Grants

Grants and funding for community groups in Aotearoa, checked against each funder's own page.

Closing soon: 18 October Top Up Community Grants Mental Health Foundation · $10,000 to $40,000 per project, $280,000 total

Closing soon: 30 October Community Building Projects Foundation North · Requests over $100,000

Open until 30 November Shirley McKenzie Scholarship Deaf Aotearoa

Open any time Community Response Grants Trust Waikato · Minimum $1,000, no maximum set

Open any time Large Grants Rātā Foundation · Over $20,000

Open any time Māori Development Fund Te Puni Kōkiri · Minimum funding amount is $100,000 of the total value of the investment

Open any time Small Grants Rātā Foundation · $20,000 or less

Open any time The Equipment Fund CCS Disability Action · $100 to $7,500

Check with funder Māori Health Leadership Scholarships Te Rau Ora · $1,000 to $5,000 NZD

Recently closed (2)

Closed 6 September 2026 Nōku te Ao Puna Pūtea | Social Action Grants Mental Health Foundation · Between $10,000 and up to $40,000

Closed 5 October 2026 ‘Inasi Fund Foundation North and Le Va · Up to $10,000

Grant news

Grant recipients · Community sector

The new track will sit beside a pump track that locals have already finished building.

Manawa Trust · 14 October 2026

Applications for Top Up Community Grants close at 11:59 pm on Sunday 18 October 2026.

Mental Health Foundation · 13 October 2026