Multicultural festivals, musical performances, NAIDOC Week and community wellbeing workshops are among recipients of the 2025-26 City of Adelaide Community Grants Program.
A total of $299,000 is being distributed to 20 community organisations and events in the Major Round while another 35 grants totalling $130,000 have been approved in the Quick Response Round.
Three of the major round grants of up to $20,000 will support the 2027 Lunar New Year Street Party, NAIDOC Week and March and Pride March with other funding provided to Latin and Korean community festivals.
Other recipients include Trees for Life, Chamber Music Adelaide, Young Adelaide Voices, Multicultural Youth SA, Minus 18 Foundation, The Mill Inc and Adelaide Contemporary Experimental.
The organisations will utilise the funding for a variety of reasons, from public performances and community workshops to staging art exhibitions and creating public artwork.
Projects include nature-based events in the Adelaide Park Lands, intercultural gatherings, an accessible LGBTQIA+ event for young people, community activations with refugees and a networking event for social enterprises and small businesses.
City of Adelaide Director City Community Jo Podoliak said 55 eligible applications were evaluated against the assessment criteria, resulting in 20 projects being recommended for funding.
"All 20 supported projects will deliver free or low-cost community-led participation opportunities in the City and North Adelaide, enabling a vibrant, connected and inclusive city," said Ms Podoliak.
"The level of demand for the grants was very high from many worthy projects and, unfortunately, they became oversubscribed. While we couldn't fund them all, we have worked very hard to deliver support to 20 projects aligned to outcomes of the City of Adelaide Strategic Plan."
Ms Podoliak said smaller Quick Response Grants also enabled a wide range of community organisations to hold events or provide services.
"Thirty-five projects were supported through Quick Response Grants in 2025-26 with funding up to $5000 for the delivery of wellbeing workshops, youth-led initiatives, active recreation initiatives and storytelling projects in support of a vibrant, connected and inclusive city," she said.
View the 2025-26 City of Adelaide Community Grants major round recipients.
