Grant recipients

Child in plush costume with the glow of a fire on his face

We are pleased to announce the successful recipients from the City of Hobart Grants Programs.

Listed below are the successful projects, initiatives, and organisations for each Grant Program. The lists display the last three years of successful recipients.

For information on our current grant programs, visit the grants and funding page. Here you can find grant guidelines, and learn how to apply.

2024

Christmas Grants

Community Christmas Carols Grant

Archdiocese of Hobart

Carols on the Hill
Amount funded: $15 000


Hobart Men's Barbershop Harmony Club Inc

Singing Shed Christmas Chorus Project
Amount funded: $4045


Lenah Valley Community Association

Carols at John Turnbull
Amount funded: $15 000


Carols at John Turnbull

Christmas Carols in Mount Stuart
Amount funded: $4850


Sing Australia Hobart

Christmas Carol Singing
Amount funded: $775


Soul Presbyterian Church

Carols in the Park
Amount funded: $5000


St Davids Cathedral

Christmas Carol Concert
Amount funded: $11 450


The Multicultural Womens Council of Tasmania

Christmas Carols 2024
Amount funded: $6000

Community Grants

Community Grant - February 2024

Focus

Food at Friday Night FOCUS
Amount funded: $5000


Malayalee Association of Tasmania

Onam Celebration 2024
Amount funded: $5000


Waterworks Valley Creative Community

Waterworks Road Community Mural
Amount funded: $4940


Colony 47 Inc

Community Christmas Lunch
Amount funded: $5000


Cancer Council Tasmania

Relay for Life
Amount funded: $5000


Hobart Social Skates Group

Roll Dance 2024
Amount funded: $2516


Tasmanian Feline Association

International Cat Gala
Amount funded: $1000


Nepalese Football Club of Tasmania (NFCT)

3rd NFCT Cup (Dashain Cup)
Amount funded: $2500


Sisongke Community Choir

Singing Workshop Peter Lehner
Amount funded: $3000

 

Community Grant - July 2024

Advocates for Change - Engender Equality

Stories of Survival (Draft name)
Amount funded: $5000


Cancer Council Tasmania

Threads of Legacy- Tasmanians impacted by cancer
Amount funded: $5000


Hobart Accueil

French Fair
Amount funded: $1000


Hobart City Mission

Sleep Rough....so others don't have to
Amount funded: $2000


Hobart Playback Theatre Inc

We Speak for the Trees: Action for Climate
Amount funded: $5000


Indian Festival Association of Tasmania Inc (IFEST Inc)

Indian New Year Festival (2025)
Amount funded: $5000


Kathmandu Warriors Cricket Club

Community cricket supporting mental welbeing
Amount funded: $3500


Stitching and Beyond Inc.

Out of Hand Exhibition 2025
Amount funded: $3100


The Black Scorpions Tasmania

Multicultural Cup
Amount funded: $4650


Women's Legal Service Tasmania on behalf of Domestic Violence Coordination Committee (South)

Candlelight Vigil 2025
Amount funded: $1700


Zonta club of Hobart

Breast cushions for mastectomy patients
Amount funded: $1000

Creative Hobart Grants

Creative Hobart Medium Grant - February 2024

Terrapin Puppet Theatre

Gumball Dream Machine
Amount funded: $15 000


Lutruwita Art Orchestra

Muylatina Tapilta Nairi (Embracing Good Journeys)
Amount funded: $12 952


Mr Pablo Patricio Avilez Tolosa

South American Welcome Spring
Amount funded: $10 900


Kickstart Arts Inc

Youth Arts Program: Creative Mental Health
Amount funded: $15 000


Mr Andy Hatton

PRESENT at Fort Nelson
Amount funded: $14 200

 

Creative Hobart Medium Grant - July 2024

DRILL Performance Company Inc.

