Looking for grants and funding opportunities? Each month, we curate a selection of upcoming grant opportunities across Aotearoa New Zealand to help you stay informed and plan ahead.
The Sargood Bequest 2027 Grants Round
- Areas of support: Encourages applications from groups and initiatives that: grow connection, resilience, and self-determination across people, places, and culture; are community-focused – responsive to and rooted in the community they serve; prioritise collaboration to enhance reach and impact, involving genuine partnerships; align with their values and focus areas.
- Eligible regions: For the 2027 round: Manawatū-Whanganui, Wellington, Nelson-Marlborough, West Coast, Canterbury or Otago-Southland
- Application deadline: 30 November 2026
- Grant value: Usually under/around $5,000
Transpower CommunityCare Fund Summer Funding Round
- Areas of support: Assists communities affected by Transpower’s overhead lines and substations by investing in their local projects that add real value and long-term benefits to those communities.
- Eligible regions: Community-based projects where the beneficiaries of those projects are located near Transpower assets.
- Application deadline: EOI closes 31 October 2026
- Grant value: Up to $15,000
Foundation North & Rule Foundation Fund (FNxRF)
- Areas of support: For projects that aim to address a need in takatāpui, MVPFAFF+ and rainbow communities in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) and Te Tai Tokerau (Northland). This fund is for those groups who are not currently receiving any Foundation North funding.
- Eligible regions: Auckland and Northland
- Application deadline: 27 November 2026
- Grant value: Up to $20,000 for smaller projects; up to $65,000 for larger projects.
Harcourts Foundation New Zealand Grants – Round 71
- Areas of support: Grants to reputable community-based organisations which need funding for projects and initiatives designed to benefit as many people as possible. They will prioritise applications that demonstrate that their grant will have the widest community impact.
- Eligible regions: New Zealand
- Application deadline: 9 November 2026
- Grant value: No set limit. Typically up to $5,000
TG Macarthy Trust – Contestable Grant Funding
- Areas of support: The Trust aims to build strong, inclusive and equitable communities in its region. It will achieve this by providing funding based on equity and need, while honouring its commitment to the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- Eligible regions: The old Wellington provincial district area – south of Turangi, excluding Taranaki and Hawke’s Bay
- Application deadline: 31 October 2026
- Grant value: Community support: $5,000 to $15,000; Community impact: 15,001 to $50,000
West Coast Community Trust Grants
- Areas of support: Gives financial assistance to charitable, cultural, philanthropic, recreational and other purposes being beneficial to the community principally in the West Coast region. Focuses on: Art/Culture/Heritage; Community Wellbeing; Education; Environmental Sustainability; Health; Sport/Recreation; Youth.
- Eligible regions: West Coast region, that is the local government districts of Buller, Grey and Westland
- Application deadline: 31 October 2026
- Grant value: Average grant is around $3,000
CHT Aged Care Fund
- Areas of support: Looking for applications in the following areas, directly relating to the aged care sector: Research into the needs of older people; Improved access to aged care; Aged care workforce development.
- Eligible regions: New Zealand
- Application deadline: EOI closes 31 October 2026
- Grant value: Not provided. Total grant pool up to $400,000.
Alexander McMillan Trust Grants
- Areas of support: To provide funds for religious, educational and charitable purposes within Otago. Prefer to assist with capital projects rather than recurring or administrative expenditure.
- Eligible regions: Otago
- Application deadline: 15 November 2026
- Grant value: Not provided. Previous grants from $700 – $100,000
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