The General Quick Response Grant stream is designed to support local community groups and individual creative efforts to assist in projects or programs, which may arise outside of the normal funding cycle of the Monash Community Grant Program.
This program ensures that Council can continue to support community groups to respond to issues as they arise.
Funding available
Our 2026/27 Quick Response Grants are now open and will close on Friday 14 May 2027 or until allocations are exhausted. Grants for up to $3,000 can be applied for.
Eligibility
Eligibility for the Quick Response Grant (QRG) is consistent with the Monash Community Grants and Partnerships Program, with the exception that individual artists with an ABN are eligible to apply for a QRG. To be eligible to receive a Quick Response Grant, applicants must:
- Be an incorporated community group with not-for-profit status and an ABN or auspiced by an eligible organisation or be an individual artist with an ABN.
- Deliver the funded activity/services within the City of Monash boundaries.
- Maintain public liability insurance cover for a minimum of $20 million.
- Have no debts to Council and have completed all previous Monash Community Grants Program funding acquittal requirements.
- Be able to deliver the project by 30 June 2027.
Applicants must be able to start the project within 4 weeks of notification of a successful application and complete by 30 June 2027.
For full eligibility and what cannot be funded, please refer to the Monash Community Grants & Partnerships Guidelines(PDF, 2MB)
Grants that address the following issues are encouraged:
- Building community and cultural connections
- Loneliness
- Mental health
- Family violence
- Gender equality
- Health promotion (increasing healthy eating and physical activity, reducing alcohol consumption, gambling and smoking)
- Community safety
- Early parenting
- First Nations
- LGBTIQA+
- Initiatives promoting racial tolerance and inter-culturalism
Previous funding from other Monash Council Grants Programs has no effect on an applicant’s eligibility to apply, however projects that have been funded through the program in previous years are not eligible to reapply.
If you have an innovative idea, please contact the Monash Community Grants Team on 9518 3555 or at monash.grants@monash.vic.gov.au to discuss it.