Queensland Justice Reinvestment Grants

Organisations eligible for this program included Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisations and other First Nations organisations.

Non-Indigenous organisations were also eligible to apply subject to demonstrating that they work in genuine partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members or organisations and take a place-based approach.

More information about grant eligibility is available in the funding guidelines.

Funding available

Eligible organisations could apply for one of two funding categories:

1. Category 1—Up to $100,000 for small, targeted projects that meet an urgent community need and are completed within 1 year. This could be a short-term program or buying essential items.
2. Category 2—Up to $900,000 ($300,000 per annum) for multi-year projects that respond to existing gaps in community programs or services to be delivered over three years.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for a grant, projects needed to demonstrate:

• strong connections to the community
• a place-based project plan
• a plan to reduce contact with the justice system
• cultural knowledge and community leadership
• how the project will work to help people
• that it will be delivered within Queensland.

There were two different assessment criteria for Stage 1 and Stage 2.

More information about program funding arrangements is available in the funding guidelines.

How to apply

Grant applications opened on 9am Monday 24 November and closed at 11:59pm on Sunday 21 December 2025.

Watch our short ‘how to apply’ video.

We recognise that preparing a grant application takes a lot of time and effort for organisations. To help avoid unnecessary work on applications that might not be successful, the program used a two-stage application process:

Stage 1: Express your interest

The first stage was to express your interest in the grant program in a way that best works for you. As a flexible and culturally sensitive application process, we encouraged applicants to tell their story, their way. This means, applicants could choose to attach:

• short stories about the project
• short videos telling us why your project is important to your community
• posters or artwork that tells the story of your project.

Stage 2: Full application

We assessed the expression of interest submissions and invited shortlisted organisations to complete a full application.

Full applications needed to address the full application assessment criteria, including budget, project activities, outcomes and your experience.

Successful funding applications

All organisations who applied for this grant have been notified of the outcome.

View successful applications (PDF).

More information

• Read our funding guidelines for more information about the program including available funding, who was eligible, how the panel assessed applications, and assessment criteria.
• Reporting documents, including a sample progress report template and sample acquittal report template, cover the reporting requirements expected of an organisation successful in this grants program.
• Our terms and conditions document outlines the legal requirements of applying for a Queensland Justice Reinvestment Grant.

Contacts

If you have questions or would like to yarn about the grants program, please email us at fnjo-funding@justice.qld.gov.au.