AGENCY
Amount funded: $15 000


Maritime Museum of Tasmania

Forgotten Space
Amount funded: $15 000


Mr Mark Thomson

177 Nations of Tasmania Adaptation
Amount funded: $15 000


Resource Work Cooperative

Art From Trash Art Fair 2025
Amount funded: $14 968


Mr Richard Cyngler

Sonic ARI Pilot Program
Amount funded: $13 950

 

Creative Hobart Small Grant - February 2024

Mr Dominic Flynn

Enable Mania's Hellgart Mahler Memorial Concert
Amount funded: $5000


Mr Joshua Santospirito

2024 Small Press Zine Fair
Amount funded: $5000


Rosny College Springboard Kizuna Taiko Drummers

Taiko @ TMAG (Schools Performance and Workshop)
Amount funded: $1200


A Fairer World (AFW) and Students Against Racism (SAR)

Catching Our Stories
Amount funded: $5000


Medising

Choir Rehearsals with Director Ian Williams
Amount funded: $5000

 

Creative Hobart Small Grant - July 2024

Artosaurus Gallery and Studios

Artosaurus in Gallery Workshops
Amount funded: $5000


Mr Harry Edwards

Activate public spaces via acoustic jazz concerts
Amount funded: $4590


Langford Support Service

Langford Theater Group
Amount funded: $2000


Miss Leelyn Cruddas

Scream and Shout Poetry
Amount funded: $1500


Prison Fellowship Australia

Art From Inside Exhibition
Amount funded: $4000

 

Major Cultural Organisation Grant

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Amount funded: $35 000


Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Amount funded: $30 000


Theatre Royal

Amount funded: $35 000

Event Grants

Event Grant - February 2024

Hobart Jazz Club Inc

Hot August Night
Amount funded: $10 000


Student Music Collective

Student Music Collective plays Mahler Symphony 2
Amount funded: $14 000


Ford Coupe Club of Australia

Hardtop Anniversary Tasmania
Amount funded: $10 000


Vandemonian

Tasmanian Wine Festival - Summer Edition 2025
Amount funded: $10 000


Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG)

Lift Off! Festival
Amount funded: $19 000


South Hobart Sustainable Community Inc

Resilience Fair
Amount funded: $8044


Sustainable Living Tasmania

The Big Day of Circular Ideas
Amount funded: $10 000


Southern Tasmanian Dancing Eisteddfod

Southern Tasmanian Dancing Eisteddfod
Amount funded: $1600


Van Diemen's Band

VDB Lunchbox Concert Series 2025
Amount funded: $15 000


Folk 'Til Ya Punk Records/The Dead Maggies

HOBOFOPO2024
Amount funded: $6310

 

Event Grant - July 2024

Hobart Blues Club Inc.

Cool August Blues
Amount funded: $5000


Klub Kollywood INC

Hobart Colour Festival 2025
Amount funded: $20 000


Salamanca Arts Centre

Hobart: A City of Literature
Amount funded: $20 000


Southern Tasmanian Dancing Eisteddfod

Southern Tasmanian Dancing Eisteddfod
Amount funded: $2850


Tasmanian National Science Week Coordinating Committee (TNSWCC)

Festival of Bright Ideas (FOBI) 2025
Amount funded: $20 000


Trail Ventures

kunanyi Trail Series
Amount funded: $9360


Van Diemen's Band

Lunchbox Concert Series - 2025 "Spring" Season
Amount funded: $9900

 

Event Partnership Grant

Atlas Events

Hobart Airport Marathon Festival
Amount funded: $25 000


Australian Institute of Architects - Tasmanian Chapter

Open House Hobart
Amount funded: $20 000


Beaker Street Ltd

Beaker Street Festival 2025
Amount funded: $82 537


Chinese Community Association of Tasmania Inc

2025 Lunar New Year Festival
Amount funded: $20 000


Festival of Voices

Festival of Voices 2025 – Free Public Program
Amount funded: $70 000


Theatre Royal

Test Site Program (Lift Off & Staycation)
Amount funded: $49 913


Trail Ventures

kunanyi Mountain Run
Amount funded: $56 800

2023

Christmas Grants

Community Christmas Carols Grant

Lenah Valley Community Association

Carols at John Turnbull
Amount funded: $15 000


Archdiocese of Hobart

Carols on the Hill
Amount funded: $15 000


Mount Stuart resident's Inc

Christmas Carols in Mount Stuart
Amount funded: $4 700


Soul Presbyterian Church

Carols in the Park
Amount funded: $4 500

Community Grants

Community Grant - February 2023

Hobart Legacy

Afternoon at the Proms Concert
Amount funded: $3070


Disability Sports Australia

Activate Inclusion Sports Day
Amount funded: $3000


Malayalee Association of Tasmania Inc.

