Funding calendar for New Zealand community groups

Funding calendar

As at 18 October 2026. Last checked 15 October 2026.

176funders checked

233funds from them

96with a closing date

Every fund we have checked, soonest closing first. Pick your region, the kind of work and what the money is for to narrow it down.

Where is your group?

What kind of work?

Showing all 233 funds.

Closing in the next 60 days (50)

Soonest first. est. means the date is worked out from a rule the funder states, such as “the 25th of each month”, or is not yet confirmed against the funder's page.

A small community garden with raised beds, flowering shrubs and a painted mural on a neighbouring wall — Kiaora Peace Garden, Dunedin

Apply any time (35)

No fixed rounds. Most ask you to apply weeks or months before you need the money.

Closing later (46)

Rounds that close more than 60 days from now. Some are already open.

Dates not yet published (97)

These run rounds, but the next dates are not out yet. We add them when they are published.

Talk to them first (5)

You cannot apply cold: they invite applications or ask for an email first.

More funders, not yet checked

Funders we know of but haven't checked yet: grant-making charities from the Charities Register, plus a few council and trust funds. There are no dates here, and many choose who they fund, so always read their own page first.

Show 6 or more listed funders

Where is your group?

What kind of work?

Kind of funder

Name

Grant-making charities come from the Charities Register (Charities Services, Department of Internal Affairs), used under CC BY 3.0 NZ, refreshed weekly: registered charities whose latest return says they make grants to organisations. We show only organisation details, never officers.

Watercolour of a painting class sitting on a beach, wearing hats and summer dresses — Frances Hodgkins, Painting class on the beach

Start with your group’s name.

Type your group’s name and pick it from the list. We read your purposes, area and legal form from the public Charities Register, then sort every funder into fits, check first and ruled out, with the reason for each.

Not a registered charity? Answer a few questions instead. Your answers stay on this device.

Where our dates come from

Each funder page lists the pages we read, with the exact words we relied on and the day we read them. Where a funder gives a rule instead of a date, we work the date out and mark it est. Where they do not say, we say so.

Funding rounds for New Zealand community groups