Canon Grants open with $50,000 of funding up for grabs

Canon has opened applications for its 2026 Grants program, marking 20 years of support for community organisations across Australia and New Zealand.

More than $50,000 in prizes will be awarded across four categories: Education, Community, Environment, and First Nations or Cultural. Eight recipients, four in each country, will each receive $5,000 in cash and Canon products. To mark the anniversary, an additional $12,000 in studio and content packages will also be offered.

Since launching in 2007, the program has supported 130 organisations, distributing a total of $648,000 in funding and equipment. Canon says the initiative remains its longest-running community program in the region.

Previous recipients include Rainforest Rescue, which first received funding in 2018 and has since developed an ongoing partnership with Canon supporting regeneration work in the Daintree. Other projects supported by the program include the documentary Becoming Platypus, focused on Hobart’s platypus population, and advocacy work by Cerebral Palsy Alliance.

Applications for the 2026 grants are now open in both countries and close on 14 June 2026. Finalists will be put to a public vote in July, with winners announced in August.

You can find out more here.