BlueSky Community Trust grants

Dates

No fixed rounds: apply any time.

What it funds

• Education
• Community cultural and arts festivals
• Public amenities
• Sports facilities and amateur sport
• Wages where necessary for the purpose

What it will not fund

• Retrospective grants
• Election candidates
• Lobby or pressure groups
• Social events
• Professional sport
• Personal or commercial gain

Good to know

Cut-off is the 10th of each month. The grant must be spent within 3 months.

Applications are cut off on the 10th of each month and normally considered on the last Sunday of the month.

Checklist

What BlueSky Community Trust says you need:

• Applicant must be a non-profit body
• Spend the grant within 3 months and send invoices and bank statements
• Apply online

Common things funders ask for, worth having ready:

• What exactly is the money for, and when will you spend it?
• How much do you need, and do you have quotes under three months old?
• Who benefits, and how many people?
• Your legal name, registration number and bank account in the group's name.
• A committee or board decision approving the application (some funders want a signed resolution).
• Your latest financial statements or annual return.
• Other funders you have applied to for the same thing.

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Sources

What we relied on, in the funder's own words.

• BlueSky gives priority to grant applicants based in the cities where its gaming venues are located.bluesky.org.nz · read 17 October 2026
• The cut-off date for applications is the **10th day of each month**.bluesky.org.nz · read 17 October 2026
• BlueSky makes grants for education, community cultural and arts festivals, public amenities, sports facilities, amateur sport and other charitable and non-commercial purposesbluesky.org.nz · read 17 October 2026
• ● non-profit community cultural or arts festivals;bluesky.org.nz/grants/authorised-purposes/ · read 17 October 2026
• ● lobby groups or action/pressure groups (e.g. Greenpeace, or Sensible Sentencing Trust);bluesky.org.nz/grants/authorised-purposes/ · read 17 October 2026
• 3. The grant is to be applied to specific and future purposes; no retrospective grants can be made.bluesky.org.nz/grants/ · read 17 October 2026
• spent within 3 months of the grant being madebluesky.org.nz/grants/ · read 17 October 2026

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