Onam Celebration 2023
Amount funded: $2500


FOCUS

Food at Friday Night FOCUS
Amount funded: $2400


The Black Scorpions Tas

Tas Africans/Friends - soccer tournament
Amount funded: $3878


Nigeria Community in Tasmania Incorporated

Installation of Nigerian stone plaque at the IWF
Amount funded: $1924


Hobart Football Club - AFL Masters Program (35+)

Australian Master Football (aged 35+)
Amount funded: $2558


Southern Tasmanian Community Orchestra Inc

Tutoring
Amount funded: $2488


Prison Fellowship Australia

Art From Inside Exhibition
Amount funded: $4000


South Hobart Living Arts Centre

ReCURHH Market
Amount funded: $4682


Perfect Events Productions

Legacy Centenary Community Day Hobart
Amount funded: $2000


Sandy Bay Sailing Club

Sandy Bay Sailing Club Storage Shed Mural
Amount funded: $2000


Hobart Malayali Association

Hobart Malayali Association Onam Festival 2023
Amount funded: $2500


Latin Spring

Colombian Independence Day Celebration
Amount funded: $5000

 

Community Grant - August 2023

Women's Health Tasmania

Aboriginal Women's Health and Wellbeing Mural
Amount funded: $4762


Hobart Playback Theatre Inc

Safe As Houses
Amount funded: $5000


Hobart City Mission

Sleep Rough ... so others don't have to
Amount funded: $5000


Multicultural Council of Tasmania

Multicultural Tasmanian Employers Conference MTEC
Amount funded: $5000


Fight Parkinsons

Hobart Parkinson's Community Seminar
Amount funded: $4815


Migrant Talent Connector

Entrepreneurship Workshop for Migrants
Amount funded: $5000


Nepali Society of Tasmania

Nepalese New Year
Amount funded: $5000


Engender Equality

2024 Candlelight Vigil
Amount funded: $2000

Creative Hobart Grants

Creative Hobart Medium Grant - February 2023

Terrapin

The Paper Escaper - Free making activity
Amount funded: $14 905


Mr Richie Cyngler

Nipaluna Ambient Monitoring Station II
Amount funded: $14 941


Mature Artists Dance Experience Inc

Remount of a two dance works in Hobart
Amount funded: $8000


Great Southern Dance

Intergenerational Dance Project in the City: Hiero
Amount funded: $15 000

 

Creative Hobart Medium Grant - August 2023

Mr Benjamin Segal

Loop Jam: Sounds of Hobart
Amount funded: $14 267


The South Hobart Progress Association (SHPA)

Discovering SoHo Art Trail
Amount funded: $11 800


DRILL Performance Company Inc.

Youth dance productions Safe Spaces & First Sketch
Amount funded: $14 186


Mr Benjamin Paul

The Future of Toys
Amount funded: $15 000


Great Southern Dance

Behaviorology Urban Spaces Residency by GSD
Amount funded: $15 000


Tasmanian Youth Orchestra Council Inc.

TYO in the Goods Shed 2024
Amount funded: $5000

 

Creative Hobart Small Grant - February 2023

Mr Joshua Santospirito

2023 Small Press Zine Fair
Amount funded: $4239


designedmade inc.

designedmade makers market 2023
Amount funded: $3466


Heath Media

National Live Music Awards
Amount funded: $5000


Ms Georgia Shine

We are Stardust: An Embodied Remembering
Amount funded: $5000

 

Creative Hobart Small Grant - August 2023

Multicultural Council of Tasmania

Arabic Calligraphy - The Art of Connection!
Amount funded: $5000


Ms Shan Deng

Argentine Showcase
Amount funded: $5000


Mr Dylan Sheridan

Tasmanian Laptop Orchestra (TLO)
Amount funded: $5000


Van Diemen's Band

Songs of the Sea: Mikelangelo Songwriting Workshop
Amount funded: $3902

 

Major Cultural Organisation Grant

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Amount funded: $30 000


Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Amount funded: $35 000


Theatre Royal Management Board

Amount funded: $35 000

Event Grants

Event Grant - February 2023

South Hobart Sustainable Community inc

Resilience Fair
Amount funded: $8851


Hobart Jazz Club Inc

Hot August Jazz
Amount funded: $11 062


Edge Radio

Edge Radio: 20 Years of Community and Tassie Music
Amount funded: $14 000


Chinese Community Association of Tasmania

2024 Lunar New Year Festival
Amount funded: $20 000


Latin American Cultural Association of Tasmania Inc.

