Does your community or voluntary group need money? Grants are available from the Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS) and Lottery Grants Board. To be eligible you must be a Not-For-Profit organisation based in New Zealand.
Grants are distributed through a number of committees which meet to consider applications. These are listed below. Click on the committee name for an overview of the projects it will provide funds for. You can find out more about the funding policies of these committees by downloading the relevant information sheet. You may make a paper application by downloading the relevant grant application form and there are guides and information sheets available for completing these forms.
Committees which consider online and paper applications:
Committees which consider paper and other types of applications only:
Committees which no longer consider applications:
- Lottery Community Facilities
- Lottery General
- Lottery Seniors
- Lottery Welfare
- Lottery Youth