$70.6M

Approved
$52.6M in 2021-2022

693

Grants and community support contributions
775 in 2021-2022

834

Applications processed
870 in 2021-2022

$1.62B

Invested at year end
$1.73B in 2021-2022
Increased Equity

Increased Equity

  • $833,620 to 34 organisations for community-led responses to cyclone/flood relief
  • $291,200 to The Cause Collective for the establishment of a Creative and Tech Hub in South Auckland
  • A Quick Response Grant of $11,088 to a new grantee, School Start First Impressions in Whangārei, towards school starter packs
  • $795,137 to Te Tiriti o Waitangi Marae Charitable Trust for the restoration of the 100-year-old Te Tiriti o Waitangi 1840 Whare Tupuna and towards piloting wānanga holiday programmes

86 grants approved totalling $19.32 million

Social Inclusion

Social Inclusion

  • $131,895 to long-standing grantee Multicultural Whangārei for operating costs and a Whangārei Community Resettlement Project to support a refugee family and their new life in Whangārei
  • A Quick Response Grant of $20,000 to first-time grantee Fiji Girmit Foundation NZ towards a commemoration event marking the arrival of Girmitiyas (Indian indentured labourers) to Fiji and celebrating the history, culture, and identity of Fijian Indians
  • $151,936 to Auckland Pride Inc. for the Pride festival and parade, including delivery of Te Tīmatanga, Auckland Pride’s Takatāpui Festival and the Access Pride Fund, increasing accessibility and participation by disabled communities in the festival and its events
  • Partnering alongside other funders, Todd Foundation, JR McKenzie, Spectrum Foundation, to support The D*List, a movement to transform attitudes to disabled people (Impact Funding grant of $900,00 over 3 years)

97 requests for funding approved totalling $10.71 million

Regenerative Environment

Regenerative Environment

  • $60,000 to Six Generations Limited in support of the Auckland Climate Festival to create spaces for those championing climate action, and those who are often underrepresented in climate action but who are most affected by the impacts of climate change
  • A Quick Response Grant of $15,000 (umbrellaed by Māngere East Family Service Centre) in support of Te Ara-rata Stream Team, working to stop the deteriorating state of the urban stream located in Māngere
  • $251,462 over 2 years to Conservation Volunteers NZ for operating costs and towards the Papakura Stream Restoration Project
  • $500,000 Impact Funding grant to support Ihirangi Trust to establish a rangatahi-led marae focused climate action initiative

47 grants approved totalling $15.29 million

Community Support

Community Support

  • A Quick Response Grant of $8,554 to Māori Hockey for an inaugural Matariki Tournament, enabling 396 youth players with Māori whakapapa to participate in 32 five-a-side teams across Tāmaki Makaurau
  • $272,501 to long-standing Whangārei grantee One Double Five Whare Awhina Community House Trust, which offers a safe space for all to obtain support and help to improve wellbeing
  • $11,300 to first-time grantee The Yes And Trust to deliver the Connect Programme run by Covert Theatre in partnership with Mt Richmond Special School, Ōtāhuhu enabling students with high and complex needs to access improvisation classes
  • $7.3 million to 11 organisations for community building projects, including West Auckland Riding for the Disabled Association and Kaikohe & Districts Sportsville Incorp.

463 grants approved totalling $25.85 million

Sums approved by location

Sums approved by location

Far North
$20,801,123
Whangarei
$6,873,082
Kaipara
$1,252,696
Rodney
$1,369,145
North Shore
$1,047,555
Waitakere
$1,885,120
Auckland
$25,144,545
Manukau
$8,977,996
Papakura
$1,317,194
Franklin
$1,961,523

Funding approved by programme

Community Funding Programmes

Asian Artists’ Fund 1.0
19 $430,000
Community Buildings
11 $7,299,912
Community Grants 255 $30,267,890
Quick Response Grants 323 $4,831,841
Total approved: $42,829,643

Impact Funding Programmes

Impact funding grants 50 $26,936,716
Impact investment 1 $30,000
Rapid Response
34 $833,620
Total approved: $27,800,336
Grand total:  693
$70,629,979