Annual Community Funding Round

Dates

• Wed 30 Jun 2027est. June 2027 round. Estimated from the stated rule that applications open 1 June and close 30 June each year.. Estimated from the funder's stated rule. Add to calendar (.ics)Add to Google Calendar

What it funds

• Charitable purposes that benefit the Rotorua or Taupō communities
• Environment Fund for protection of the natural environment, flora and fauna

What it will not fund

• Arts projects (apply to the Arts Fund)
• Sports related costs such as uniforms, events, trips, competitions
• Organisations whose main purpose is to promote a message rather than provide a service
• Groups operating outside New Zealand
• Disaster relief organisations
• Urgent or retrospective applications
• Land, buildings, capital works or major asset purchases

Good to know

Arts projects go to Geyser's separate Arts Fund. Sports costs such as uniforms and trips, and land, buildings and capital works, are not funded. Costs must not start before the decision.

An annual round; applications open 1 June and close 30 June each year. The 2026 round closed on 30 June.

Checklist

What Geyser Community Foundation says you need:

• Project based within and benefiting the Rotorua or Taupō District
• Incorporated society, registered charity or school
• Costs must not start before funding decisions are made

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.

• Applications open 1 June and close on 30 June each year.geysercf.org.nz/get/community-funding · read 17 October 2026
• Applications must be for projects that are based within and which benefit the Rotorua or Taupō District communities (depending on which fund you are applying to), and either:geysercf.org.nz/get/community-funding · read 17 October 2026
• an Incorporated Society, orgeysercf.org.nz/get/community-funding · read 17 October 2026
• a Registered Charity orgeysercf.org.nz/get/community-funding · read 17 October 2026
• a School/Kura.geysercf.org.nz/get/community-funding · read 17 October 2026
• Applications open: 1 June 2026geysercf.org.nz/get/taupo-fund · read 17 October 2026
• Applications close: Midnight 30 June 2026geysercf.org.nz/get/taupo-fund · read 17 October 2026
• Arts (funding for arts projects should be made to the Arts Fund)geysercf.org.nz/get/taupo-fund · read 17 October 2026
• Sports related costs such as uniforms, events, trips, competitionsgeysercf.org.nz/get/taupo-fund · read 17 October 2026
• Projects, programmes, events and costs must not commence or be incurred before funding decisions are made in August/September 2026.geysercf.org.nz/get/taupo-fund · read 17 October 2026
• Operational costs (such as wages, salaries, administration, rent, utilities, office expenses, volunteer expenses, consumables and supplies)geysercf.org.nz/get/taupo-fund · read 17 October 2026
• Land, buildings, capital works or major asset purchasesgeysercf.org.nz/get/taupo-fund · read 17 October 2026

Report a mistake

Spot something wrong? Reporting opens when the site launches. Until then, check the funder's own page linked above.