The 2025 Give500 Grant is Now Open
Border Trust invites local community organisations to apply for the 2025 Give500 Grant Round, supporting projects that strengthen Community Connection & Wellbeing and Community Equity.
About Give500
The Give500 Collective Giving Campaign is an initiative of Border Trust. It is a starting point for like-minded individuals and groups to pool their donations and support life changing community programs across the Border Region.
The Give500 Grant
As a result of the wonderful generosity of our 2025 Give500 Donors, the organisation voted the winner the Give500 2025 Grant, will receive $20,000 for their project with $5,000 for each runner up as a contribution to their project or organisational capacity.
📅 Key Dates:
– 1st July 2025 – Give500 Grant Round Opens
– 12th August 2025 – Give500 Grant Round Closes
– 20th September 2025 – Shortlisted Recipients Notified
– 13th November 2025 – Pitch Night & Winning Recipient Announced
- Community Connection &
- Wellbeing and Community Equity.
Also:Â Grant Writing & Pitching Your Project Workshop Series
📢 Ready to take your community project from idea to funded reality? Our Grant Writing & Pitching Your Project Workshop Series is back!
These online workshops are perfect for local organisations and not-for-profits to boost their grant writing and pitching skills to help secure funding for community-based projects (including Give500!).
Find out more and book your spot for these workshops.