Day of the Dead Hobart 2023
Amount funded: $19 600


Tasmanian National Science Week Coordinating Committee (TNSWCC)

Festival of Bright Ideas (FOBI) 2023
Amount funded: $17 000


Australian Institute of Architects, Tasmanian Chapter

Open House Hobart
Amount funded: $17 000


Deepavali Tasmania Inc

Diwali Event 2023
Amount funded: $20 000


Van Diemen's Band Inc

Lunchbox Concert Series 2024
Amount funded: $15 000


Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG)

Lift Off!
Amount funded: $19 725

 

Event Grant - August 2023

Cancer Council Tasmania

Relay For Life Hobart
Amount funded: $5000


Australian Institute of Architects, Tasmanian Chapter

Open House Hobart
Amount funded: $20 000


Hobart Brewing Co.

Hobart Community Hop
Amount funded: $12 000


TasWriters Inc

The Hobart Writers Festival 2024
Amount funded: $10 000


Tasmanian National Science Week Coordinating Committee (TNSWCC)

Festival of Bright Ideas (FOBI) 2024
Amount funded: $20 000


Van Diemen's Band

Lunchbox Concert Series - 2024 "Spring" Season
Amount funded: $9900


Tamil Association of Tasmania Inc

Thaippongal - Tamil Heritage Festival
Amount funded: $3000


TasPride

TasPride Parade and Party in the Park 2023
Amount funded: $14 741

 

Event Partnership Grant

Beaker Street Ltd

Beaker Street Festival 2024
Amount funded: $70 000


Ten Days on the Island

Ten Days on the Island Festival 2025
Amount funded: $50 000


USM Events – Ironman Australia

2024 Ironman 70.3 Tasmania
Amount funded: $20 000


Australian Antarctic Festival

Australian Antarctic Festival 2024
Amount funded: $40 000


Festival of Voices

Festival of Voices 2024 – Free Public Program
Amount funded: $70 000


Deepavali Tasmania Inc

Diwali 2024
Amount funded: $30 000


Paradise Live Entertainment

Multicultural Festival of Tasmania
Amount funded: $15 000


Trail Ventures Pty Ltd

Kunanyi Mountain Run
Amount funded: $50 000


Epic Events & Marketing

Think Big Run the Bridge
Amount funded: $25 000


Shadow Ground

Dark Fringe
Amount funded: $15 000

Urban Sustainability Grants

Urban Sustainability Grant

Resource Work Cooperative

Rethinking Waste with Resource
Amount funded: $10 840


Cancer Council Tasmania

Improving Cancer Care through Urban Greening
Amount funded: $10 000


Tasmanian University Student Association

Food Education Program for UTAS Students
Amount funded: $10 000


The Colony Bees Association

Pollinate Country
Amount funded: $12 800


Eat Well Tasmania

Too Good Too Waste
Amount funded: $15 000

2022

Business Grants

Local Business for a Better Community Grant - February 2022

Hobart Counselling Centre

Hybrid Online Body Image and Mindful Eating Program
Amount funded: $5000


IT Services Hobart

Local Business Digital Presence Awareness Program
Amount funded: $5000


Maritime Museum of Tasmania Incorporated

Accelerate Exhibitions
Amount funded: $4420


Secret Lab Pty. Ltd.

Hobart Game Development Workshops
Amount funded: $5000


Travel with a Cause Inc

Constructivevisions.org
Amount funded: $5000


Vibrance Festival Pty Ltd

Commercial Gallery/ Events Space
Amount funded: $4960

Community Grants

Community Grant - February 2022

Albuera Street Primary School Association

Safer Ways to School Plan
Amount funded: $2800


Friends Of The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens Inc

Children's Seek and Find activity cards
Amount funded: $1411


Good Life Permaculture

The Stuff Of Dreams
Amount funded: $5000


Hugyaw Performing Arts Group, Inc.

