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Lottery Fund (Lottery Grants Board, administered by DIA Community Matters)

The government's main Lottery Grants Board fund for not-for-profits, with four application types: community support services, community projects, community facilities, and equipment for people with a disability.

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Dates

What it funds

  • Equipment for people with a disability
  • Arts, culture and heritage
  • Environmental protection and restoration
  • Sport and recreation facilities

What it will not fund

Not published.

Good to know

Since 1 July 2026 the old specialist committees are gone: there is one Lottery Fund with four rounds a year, and you pick an application type when you apply. Facilities asks over $100,000 need 10 to 20% partnership funding already secured. DIA marks its round dates as indicative.

Four rounds in the 2026/27 financial year; drafts can be saved year-round but only submitted while a round is open.

Checklist

What Lottery Fund says you need:

Common things funders ask for, worth having ready:

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A community group gathered on a decorated hall stage in Piha, early 1900s
A hall in Piha, early 1900s. A.P. Godber, Alexander Turnbull Library

Sources

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

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