The Tindall Foundation

Dates

No fixed rounds: apply any time.

What it funds

• Parents and early years
• Housing, food security and energy hardship
• Identity and social cohesion
• Community capacity and locally led solutions
• Rangatahi pathways
• Environment

What it will not fund

• Medical, clinical, mental health or addiction services
• Disability services
• Aged care
• Core education
• Sport
• Arts, museums and galleries
• Animal charities
• Buildings, vehicles and major assets
• Individuals
• Urgent or retrospective requests

Good to know

Smaller local requests ($500 to $15,000) go to your regional Local Donation Manager, not to Tindall directly. Health, disability and aged care services are excluded.

Direct requests can be made any time; local donations go through Local Donation Managers, each with their own timing.

Checklist

What Tindall Foundation says you need:

• Charitable purpose (charitable trust, incorporated society, marae or donee status)

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.

• To receive a donation from TTF, you must show charitable purpose.tindall.org.nz/donations-and-eligibility · read 17 October 2026
• Systems change and community-led initiatives that strengthen food security, food sovereignty, and access to clean drinking water.tindall.org.nz/donations-and-eligibility · read 17 October 2026
• Disability services, including services, care, equipment, research, or facilities where eligibility is based on living with a disability.tindall.org.nz/donations-and-eligibility · read 17 October 2026
• Local Donation Managers are trusted partners of The Tindall Foundation, helping to distribute small, locally targeted donations ranging from $500 to $15,000tindall.org.nz/local-donation-managers/ · read 17 October 2026
• If you are seeking support to deliver a local initiative, project or service that contributes to our overall outcomes you will apply directly to one of the Local Donation Managers within your region.tindall.org.nz/local-donation-managers/ · 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.