The APRA Board sets aside 1.5% of distributable revenue each year to fund projects, organisations and events which promote the use and recognition of music by APRA members. There is a formal grants assessment procedure in place. For further information see Criteria for Grants.
At the July Board meeting, the APRA Board approved funding for the 2009-2010 financial year to the following recipients:
- 2MBS FM
- Americana Music Festival and Conference
- Arcko Symphonic Project
- Arts Law Centre of Australia
- Asong
- Australasian Association of Campus Activities
- Australian Children's Music Foundation
- Australian Film, Television and Radio School
- Australian Guild of Screen Composers
- Australian Jazz Convention, 64th
- Australian Music Centre
- Australian Music Prize Ltd
- Australian Songwriter's Association
- Australian Songwriters Conference
- Australian Women’s Festival of Improvised Music
- Beaudesert Community Radio Group Inc
- Black Arm Band
- Black Harmonies
- Brisbane Powerhouse Pty Ltd
- Camerata Pty Ltd
- Carclew Youth Arts Centre
- Community Broadcasting Association of Australia
- Country Music Association of Australia
- Darebin City Council
- Darebin Songwriters Guild
- Deni Play on the Plains Festival Ltd
- Dream Incorporated Pty Ltd
- Falls Festival
- Fellowship of Australian Composers Inc.
- Folk Alliance Australia
- Folk Federation of South Australia
- Four Winds Festival
- Fraynework Multimedia
- Fretfest Pty Ltd
- Fuse Festival - Adelaide Fringe
- Gold Coast Music Industry Association
- Goolari Media Enterprises
- Jazz Action Society
- JazzGroove Mothership Orchestra Inc.
- Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra
- Live at the Quarry
- Macarthur Country Music Awards
- Machine for Making Sense
- MATS Music and Arts Junior Talent Search Pty Ltd
- Media Resource Centre
- Melbourne Composers’ League
- Melbourne International Jazz Festival
- Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival
- Mildura Country Music Festival Inc.
- Monash Philharmonic Music Festival
- Multiicultural Arts Victoria
- Murraylands Music Festival
- Music Broadcasting Society of Victoria (3MBS FM)
- Music NT
- Music NT - Indigenous Music Awards
- Music NT Inc. Songwriter’s Retreat
- Music OZ
- Musica Viva Australia
- Musicians Making a Difference
- MusicNSW
- Musique Arts Pty Ltd
- Next Big Thing, The
- One Movement Pty Ltd
- Peggy Glanville-Hicks
- Places and Spaces
- Port Fairy Folk Festival
- Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, The
- Progressive Broadcasting Service Co-Op Ltd
- Push Inc, The
- QMusic
- Queenscliff Music Festival Inc.
- Queenscliff Music Festival Inc. and AWME
- Queensland Music Festival – Songtrails
- Radio Eastern Sydney Cooperative Ltd
- Screenworks
- Semaphore Music Festival
- Shopfront Songs
- Songsalive!
- Songwriters, Composers and Lyricists Association Inc. (SCALA)
- Songwriting Society of Australia
- South Australian Council for Country Music Inc.
- South Australian Country Music Festival & Awards, The (Riverland Country Music Club Inc.)
- Southern Cross University
- Stonnington Jazz
- Sutherland Shire Symphony Orchestra
- Sydney Youth Orchestra
- Talent Development Project
- Tamworth Songwriter’s Association Inc.
- The Song Room
- Tura New Music
- University of Western Sydney
- Vibe Australia Pty Ltd
- Victorian & National Country Music Awards
- WAM
- WAM – Indigenous Awards
- Wangaretta Festival of Jazz Inc.
- Wingham A-Koo Stik
- York Jazz and Soul Festival
- Yothu Yindi Foundation (Garma Festival)