KULTURA: The Cultural Evolution of the Philippines
Amount funded: $3900


Li-Ve Tasmania

Sew Together
Amount funded: $3589


Malayalee Association of Tasmania Inc.

Onam Celebration 2022
Amount funded: $3300


New Town District Cricket Club

New Town District cricket club 100 year book
Amount funded: $5000


Rotary Club of North Hobart Inc

Mobile Health Clinic
Amount funded: $4000


Second Echo Ensemble

Second Echo Community Workshop Program
Amount funded: $5000


Sisongke Community Choir

SHOWCASE FAMILY CONCERT
Amount funded: $3000


South Hobart Sustainable Community Inc.

Community Film Nights
Amount funded: $3000

 

Community Grant - August 2022

Hobart Social Skate

FrankoRink
Amount funded: $1053


Multicultural Council of Tasmania (MCOT)

Multicultural Employers Conference Tasmania MTEC
Amount funded: $4500


Cancer Council Tasmania

Relay For Life Hobart 2023
Amount funded: $4450


BirdLife Tasmania

Hobart bird walks brochure
Amount funded: $4500


Cancer Patients Foundation

Look Good Feel Better
Amount funded: $5000


Folk Federation of Tasmania Incorporated

TasContra Dance Series
Amount funded: $5000


Hobart City Mission

Sleep Rough... so others don't have to
Amount funded: $4500


Multicultural Council of Tasmania (MCOT)

Arabic Calligraphy session
Amount funded: $4500


Salvation Army Housing

Salvation Army Housing Art Classes
Amount funded: $4500


Stitching and Beyond Inc.

Out of Hand 2023
Amount funded: $3997

 

Community Quick Response Grant

Australians for Palestine

Colonising Palestine: A Palestinian Perspective
Amount funded: $993


COTA Tasmania

Walk Against Elder Abuse
Amount funded: $1000


Hobart City Mission

Sleep Rough ... so others don't have to
Amount funded: $1000


South Hobart Sustainable Community Inc.

Community Disaster Resilience Project
Amount funded: $975

 

International Student Support Quick Response Grant

Wen Hua Hui- Chinese Cultural Society Inc.

International Students Outdoor Activity
Amount funded: $2000

Creative Hobart Grants

Creative Hobart Medium Grant - February 2022

Allegri Ensemble Incorporated

Concert: Missa Cellensis (Haydn)
Amount funded: $15 000


LATTAS Events

Mid Winter Brazilian Folk Festival
Amount funded: $5293


Miettes

Miettes Cabaret
Amount funded: $14 300


Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning T/A A Fairer World

Letters I Never Sent
Amount funded: $15 000


TasPride Inc

Artfully Queer (transform) arts show
Amount funded: $14 800

 

Creative Hobart Medium Grant - August 2022

Ms Hannah Foley

Aeriform Archive and Wet Breath Exchange
Amount funded: $15 000


Contemporary Art Tasmania

Earthworks (EARTH Project - Stage 3)
Amount funded: $15 000


Miss Sophie Ambler

The Residency
Amount funded: $14 945


Vibrance Festival Pty Ltd

Augmented Reality Wall
Amount funded: $11 500


Mx Stevie McEntee

Momentum//Queer (working title)
Amount funded: $15 000

 

Creative Hobart Small Grant - February 2022

designedmade inc

designedmade makers market 2022
Amount funded: $3180


The Hobart Embroiderers' Guild Inc.

The Hobart Embroiderers' Guild Exhibition
Amount funded: $1500


Mature Artists Dance Experience

Heirloom: a dance/theatre and mixed-media performance work.
Amount funded: $5000


Mr Jack McLaine

A Body of Musical Works Reflecting on Place and Community
Amount funded: $4599


Mr Joshua Santospirito

Small Press Zine Fair 2022
Amount funded: $3321


She Shreds Australia Inc.

