WRA Micro Grants 2025
THURSDAY 15TH MAY 2025 - MONDAY 16TH June 2025
Western Riverina Arts (WRA) is offering micro grants to assist individuals and organisations as a result of funding from the NSW Government.
BACKGROUND
Western Riverina Arts is the regional arts development organisation covering Griffith, Leeton, Narrandera and Murrumbidgee. Our aim is to connect creative communities, support, develop and promote the arts in our region.
Western Riverina Arts is offering small grants of $300 - $500, with a quick application turnaround. The grants are open on an ongoing basis until close of business Monday 16th June 2025, or until funds have been expended. We will aim to respond within one week of receiving your application.
ELIGIBILITY
You must be based in the Western Riverina Arts region which includes Griffith, Leeton, Narrandera and Murrumbidgee Shires.
You can be an individual, organisation or arts-based business.
Your request must be arts related.
You must not have any outstanding grant acquittals with Western Riverina Arts, including previous rounds of our Micro Grants.
You need to be currently listed or have submitted an entry for your FREE artist listing on the CREATIVE RIVERINA online database, a partnership with Eastern Riverina Arts. Visit creativeriverina.com to find out more.
WHAT CAN THE GRANT BE USED FOR?
WRA are keeping broad criteria and we are making it possible to use this grant for things that arts funding often doesn’t cover. We will consider a wide range of requests including:
A small-scale project delivered.
Operational Costs.
Workshop facilitation.
Equipment to help you deliver your arts practice online.
Access to training to upskill you in online delivery.
New ways of marketing or sharing your arts business.
Ineligible activities include competition, prize money, and non-arts related activities.
TIME FRAME
Round One of the Western Riverina Arts Micro Grants opens on Monday 15th May 2025.
Applications are open until COB Monday 16th June 2025 or until funds are expended.
Applications will be assessed as they are submitted.
Successful recipients will be announced during the following weeks and funding agreements sent out.
Successful applicants need to return the signed funding agreements with an invoice to Western Riverina Arts for the amount granted.
You will need to send a short report or an update, four weeks after receiving the funds.
Get social! Please send us photos or videos of your grant related projects - we would love to promote our Micro Grant stories. Use the hashtag #WRAMicroGrants25.
Recipients are required to complete and return the reporting form after the completion of their project.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO APPLY
Email Communications for the application form. You can use it to create your own document, or you can print it out, fill it in by hand and email us a scanned copy
OR
Contact Western Riverina Arts staff and we will email you the Word document
OR
Fill out the Google Form here.
The document will ask for three things (as well as your contact details):
1. Describe what you want to do with the money
2. Outline the benefits and why this deserves a Western Riverina Arts Micro Grant
3. Provide a simple budget for your micro grant
Western Riverina Micro Grants applications can be submitted via Google Form through to Zooey Korhonen at comms@westrivarts.com.au or return to our office at 27-33 Chelmsford Pl, Leeton.
We strongly encourage all artists and creative groups in our region to apply for this funding opportunity.
This grant is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
