Looking after Country Grant Program
About the program
The Looking after Country Grant Program (LACGP) provides funding of up to $75,000 to First Nations communities to care for the environmental and cultural values of Country.
Through the program, First Nations organisations are funded to engage communities in planning for and delivering on-ground conservation work on Country. Looking after Country grants assist in building organisational capacity to care for Country through strengthened skills, knowledge, and partnerships.
Project activities funded through the program include, but are not limited to:
- cultural site management
- protected species monitoring and conservation
- revegetation and habitat restoration
- fire management
- erosion control
- inter-generational knowledge exchange
- the development and implementation of Country management plans.
2025 Successful applicants announced
The successful applicants for the 2025 Looking After Country Grant Program have been announced. Seven First Nations organisations from across Queensland, including Innisfail, Chillagoe and Toowoomba have been awarded funding totalling $524,000.
The successful applicants are:
- Yirrganydji Gurabana Aboriginal Corporation
- Goondaloo Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
- Goondoi Arts Aboriginal Corporation
- Gummingurru Aboriginal Corporation
- KalkaJaka Aboriginal Corporation
- Wakaman Kung Kung Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
- Atambaya Aboriginal Corporation.
Learn more about the new LACGP projects for 2025-26.
Further information about the assessment process is available in the 2025 Guidelines 1.8 MB) .
More information
If you have questions about the grant program, please contact the Grants Officer on 0460 011 660 or email landandsea@detsi.qld.gov.au
Previous recipients
View the current and previous grant recipients.