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Community Grants Fund

A yearly council grant for not-for-profit groups delivering community benefit in the Carterton District, covering project wages, running costs and materials.

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Dates

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What it funds

  • Project wages and professional fees
  • Administration, rent, insurance and utilities
  • Marketing and communications
  • Programme delivery costs such as materials, equipment or venue hire

What it will not fund

  • Debt servicing or repayment
  • Legal expenses
  • Religious or political purposes
  • Commercial or profit making initiatives
  • Sports team accommodation, travel or uniforms
  • Retrospective costs
  • Purchase of alcohol

Good to know

Groups asking for more than $1000 must be incorporated or a registered charity. Wages must be tied to project delivery.

The community grants round opens mid June and closes 31 July each year; the 2027 dates are not published.

Checklist

What Carterton Community Grants says you need:

Common things funders ask for, worth having ready:

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Sketch of Wellington Harbour in the 1840s, with a sailing boat in the foreground
Charles Heaphy, Wellington Harbour

Sources

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