Shred Shed Front
Amount funded: $5000


The Tasmanian New Music Ensemble

The Tasmanian New Music Ensemble presents: 'Line Tracing 2' and 'Line Tracing 3'.
Amount funded: $5000

 

Creative Hobart Small Grant - August 2022

Dr Mark Lleonart

Tree Music in the Park
Amount funded: $2475


soul spice sessions

soul spice sessions
Amount funded: $5000


Ms Greta Jean

The Sticky Beaks
Amount funded: $5000

Event Grants

City Partnership Grant

City of Hobart Eisteddfod

2021 City of Hobart Performing Arts Eisteddfod
Amount funded: $13 913


Theatre Council of Tasmania

2021 Tasmanian Theatre Awards
Amount funded: $10 352


Sandy Bay Regatta Association Inc

Sandy Bay Regatta 2021
Amount funded: $31 056


RSL Tasmania

Hobart ANZAC Day Commemorations
Amount funded: $37 547


Royal Hobart Regatta Association

2021 Royal Hobart Regatta
Amount funded: $31 056

 

Event Partnership Grant

Cruising Yacht Club of Australia

Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht of Australia 2023
Amount funded: $20 000


Beaker Street Ltd

Beaker Street Festival 2023
Amount funded: $65 700


Festival of Voices

Festival of Voices 2023
Amount funded: $51 000


Australian Wooden Boat Festival

2023 Australian Wooden Boat Festival
Amount funded: $56 473


Ten Days on the Island

Ten Days on the Island 2023
Amount funded: $50 000


Trail Ventures Pty Ltd

kunanyi Mountain Run
Amount funded: $50 000

 

Event Grant - February 2022

Australian Barbershop Convention Management Association Inc

Barbershop Harmony Festival
Amount funded: $10 000


Chinese Community Association of Tasmania (CCAT)

2023 Lunar New Year Festival
Amount funded: $20 000


Deepavali Tasmania Incorporated

Diwali 2022
Amount funded: $20 000


ESC Collaborative PTY LTD T/A Eat It Tassie!

Hunter
Amount funded: $10 000


Hobart Jazz Club Inc

Hot August Jazz
Amount funded: $15 423


Latin American Cultural Association of Tasmania Inc.

Day of the Dead Hobart 2022
Amount funded: $14 564


Paradise Live Entertainment PTY

II Latino Vibes Festival
Amount funded: $17 453


Tasmanian National Science Week Coordinating Committee (TNSWCC)

Festival of Bright Ideas 2022 (FOBI)
Amount funded: $20 000


TasPop (Tasmanian Pop Culture Society)

TasPop South 2022
Amount funded: $10 000


Van Diemen's Band Inc.

Lunchbox Concert Series 2023
Amount funded: $12 500

 

Event Grant - August 2022

TasWriters

Children's Literature Festival
Amount funded: $10 075


TEDxHobart Inc

TEDxHobart
Amount funded: $5000


KLUB KOLLYWOOD INC

HOBART HOLI COLOUR FESTIVAL 2023
Amount funded: $20 000

 

In-kind Venue and Event Resource Quick Response Grant

Embraced

The Centenarian Portrait Project by Teenagers
Amount funded: $1000


Van Diemen's Band Inc.

Bach Concertos
Amount funded: $1000

Heritage Grants

Heritage Grant

Ms Jane Boot

Amount funded: $7800


Dr Patrick Buxton

Amount funded: $7800


Dr Andrew Harwood

Amount funded: $7800


Mrs Joanna More

Amount funded: $7800


Salamanca Arts Centre

Amount funded: $7166


Mr Ian Stewart

Amount funded: $7800


Mr Paul Wagner

Amount funded: $3780

Urban Sustainability Grants

Urban Sustainability Grant

Good Life Permaculture

Home Harvest
Amount funded: $7500


Eat Well Tasmania Incorporated

Too Good to Waste
Amount funded: $15 000


Salvation Army Housing

Salvation Army Housing Rooftop Garden
Amount funded: $15 000


Hobart Makers

Plastic Recycling
Amount funded: $9940


St. Mary's College

Edible Explorable Garden
Amount funded: $982


Waimea Heights Primary School

Organic waste recovery project
Amount funded: $5147