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 24 items)

• Regional Funders Forums 2009

  Philanthropy New Zealand, the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector and the Department of Internal Affairs are co-ordinating a series of free Regional Funders Forums.
  Date added: 1 July 2009

• Funding to support voice of community

  Budget 2009 has allocated $1.2 million to strengthen local networks and give a voice to community groups that are often not heard in government processes, Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Tariana Turia says.
  Date added: 1 July 2009

• Applications for Community Response Fund close on 3 July

  Date added: 30 June 2009

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Publications / Resources   (Go to full list of 31 items)

• Application Guidelines - a brief guide

  These guidelines have been prepared by the Funding Information Service to help you get started in thinking about making funding applications.
  Date updated: 1 July 2009

• CorporateCitizens - The directory of corporate community involvement

  Fidelity Life Assurance Company Ltd is the latest corporate to be added to CorporateCitizens. CorporateCitizens holds details of 142 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: 15 May 2009

• 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. There are currently 741 schemes listed, 608 are open for applications. Some of the new schemes on FundView include Asia: NZ Conference Support Grant, Asia: NZ Culture Grants, Sustainable Energy Grant, Richard Hadley Sports Fund and Heritage Fund (Hutt City).
  Date updated: 28 April 2009

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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: 8 October 2008

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 27 items)

• Funding Information Service

  The Funding Information Service collects and distributes information about funding for community groups, voluntary organisations and individuals by three searchable computer 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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