Getting funding for your organisation, project, or personal development can take a lot of effort - especially if you aren't familiar with what's available. This guide provides a starting point for finding funding, and information about applying for grants, sponsorship and other funding.

The guide is maintained by Natasha McDougall of the Funding Information Service. The Funding Information Service provide accessible and comprehensive funding information for New Zealand community groups, voluntary organisations and individuals .

Suggestions for new material and feedback are welcomed; contact Natasha.

News   (Go to full list of 32 items)

• Request for proposal - Ngā Kanohi Kitea: Māori Knowledge and Development Research Fund

  The Health Research Council of New Zealand has released a Request For Proposal (RFP) for the Ngā Kanohi Kitea: Māori Knowledge and Development Research funding initiative.
  Date added: 1 September 2010

• Lotteries fund to support Rugby World Cup festival events

  Public events as part of next year's nationwide Rugby World Cup festival will be supported by a new $9.5 million lotteries fund, Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully and Internal Affairs Minister Nathan Guy announced today.
  Date added: 1 September 2010

• Funding For 2011 Waitangi Day Activities

  Waitangi Day 2011 is set to be filled with colourful events around the country thanks to community funding made available through the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  Date added: 20 August 2010

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Publications / Resources   (Go to full list of 28 items)

• BreakOut - Database of scholarships and grants for individuals

  BreakOut is the primary source of information about funding for individuals in New Zealand. It contains over 3000 scholarships and grants.
  Date updated: 6 July 2010

• CorporateCitizens - The directory of corporate community involvement

  CorporateCitizens holds details of New Zealand businesses that are committed to building relationships with community and voluntary organisations. It is the first port of call for New Zealand organisations looking for mutually beneficial relationships with businesses offering volunteering, mentoring, sponsorship, gifts in kind, loans and other initiatives.
  Date updated: 6 July 2010

• FundView - Funding for community groups and organisations

  FundView is the first stop for information about funding sources for community groups and organisations in New Zealand.
  Date updated: 6 July 2010

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Templates

• Commonly required application information

  Many funders will require similar information to be included with your applications. It can be useful to keep this information routinely up to date so you can easily make funding applications.
  Date updated: 26 March 2010

Case Studies

• Success Stories

  The Funding Information Service has a number of stories provided by funders that have their funding schemes in FundView, BreakOut and CorporateCitizens.
  Date updated: 12 November 2008

Websites   (Go to full list of 29 items)

• Funding Information Service

  The Funding Information Service collects and distributes information about funding for community groups, voluntary organisations and individuals by way of three searchable online databases: FundView, ...
  Date added: 29 August 2007

• ANGOA

  The Association of Non-Governmental Organisations of Aotearoa (ANGOA) is a unique network of organisations from across the range of NGO’s in Aotearoa New Zealand including national, regional and local groups. Our member organisations are ...
  Date added: 19 February 2008

• Community Sector Taskforce

  The Community Sector Taskforce is an independent Treaty-based body of ten community representatives, established in 2003 mandated to continue the work developed by the joint community sector and government working parties (2000-2002) to develop the ...
  Date added: 19 February 2008

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