Trust Waikato

Dates

• Fri 13 Feb 2026 2026 Round 1. 4.30pm. Community Response. Add to calendar (.ics)Add to Google Calendar
• Fri 12 Jun 2026 2026 Round 2. 4.30pm. Community Response and Significant Capital Projects Fund (total cost $1 million or more). Add to calendar (.ics)Add to Google Calendar
• Fri 11 Sep 2026 2026 Round 3. 4.30pm. Community Response. 2027 dates not yet published. Add to calendar (.ics)Add to Google Calendar
• Fri 12 Feb 2027est. 2027 Round 1. Estimated. Rounds close 4.30pm on a Friday in February; 2026 closed Fri 13 Feb, 2024 Fri 9 Feb. 2027 dates not yet published.. Estimated from the funder's stated rule. Add to calendar (.ics)Add to Google Calendar
• Fri 11 Jun 2027est. 2027 Round 2. Estimated. Closes 4.30pm on a Friday in June; 2026 closed Fri 12 June, 2024 Fri 14 June. Significant Capital Projects Fund closes the same day.. Estimated from the funder's stated rule. Add to calendar (.ics)Add to Google Calendar
• Fri 10 Sep 2027est. 2027 Round 3. Estimated. Closes 4.30pm on a Friday in September; 2026 closed Fri 11 Sept, 2024 Fri 6 Sept.. Estimated from the funder's stated rule. Add to calendar (.ics)Add to Google Calendar

What it funds

• Culture and arts
• Community development
• Environment
• Sports and recreation
• Tangata whenua
• Wellbeing
• Projects and capital builds under $1 million
• Operating costs
• Events

What it will not fund

• Business associations
• Conference attendance or accommodation
• Endowments
• Fundraising
• Individuals
• Whaanau or family trusts
• Loan or debt repayments
• Prizes and trophies
• Retrospective expenses
• Religious ministry
• Travel outside the Waikato region or overseas
• Uniforms
• Vehicles
• Venture capital

Good to know

Usually funds about 10% of a project's cost, up to 20% for a strong fit. The 2027 dates are not out yet.

Three Community Response funding rounds a year, closing at 4.30pm in February, June and September; you can submit any time before a closing date and late applications roll to the next round. Decisions within 12 weeks of the round closing.

Checklist

What Trust Waikato says you need:

• Bank account and annual financial statements
• Charitable purpose
• Chair's report
• Most recent bank account statement
• Verified bank deposit slip
• Preferred quote for capital projects
• One Community Response grant per calendar year

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.

• Round 1: Closes 4.30pm on Friday, 13 February 2026trustwaikato.co.nz/grants-funding/closing-dates/ · read 15 October 2026
• Round 2: Closes 4.30pm on Friday, 12 June 2026trustwaikato.co.nz/grants-funding/closing-dates/ · read 15 October 2026
• Round 3: Closes 4.30pm on Friday, 11 September 2026trustwaikato.co.nz/grants-funding/closing-dates/ · read 15 October 2026
• Applications can be submitted at any time prior to the closing date for each round. Any applications received after 4.30pm on the closing date will automatically go to the next round.trustwaikato.co.nz/grants-funding/closing-dates/ · read 15 October 2026
• Thames-Coromandel, Hauraki, Matamata-Piako, Waipaa, Waikato, South Waikato, Waitomo, Ootorohanga, Ruapehu districts and Hamilton city.trustwaikato.co.nz/grants-funding/ · read 15 October 2026
• Culture and artstrustwaikato.co.nz/grants-funding/ · read 15 October 2026
• incorporated society or registered charitable trusttrustwaikato.co.nz/grants-funding/faqs/ · read 15 October 2026
• There is some flexibility around these requirements. We can, for example, fund organisations that have no legal status.trustwaikato.co.nz/grants-funding/faqs/ · read 15 October 2026
• The minimum grant is $1,000 and there is no maximum set.trustwaikato.co.nz/grants-funding/faqs/ · read 15 October 2026
• No. In practice, we tend to fund up to 10% of the project costs.trustwaikato.co.nz/grants-funding/faqs/ · read 15 October 2026
• How do I update our contact details in Fluxx?trustwaikato.co.nz/grants-funding/faqs/ · read 15 October 2026
• travel outside the Waikato region or overseastrustwaikato.co.nz/grants-funding/faqs/ · read 15 October 2026
• There are generally three Community Response Grant rounds per annum. These rounds close in February, June and Septembertrustwaikato.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1.2-Policy-Grants-Policy-2025-FINAL.pdf · read 17 October 2026
• Applications to all funding rounds close at 4.30pm on a Friday.trustwaikato.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1.2-Policy-Grants-Policy-2025-FINAL.pdf · read 17 October 2026
• Round 1: Closes 4.30pm on Friday, 13 February 2026trustwaikato.co.nz/closing-dates/ · read 17 October 2026
• Round 2: Closes 4.30pm on Friday, 12 June 2026trustwaikato.co.nz/closing-dates/ · read 17 October 2026
• Round 3: Closes 4.30pm on Friday, 11 September 2026trustwaikato.co.nz/closing-dates/ · read 17 October 2026
• Round 1: 4.30pm on Friday. 9 February Round 2: 4.30pm on Friday, 14 June Round 3: 4.30pm on Friday, 6 Septemberinstagram.com/p/C1DpaIhBRXM · 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.