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About Lotterywest Grants

We're extremely fortunate in Western Australia to have the only lottery in the nation, and one of the few in the world, where all profits are returned back to the community.

Thanks to our players, we’re able to support the WA community with Lotterywest grants.

We’re committed to making an enduring positive impact on the lives of Western Australians through our grants. These grants are guided by our vision for a hopeful, healthy, connected and sustainable community life for all Western Australians.

You can read more about the latest Lotterywest grant recipients and how they're making a real difference in the community by visiting our Grant recipients page.

Premier's Natural Disaster Recovery Fund

Support for households, local small businesses and community groups

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Premier's Natural Disaster Recovery Fund

The Premier’s Natural Disaster Recovery Fund has been activated.​

The fund offers financial support to households, local small businesses, and community groups facing ongoing disruption and losses as they recover from natural disasters.​

This support can provide relief while insurance assessments and claims are made. Following a significant natural disaster, payments of $10,000 or $20,000 may be available to households, depending on the impact to their homes, with a $5,000 payment available to local small businesses and community groups.​ Payments will be made by our partners Australian Red Cross and Western Australian Council of Social Service.

If you have been impacted by Cyclone Narelle, visit recovery.dfes.wa.gov.au for more information on how to apply for the Premier’s Natural Disaster Recovery Fund.​

Lotterywest is proud to support the Premier’s Natural Disaster Recovery Fund.​

Community Investment Framework

Achieving more impact

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Community Investment Framework

We have a Community Investment Framework to help us achieve our Vision.

Our Lotterywest grants team carefully assesses each grant application on its potential impact and benefit to the WA community. We work closely with organisations to ensure Lotterywest grant funding is used meaningfully - creating lasting, positive change for Western Australians.

Community Investment Framework

Good Practice Requirements

Maximising the positive impact

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Good Practice Requirements

To help maximise the positive impact of our grants in the WA community, we’ve developed a set of Good Practice Requirements. These are designed to help organisations in promoting practices that are inclusive, sustainable, safe for children, promote a healthy lifestyle, and respectful of Aboriginal peoples.

Our team is here to help you meet these requirements, including helping you consider any associated costs.

We also encourage grant recipients to engage with those who will benefit from, or be affected by, their initiative to make sure their needs are considered when designing their initiative.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. While both Lotterywest and Healthway are grant makers and work to build a better and healthier Western Australia, each organisation has its own legislation, governing Board and strategic objectives.

Lotterywest returns all available profits from its lottery to the WA community and its grant-making focuses on five priority areas:

  1. Inclusive thriving community
  2. Connected cultural experiences
  3. Protected sustainable ecosystems
  4. Smart Innovative society
  5. Active healthy people (delivered in partnership with Healthway)

Healthway, the Western Australian Health Promotion Foundation, funds sport, arts, community activities, health promotion projects and research to inspire Western Australians to live healthier lives.

Organisations eligible to apply for a Lotterywest grant are:

  • Not-for-profit organisations (i.e. none of the profits go to owners or shareholders)
  • Local government authorities.

Your organisation also needs to:

  • Be an Australian entity operating within Western Australia;
  • Not operate on behalf of the State or Federal Government;
  • Have the authority to undertake the proposed grant activities;
  • Have an organisational structure that does not allow for the distribution of profit or personal gain during operation and/or in the event of wind up;
  • Have three or more unrelated people on your Board/Management Committee. This requirement does not apply to registered Native Title Groups or Traditional Owner Groups (Prescribed Body Corporates (PBCs).

Organisations not eligible to apply for a Lotterywest grant include:

  • Individuals
  • For-profit businesses
  • State or Federal Government Government agencies.

We encourage you to contact us to discuss your organisation’s eligibility if you’re not sure what the above points mean for you.

If your organisation meets these requirements but is a smaller not-for-profit, you may prefer to be auspiced by another eligible organisation who can help you to manage your grant. Please contact us for more information if you are considering this approach.

We support a broad range of initiatives with outcomes that link to our Community Investment Framework. The initiative must either help people in need or have a public benefit for the WA community.

Please call us on 133 777 to discuss your idea if you need help understanding what this means for you.

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