Discretionary Grant Funding

Dates

No fixed rounds: apply any time.

What it funds

• Community projects or costs deemed of significant value to the Hauraki community
• Community groups for charitable, cultural, philanthropic, recreational and other purposes

What it will not fund

• Private gain, business initiatives and commercial enterprises
• Subscriptions to memberships
• Wages/honorariums or usual operational expenditure, unless specified by Council
• Political organisations
• Repayment of debt, loan, mortgage payments or investments
• Individual or team uniforms
• Projects, programmes and related costs which have already occurred

Good to know

This is a last-resort fund, so apply only after other funders have been tried. The guidelines linked on the page are the 2024 edition. Grants over $2,000 need an accountability report.

Considered case by case, with no set round dates.

Checklist

What Hauraki Discretionary Grants says you need:

• Locally recognised organisation in the Hauraki district
• Other external funding sources exhausted
• Apply on the application form
• Report back for grants over $2,000

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.

• We may also consider discretionary funding separate to our other available funding areas. The discretionary grant funding is to assist with community projects or costs deemed of significant value to the Hauraki community and are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/community/grants-funding · read 17 October 2026
• Funding is available for community groups for charitable, cultural, philanthropic, recreational and other purposes beneficial to the Hauraki community.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:2jpo4nuxg17q9srdjc4b/hierarchy/Grants-Funding/Discretionary-Grant-Guidelines.pdf · read 17 October 2026
• Financial assistance will only be available for locally recognised organisations within the Hauraki district whose principal functions and/or activities are of a community nature.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:2jpo4nuxg17q9srdjc4b/hierarchy/Grants-Funding/Discretionary-Grant-Guidelines.pdf · read 17 October 2026
• Grants are awarded on a by application basis, with applications from the community when the need for funding is identified and all other external funding sources have been exhausted.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:2jpo4nuxg17q9srdjc4b/hierarchy/Grants-Funding/Discretionary-Grant-Guidelines.pdf · read 17 October 2026
• Any recipient of Community Grant funds over $2,000 must report back to Council on the project by way of a funding accountability report.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:2jpo4nuxg17q9srdjc4b/hierarchy/Grants-Funding/Discretionary-Grant-Guidelines.pdf · read 17 October 2026
• Funding for private gain, business initiatives and commercial enterprises.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:2jpo4nuxg17q9srdjc4b/hierarchy/Grants-Funding/Discretionary-Grant-Guidelines.pdf · read 17 October 2026
• Community Grants are not for the payment of wages/honorariums or usual operational expenditure, unless specified by Council.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:2jpo4nuxg17q9srdjc4b/hierarchy/Grants-Funding/Discretionary-Grant-Guidelines.pdf · read 17 October 2026
• 4.4. Projects/programmes and related costs which have already occurred.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:2jpo4nuxg17q9srdjc4b/hierarchy/Grants-Funding/Discretionary-Grant-Guidelines.pdf · read 17 October 2026
• 4.6. Political Organisations. 4.7. Repayment of debt, loan, mortgage payments or investments. 4.8. Individual or team uniforms.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:2jpo4nuxg17q9srdjc4b/hierarchy/Grants-Funding/Discretionary-Grant-Guidelines.pdf · read 17 October 2026
• 4.3. Subscriptions to memberships.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:2jpo4nuxg17q9srdjc4b/hierarchy/Grants-Funding/Discretionary-Grant-Guidelines.pdf · read 17 October 2026

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