Grants and funding

Auckland City Council provides various types of assistance to help ensure the needs of Auckland's diverse community groups are being met. This assistance includes grants and funding for the arts, community groups and projects within Auckland City Council boundaries.

Funding available

Community Board Discretionary Funding: To assist community groups and other voluntary organisations operating within their communities.
Community Group Accommodation Support Fund: Funding available to assist with accommodation costs.
Community Group Assistance Fund (CGAF): Funding available for community groups with a citywide focus.
Arts Alive funding scheme: For professional performing artists and organisations.
Community Board Local Funding: Funding available from community boards.
Creative Communities: For projects that are arts related.
Cultural heritage fund: To assist people to conserve, restore and protect aspects of Auckland's built heritage.
Local event funding: For free events specific to community board areas.
Natural heritage grant: For conservation projects on private land in the Hauraki Gulf Islands.
One Tree Hill Jubilee Educational Trust: For education or educational advancement in the One Tree Hill area.
Road safety Community Focused Activites: For groups and organisations interested in delivering road safety initiatives in their community
School holiday programme fund: Funding for school holiday programme providers.
Small Local Improvement Projects (SLIPs): small projects that can help to improve local surroundings or provide opportunities to the community.
Strategic relationship fund: Provides larger and longer-term grants to enable groups to plan and build sustainable initiatives for the future.

More useful information

ASB Community Trust: Distributes grants to the not-for-profit sector throughout Auckland and Northland
Community loans policy: Loans for recreational, community, sporting, arts or cultural facilities in Auckland city
Funding calendar: For arts, community groups and projects.
Funding sources quick reference guide: A guide to funding sources.
Fundview: A database on the library website for finding community funding sources. Produced by the Funding Information Service.
How to organise events (Funding and your budget): Covers grants, sponsorship, budgets and costing of events.
NZLive.com: A cultural funding guide, developed by Creative NZ, Te Papa and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
Rates payment assistance: Options available for assistance with payment of rates.
The Lion Foundation: A charitable trust that exists for the purpose of raising funds for the community.

Please contact us if you require more information.