Dates
No fixed rounds: apply any time.
What it funds
- Services, projects and programmes fitting one of four focus areas (Increased Equity, Social Inclusion, Regenerative Environment, Community Support)
- Events (apply six months ahead)
- Operating costs up to 30% of total expenditure
- Marae operating costs up to $25,000
What it will not fund
- Individuals
- Retrospective funding
- Debt repayment or refinancing
- Endowments
- Fundraising activities and organisations
- Running conferences
- International costs or overseas travel
- Projects promoting religious or political objectives
- Projects benefiting private owners
- Schools and core education provision
- Building feasibility studies, consents, QS or architectural drawings, and building purchase
- Core health services
Good to know
Assessment takes two to four months. Operating costs are funded up to 30% of total spending. Projects likely to make significant revenue are not eligible.
Quick Response Grants (up to $25,000) and Community Grants (over $25,000) are open all year and can be applied for online at any time; assessment takes 2 to 4 months, and event applications should go in six months before the event.
Checklist
What Foundation North says you need:
Common things funders ask for, worth having ready:
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Sources
What we relied on, in the funder's own words.
We have two funding pathways that are open all year, and that you can apply for online at any time, as well as specific funds available for fixed periods.
foundationnorth.org.nz/funding · read 15 October 2026Does your service, project or programme benefit Auckland and/or Northland communities?
foundationnorth.org.nz/funding · read 15 October 2026Does your group or organisation have charitable purpose?
foundationnorth.org.nz/funding · read 15 October 2026We don't fund retrospectively, so please submit your application for an event six months before the event date.
foundationnorth.org.nz/funding · read 15 October 2026Asian Artists' Fund
foundationnorth.org.nz/funding · read 15 October 2026I’m already registered on the Funding Hub, but am looking to register a new organisation
foundationnorth.org.nz/apply-for-funding · read 15 October 2026The following registered organisations: charitable trust, incorporated society, marae, statutory body, branch of an organisation registered under an Act of Parliament, registered under relevant legislation or a company with a charitable status.
foundationnorth.org.nz/application-guide/who-can-apply- · read 15 October 2026If you are an unregistered or new group, you may be able to submit a request with the support of an umbrella organisation.
foundationnorth.org.nz/application-guide/who-can-apply- · read 15 October 2026For every funding request, these two documents are required:
foundationnorth.org.nz/application-guide/documents-to-submit · read 15 October 2026If you are a first-time applicant, or you haven't received a grant from Foundation North in the last five years, please provide us with a letter of support.
foundationnorth.org.nz/application-guide/documents-to-submit · read 15 October 2026Operating costs – we will not fund operating costs at more than 30% of organisation’s total expenditure (based on the previous year’s financial statements).
foundationnorth.org.nz/application-guide/exclusions-and-limitations · read 15 October 2026Fundraising activities and organisations.
foundationnorth.org.nz/application-guide/exclusions-and-limitations · read 15 October 2026
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Spot something wrong? Reporting opens when the site launches. Until then, check the funder's own page linked above.