Other Funding
The table below outlines several other funding sources that are available to landowners.
Organisation and website link | Funds available and closing date | Description |
Contestable $4 million fund Expressions of interest close Feb 2024 | This programme uses a community-led approach to support communities and hapū to achieve their goals by working together, building on their strengths, encouraging wide participation, developing local leaders and action plans to measure and celebrate their achievements. | |
Grants predominantly $5000 and under 5 April (opens) – 3 May (closes) | The Community Organisation Grants Scheme or COGS provides grants to non-profit organisations delivering community-based social services that contribute to achieving locally determined outcomes.. | |
$4,600,000.00 Currently closed, subscribe to mailing list for information on when next funding round opens | Supporting community-led conservation projects on public and private land | |
$1,800,000.00 Currently closed, subscribe to mailing list for information on when next funding round opens | This fund helps private landowners, local government, community groups, and others permanently protect high value ecosystems. | |
Varying grant amounts 7 June (opens) – 2 August (closes) | Lottery Environment and Heritage grants are available for projects that will help protect, conserve or care for our natural, cultural and physical heritage, or allow us to better understand and access these resources. | |
Federated Farmers Riparian Fencing and waterways Funding Initiative | $100 million has been allocated from the Provincial Growth Fund Originally established for job creation post Covid, so funding may close | Grants towards partial funding (80-100%) of waterway fencing and associated works (culverts, causeways, riparian planting, stock water) |
An online portal which provides a comprehensive list of funds (not just on conservation). You can create a login and search through the options available. | ||
There is no limit to the amount you can apply for. Board may partially fund if they don’t have sufficient funds to fully fund. Monthly applications | Support a range of sport, education, and community initiatives | |
Quarterly (Feb, May, Aug, Nov) | Achieve “more fish in the water” through promoting excellence in sustainable management. | |
Partial funding of trees/fencing. Run via MDC (get in touch with James Mills-Kelly) | Reducing erosion in upper areas of catchments | |
Applications close end of March, June and September | Promotion of the maintenance and improvement of the natural environment, as well as cultural, education and employment skills development. | |
Email application form to begin process. | Will consider funding environmental and education initiatives within their areas of investment focus. | |
$15000 for a funding period of one year. Fund is open for applications once per year. (2023 round open 14 August) | Projects which involve the community in conservation or education initiatives. | |
Funding towards plants/planting Applications close 30 June each year | Aims primarily to improve NZ game bird habitat and secondarily to improve the habitat of other wildlife | |
$250,000 contestable fund. No minimum or maximum. Most grants between $2000 and $50,000 2 application rounds per year, open in February and August each year | The Trust makes grants to projects that encourage and promote sustainable development in the Pacific and New Zealand, while conserving the natural environment and cultural heritage of its people. | |
Small grants programme ($20,000 or less) Large grants programme ($20,000 or more) Applications are open at any time, but you can only receive one grant per financial year. | Non-profit organisations with benefits to funding regions (of which Marlborough is one) | |
$300,000 Always open | To provide funding to assist to preserve and protect the natural environment in NZ. Funding of projects confined to NZ and its ocean waters. | |
link to multiple Perpetual Guardian grants | $15,000 Jan | For afforestation projects on public land. Project grants available for organisations and research grants available for individuals. |
Grants under $5000 Applications close 31st December annually | Grants to projects and activities in various categories including Environmental, with a focus on access, participation and inspiration. | |
Once per year | Provides grants to purchase, create or improve community assets that have regional or national significance. It provides grants for such capital expenditure projects with a total cost of $3 million or more. | |
$2000-$20,000 End of August | Supports landowners with ongoing management and enhancement of their protected land. | |
No closing date or donation rounds. Submit request at least four months before you need the donation | Initiatives that support environmental justice for Aotearoa New Zealand | |
Applications open for 2024 planting projects. Will provide trees (minimum of 500) | Supplies trees for native forest projects or plantings that will provide significant biodiversity outcomes and/or enhance community wellbeing/recreation. | |
6 grants of $10,000 each are available to catchment groups Register interest for next funding round Yearly | Funding available for small to med emerging catchment group that isn’t already resourced, with strong landowner engagement and an intention to engage with tangata whenua aiming for good ecological outcomes for rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands. |
