $20,000

Sapphire Coast Turf Club

Caravan and leisure expo combined with Merimbula Eat Day $20,000

Carrathool Races

Family fun day event $20,000

City of Dubbo Turf Club

Tunes on Track event $20,000

Coffs Harbour Racing Club

Harvest long lunch event $19,500

Deepwater Jockey Club

New Deepwater Polo Club tournament $20,000

Gunnedah Jockey Club

Porchetta – all things Italian event $20,000

Lismore Turf Club

Gourmet street food truck festival $15,000

Mallawa Amateur Picnic Race Club

Mallawa Picnic Races and family fun day $20,000

Marthaguy Picnic Race

Club Family fun day out event $6,150

Port Macquarie Race Club

Regional sustainability expo and showcase March 2019 $10,200

Shoalhaven City Turf Club

New Marketing strategy $20,000

Tuncurry Forster Jockey Club

Foster Tuncurry Jockey Club tourism website $17,017

Warialda Jockey Club

Battle of the Bands and poetry challenge $20,000

Bathurst Harness Racing Club

Gold Crown Tour to attract new people to the Gold Crown carnival $7,450

Broken Hill Harness Racing Club

Youth engagement project $20,000

Coolamon Harness Racing Club

Hooves and hounds festival event $20,000

Cootamundra Harness Racing Club

Cootamundra community, industry and business expo $20,000

Temora Trotting Club

Marketing strategy to build awareness and attendance $20,000

Wagga Harness Racing Club

Family and community event with mini trots $20,000

Bathurst Greyhound Club

New Year’s eve community event $4,530

Broken Hill Greyhound Club

Open weekend – Greyhounds as Pets $20,000

Gunnedah Greyhound Club

New evening TAB race event during AgQuip period $7,260

Ladbrokes Park

Lismore Family fun night event $6,800

NSW GBOTA - Temora

Expansion of Temora Cup with Elvis impersonator and family events $2,700

Greyhound Racing NSW

Million Dollar Chase to support the staging of the event and improve animal welfare outcomes $500,000

2016 recipients

War Memorial grants

Bellingen Shire Council

Bellingen War Memorial $27,202

Blayney RSL Sub Branch

Soldiers Memorial Hall $50,000

Blue Mountains City Council

Blackheath War Memorial $36,000

Blue Mountains Vietnam Veterans & Associated Forces Incorporated

Springwood War Memorial $38,500

Bogan Gate Community Memorial Hall Incorporated

Bogan Gate War Memorial $6,332

Boolaroo Speers Point RSL Sub-Branch

Speers Point Cenotaph $16,550

Broken Hill City Council

Broken Hill War Memorial Oval $41,500

Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle

Christ Church Cathedral (Anglican), Warriors' Chapel $39,607

Cootamundra RSL Sub Branch

Stockinbingal Wall of Remembrance $58,586

Ethnic Communities Council of Newcastle and the Hunter Region Incorporated

Lambton Park Memorial Gates $19,000

Friends of Freshwater Inc. on behalf of the Soldiers Avenue of Honour Stakeholders Group

The Soldiers Avenue of Honour Living Memorial $54,725

Gerringong RSL Sub Branch

Gerringong RSL Soldiers Memorial Hall $28,062

Gloucester RSL Sub Branch

Gloucester Memorial Clock Tower $12,946

Goulburn Mulwaree Council

Rocky Hill War Memorial $55,000

Hawkesbury City Council

Windsor Memorial Park Gates $60,000

Howlong RSL Sub Branch & Brocklesby Chapter

Brocklesby War Memorial $5,580

Leeton Shire Council

Yanco Memorial Hall $7,000

Lithgow City Council

Lithgow Fallen Heroes $12,278

Liverpool Plains Shire Council

Quirindi Town Clock & War Memorial $60,000

Merewether-Hamilton RSL Sub-Branch

Gregson Park War Memorial $47,190

MidCoast Council (Taree Office)

Wingham Memorial Town Hall $37,800

Moruya RSL Sub-Branch

Moruya Memorial Hall $60,000

Narooma School of Arts and Soldiers War Memorial Hall Incorporated

Narooma Soldiers' Memorial School of Arts $53,964

Narrabri Shire Council

Narrabri West War Memorial $5,599

Nowendoc Memorial Hall

Nowendoc Memorial Hall $12,000

Rankins Springs War Memorial Hall

Rankins Springs War Memorial Hall $28,000

Returned and Services League of Australia Scone Sub-Branch

Scone War Memorial - Barwick House - Transcare Building $3,000

Sawtell RSL Sub Branch

Lyle Rose, RSL Memorial Park $60,000

Snowy Monaro Regional Council

Nimmitabel Cenotaph $10,817

The Wired Lab Ltd

Muttama Hall and Recreation Ground War Memorials $14,290

Other grants

Lindfield Rugby Club

Kawanishi Rugby Tour $10,000

YouKu Production Company

Incentive funding for production of international film Bleeding Steel in Sydney $850,000

Tamworth Regional Council

Water supply for Woolomin $200,000

2016 recipients

Community grants

Anglican Church Property Trust of Canberra And Goulburn

St James House, Merimbula - emergency / crisis accommodation $50,000

Asia Pacific Football Institute

Installation of grandstand seating at the Asia Pacific Football Institute $25,000

Batemans Bay Surf Lifesaving Club

Stage 2 of Surf Club Upgrade - completion of the Auditorium $150,000

Bathurst and Districts Vietnam Veterans Association

Kitchen and amenities room $80,000

Bathurst Regional Council

Construction of basketball court shelter and picnic area, Eglinton Oval $120,000

Bombala Council

Visitor and Community Centre $100,000

Bungendore Rugby League Football Club

Mick Sherd Oval upgrade $25,000

Campbelltown City Council

Rosemeadow Sports Complex floodlighting upgrade & fencing $100,000

Kendall Tennis Centre

New Kendall Tennis Facility-Stage 1 $205,000

Kyogle Community Economic Development Committee

Community Cinema upgrade $45,000

Lifeshaper Family Services

Soul Café kitchen update $7,981

Snowy River Shire Council

Berridale Public amenities $100,000

Taree City Rugby League Football Club

Lighting upgrade, perimeter fencing upgrade, seating upgrade, scoreboard upgrade $100,000

Taree Motor Cycle Club

Infrastructure Upgrade Stage 2 $100,000

2014 recipients