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Grants and funding

The City of Hobart offers specific grant programs for events, community services and environmental activities. For each grant refer to the relevant guidelines and application forms for the program objectives, eligibility information and assessment criteria, available to download from each grant program page.

At the City of Hobart we have 17 Grant Programs available in three streams: Quick Response grants, which are open all year round, and two competitive grant streams, open annually in June, and biannually in February and August. The areas they cover include Creative Hobart, Community, Events, Marketing, Christmas, Venue Support Waste Reduction and Urban Sustainability.

Summary of City of Hobart grants
Round Stream	Program	Program Areas	Request	Applications Open	Funding Announced
Quick Response	Christmas Activation	Christmas	Up to $750	September–October	Within 4 weeks of application
	Creative Hobart	Arts and Creativity	Up to $1,000	All year round	Within 4 weeks of application
	Civic Banners	Marketing	Up to $1,000 in-kind only	All year round	Within 4 weeks of application
	Event Equipment	Events	Up to $1,000 in-kind only	All year round	Within 4 weeks of application
	Community	Community	Up to $500	All year round	Within 4 weeks of application
	Venue Support	Venue Support	Up to $1,000 in-kind only	All year round	Within 4 weeks of application
Biannual Grants	Community Small	Community	Up to $5,000	Feb–March and Aug–Sep	May and November
	Creative Hobart Small	Arts and Creativity	Up to $5,000	Feb–March and Aug–Sep	May and November
	Creative Hobart Medium	Arts and Creativity	$7,000–$15,000	Feb–March and Aug–Sep	May and November
	Event Medium	Events	Up to $20,000	Feb–March and Aug–Sep	May and November
	Shopfront Improvement	Marketing	Up to $5,000	Feb–March and Aug–Sep	May and November
Annual	Creative Hobart Major Cultural Organisations	Arts and Creativity	Over $10,000	June–July	September
	Event Partnerships	Events	Over $20,000	June–July	September
	Community Christmas Carols	Christmas	Up to $15,000	June–July	September
	Waste Reduction	Waste Reduction	Up to $5,000	June–July	September
	Dr Edward Hall Environment Grants	Urban Sustainability	Up to $5,000	June–July	September
	Local Trader	Marketing	Up to $8000	TBC for 2019	September