Dates
The next dates are not published yet. We add them when they are.
What it funds
- Community welfare and social services
- Sport and recreation
What it will not fund
- Arts, culture and heritage (separate Arts and Heritage Partnership Grants)
Good to know
You must put in some of your own money. The 2026 round has closed and no 2027 dates are published.
One yearly round; the 2026 round opened 26 June and closed 27 July 2026, and no 2027 dates are published.
Checklist
What Marlborough Community Grants says you need:
Common things funders ask for, worth having ready:
Ticks are saved on this device only.

Sources
What we relied on, in the funder's own words.
| 27 July 2026 | Applications close at 8.00 am |
marlborough.govt.nz/our-community/grants-and-awards/marlborough-district-council-community-grants · read 17 October 2026* Community Welfare and Social Services
marlborough.govt.nz/our-community/grants-and-awards/marlborough-district-council-community-grants · read 17 October 2026* Sport and Recreation
marlborough.govt.nz/our-community/grants-and-awards/marlborough-district-council-community-grants · read 17 October 2026For grants in the category of Arts, Culture and Heritage, this is now via the Marlborough District Council Arts and Heritage Partnership Grants:
marlborough.govt.nz/our-community/grants-and-awards/marlborough-district-council-community-grants · read 17 October 2026* Be a not-for-profit organisation, iwi group or community group.
marlborough.govt.nz/our-community/grants-and-awards/marlborough-district-council-community-grants · read 17 October 2026* Be able to supply Annual Accounts.
marlborough.govt.nz/our-community/grants-and-awards/marlborough-district-council-community-grants · read 17 October 2026There must be a monetary contribution from the applicant towards the cost of the activity applied for.
marlborough.govt.nz/our-community/grants-and-awards/marlborough-district-council-community-grants · 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.