Kiwi Gaming Foundation

Dates

No fixed rounds: apply any time.

What it funds

• Amateur sport, education, arts and culture, and other community initiatives

What it will not fund

• Retrospective applications
• Applications where the full amount needed has already been funded from other sources

Good to know

Meets every two weeks, so there is no fixed closing date. Retrospective applications are not approved.

Meets fortnightly to review applications; no closing dates are published.

Checklist

What Kiwi Gaming Foundation says you need:

• Organisation based in Canterbury, Lower Hutt, Gisborne or Auckland
• Application must comply with the authorised purpose and include all relevant information
• Recent committee resolution and quotes

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.

• The Foundation's focus is now on supporting amateur sport, education, arts and culture, and other community initiatives in Canterbury, Lower Hutt, New Plymouth, Gisborne and Auckland.kiwigaming.org.nz · read 17 October 2026
• Quality funding applications from organisations based in Canterbury, Lower Hutt, Gisborne and Auckland are welcome.kiwigaming.org.nz · read 17 October 2026
• Kiwi Gaming Foundation meets fortnightly to review applications.kiwigaming.org.nz · read 17 October 2026
• are retrospective, where the application does not comply with Kiwi Gaming Foundation's authorised purpose, or where there is information that the applicant has received funding from other source(s) for the full amount needed for the purpose applied forkiwigaming.org.nz/grants-policy.html · read 17 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.