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If you know of any funding related news items we'd be very happy to hear from you. Please email any news items to Rachael Mansfield at the Funding Information Service.

  • Almost 80 percent of volunteers also give (details)

    A new research report 'How do New Zealanders give?' estimates that almost 80 percent of volunteers have also donated money or goods in the previous 12 months. The report was released to coincide with Volunteer Awareness Week (15 - 21 June) ...
    Date added: 30 June 2008
  • Bill Gates leaves Microsoft to focus on philanthropy (details)

    SEATTLE (Reuters) - Sensing the start of a personal computer revolution, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to start Microsoft Corp and pursue a vision of a computer on every desk ...
    Date added: 30 June 2008
  • Boost to te reo Mâori teaching scholarships (details)

    News Release A $30,000 a year scholarship is being created to encourage te reo Mâori speakers working in other careers to retrain as teachers, Associate Education Minister Parekura Horomia ...
    Date added: 2 October 2007
  • Community Development Scheme funding round open (details)

    CHANGES TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME The Department of Internal Affairs began taking applications for the newly restructured Community Development Scheme on 4 July. Four of the Department of ...
    Date added: 16 July 2008
  • Creative NZ calls for Maori and Pacific artists (details)

    Creative New Zealand is calling for applications from Māori and Pacific artists to be part of the New Zealand delegation attending the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts in Pago Pago, American Samoa ...
    Date added: 13 December 2007
  • Free media for Hamilton community groups (details)

    The launch of the annual Community Media Grant on Thursday, 1 May offers a major boost for Hamilton’s not-for-profit sector. The grant is an initiative of Community Radio Hamilton, Bettle ...
    Date added: 30 April 2008
  • Frozen Funds Charitable Trust launched (details)

    The Frozen Funds Charitable Trust was officially launched this morning in Wellington by the Hon Ruth Dyson, Minister for Disability Issues.
    Date added: 19 February 2008
  • Funding Helps Local Sustainability Programmes (details)

    Two community-based initiatives, the Sustainable Living Programme and the Sustainability Trust’s Ecokiwi scheme, have received $100,000 each to help people take their next steps to be more ...
    Date added: 10 March 2008
  • Funding opportunity: Save the Children Small Grants Fund (details)

    Save the Children New Zealand invites you to submit applications for the Small Grants Fund. The Small Grants Fund is targeted at local projects advancing the rights of New Zealand children. Save ...
    Date added: 23 July 2008
  • Government support of giving will strengthen local communities (details)

    Members of ComVoices, an independent coalition of Tangata Whenua, community and voluntary sector, say the introduction of a voluntary payroll giving system will positively impact sector organisations ...
    Date added: 22 April 2008
  • Importance of Community Sector recognised (details)

    The New Zealand Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations and New Zealand Council of Social Services are delighted to see that the Community & Voluntary Sector portfolio has been promoted to ...
    Date added: 14 December 2007
  • Investing in sustainable community services (details)

    The government has announced a new package to boost and guarantee funding for community organisations that provide essential services to families, children, and young people.
    Date added: 19 February 2008
  • It's just become a whole lot easier to give. (details)

    It’s just got a whole lot easier to give thanks to a law change that comes into effect today. The law change means that the tax rebate cap for individuals, companies and Maori authorities has ...
    Date added: 22 April 2008
  • Kiwis Feast on Volunteering (details)

    Kiwis around the country have been inspired to volunteer during Volunteer Awareness Week. Statistics from Volunteering New Zealand show a huge leap in numbers visiting the Volunteer Now website www. ...
    Date added: 1 July 2008
  • Lottery Community Facilities Fund (details)

    The Lottery Community Facilities Fund Committee makes grants to organisations for projects to build or improve community facilities. Funding is provided for community facilities that support participation in community activities and social ...
    Date added: 1 May 2008
  • Lottery Community Sector Research Fund  (details)

    In January 2008, the Lottery Grants Board established a new fund to further its aim of fostering the development and application of knowledge in and for New Zealand communities. The Lottery Community Sector Research Fund will consider applications ...
    Date added: 1 May 2008
  • Making funding processes "youth friendly" (details)

    The J R McKenzie Trust recently commissioned some research about ways of funding that involve young people, and make funding more accessible for young people's projects. Lisa Woods researched many ...
    Date added: 26 April 2007
  • Nelson's Annual Funding Expo (details)

    The Nelson region’s annual Funding Expo - a mecca for the region’s community groups - is scheduled for 16 May, with speakers and displays on topics ranging from getting your message out to why the job of funder is not as easy as it ...
    Date added: 6 May 2008
  • New $16m fund for significant community projects (details)

    A major new fund will assist community projects of regional and national significance through to completion.
    Date added: 15 October 2007
  • New tax obligations for online fundraising (details)

    Does your organisation fundraise by selling goods online? Some people and organisations that regularly sell goods online, whether it is via an auction web site such as TradeMe, or other such sites, ...
    Date added: 6 December 2007
  • NGO Social Work Study Awards – 2009 Application Round (details)

    Date added: 26 June 2008
  • NZ charities to benefit from Paul Newman's Own. (details)

    Movie star Paul Newman’s 2008 charity campaign will see NZ$100,000 donated to New Zealand charities.
    Date added: 22 April 2008
  • NZ Mental Health Media Grants (details)

    The New Zealand Mental Health Media Grants, launched last year, opened for 2008 applications on 1 March and look for proposals that will help reduce stigma and discrimination by informing the public ...
    Date added: 10 March 2008
  • Payroll Giving - a whole lot easier to give (details)

    Philanthropy New Zealand says putting payroll-giving into action in New Zealand workplaces should bring about a stronger culture of giving and generosity.
    Date added: 22 April 2008
  • Payroll giving - making it easier to donate (details)

    The government is looking at ways to make it easier for people to donate to their favourite charities and other non-profit causes.
    Date added: 14 December 2007
  • Philanthropist Sir Roy McKenzie dies. (details)

    Sir Roy McKenzie, one of New Zealand's most prolific philanthropists, has died in his home city of Wellington, aged 84. (Story on www.stuff.co.nz)
    Date added: 26 September 2007
  • Report on Māori organisations and their funding information needs (details)

    This report from the Funding Information Service presents the findings of a study of Māori organisations surveyed on their funding information needs.
    Date added: 1 October 2004
  • Statistics New Zealand Release Stats on Unpaid Work (details)

    QuickStats About Unpaid Work looks at the unpaid work of adults (aged 15 years and over) who usually live in New Zealand. Information in this QuickStats is based on New Zealand’s 2006 Census of ...
    Date added: 12 December 2007
  • Survey: Government Funding of Not-For-Profits  (details)

    This survey looked at central government’s funding of non-profit organisations (NPOs). It highlights that in 2005/06: the largest amounts of departmental payments were made to NPOs in the ...
    Date added: 15 May 2008
  • The Open Door Project TV3 (details)

    Do you have something to say to the people of New Zealand, and no way of saying it? If you’re involved in an issue, a cause or an activity that you want people to know about, you can apply to ...
    Date added: 12 December 2007