Who we help
Locked out by structure, not by merit
Tiny Sports works with independent coaches and small community sports clubs who cannot reach government grants because of how they are structured, not because their programs are unworthy of funding.
The gap
The incorporation gap
Government grant programs for grassroots sport typically require applicants to be incorporated: a company, an association, or a registered body. The requirement exists for good reasons. It provides accountability, governance, and an entity that can enter into legal agreements.
The problem is that much of the best grassroots sport in Australia is run by individual coaches who never incorporated. They did not need to. They just started coaching and their programs grew. Now there is funding available that they cannot touch because of how they are structured, not because of what they are doing.
Tiny Sports closes that gap. We provide the incorporated structure. The coach keeps running their program.
Three profiles
The programs we support
Sole traders
Independent coaches
If you run a coaching program as a sole trader, in triathlon, cycling, swimming, athletics, team sports, martial arts or anything else, you are almost certainly ineligible to apply for Sport and Recreation Victoria or Queensland Active Clubs grants directly. Those programs require an incorporated entity. Tiny Sports is that entity.
- Triathlon and multisport coaches
- Road and track cycling coaches
- Swimming and aquatics coaches
- Athletics and running coaches
- Strength and conditioning coaches serving community athletes
- Coaches across all sporting disciplines at community level
Limited admin capacity
Small community sports clubs
Many small clubs have the volunteers, the athletes and the programs, but not the time or expertise to write grant applications. A club secretary who also coaches three nights a week cannot spend another 20 hours researching and writing an application. We do the grant work so your volunteers can focus on the sport.
- Clubs with fewer than 200 members
- Clubs without paid administrative staff
- Clubs that have never applied for a government grant
- Clubs that applied unsuccessfully in the past
- Newly incorporated clubs building their first grant track record
Removing barriers
Programs serving disadvantaged athletes
Grants for community sport exist to increase participation, particularly for athletes facing financial, geographic or social barriers. Programs working with low-income families, Indigenous communities, athletes with disabilities, or young people in under-resourced areas are exactly what these grants are designed to fund. Tiny Sports prioritises these programs.
- Programs serving athletes from low-income households
- Indigenous community sport programs
- Disability sports and inclusive programs
- Rural and regional programs where participation costs are higher
- Youth programs in areas with limited sporting infrastructure
- Programs for recently arrived communities and refugees
Sport-agnostic
Sports we work with
The grant programs we work with cover all community sports. If your sport is not listed, that is not a barrier. We can assess your eligibility either way.
- Triathlon
- Road cycling
- Track cycling
- Swimming
- Running and athletics
- Football (all codes)
- Netball
- Basketball
- Tennis
- Martial arts
- Gymnastics
- Rowing
- Water polo
- Volleyball
- All other community sports
Where we operate
Victoria and Queensland first
Tiny Sports was incorporated in 2026 and is currently focused on grant programs in Victoria and Queensland, where the SRV Sporting Club Grants Program and Queensland's Active Clubs funding are active.
Our first partner program, Jarasport, is based in Victoria. We are actively seeking partner coaches and clubs in Queensland, New South Wales and other states.
Geographic scope will expand as we build our grant track record. If you are based elsewhere, get in touch anyway. It is worth a conversation.
Founding partner
Jarasport, the proof of concept
Jarasport is Tiny Sports' founding partner program: a triathlon and cycling coaching operation in Victoria run by Coach Simon, whose athletes have competed at ITU World Championships level.
Coach Simon operates as a sole trader. Despite outstanding results at community level, Jarasport could not access Sport and Recreation Victoria grants without an incorporated partner. Tiny Sports was built to solve exactly this problem.
We are now looking to replicate the model with coaches and clubs across Australia.
Does this sound like your program?
Get in touch. We will ask a few questions about your program and let you know whether there is funding available and whether Tiny Sports can help you access it.