2025-26 Indigenous Councils Funding Program

The 2025-26 Indigenous Councils Funding Program (ICFP) will provide $74.6 million in operating grant funding to Queensland’s 16 Indigenous councils. This funding supports eligible councils to deliver local government services to their communities.

Recipient councils

Recipient councils for the 2025-26 ICFP are:

• Aurukun Shire Council
• Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council
• Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council
• Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council
• Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council
• Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council
• Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council
• Mornington Shire Council
• Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council
• Northern Peninsula Area Shire Council
• Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council
• Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council
• Torres Strait Island Regional Council
• Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council
• Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council
• Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council.

Resources

• 2025-26 Indigenous Councils Funding Program Guidelines (PDF, 565KB)
• Program allocations (XLSX, 12KB)

Contact information

For more information, please contact the department at LGDgrants@dlgwv.qld.gov.au.