Kāpiti Coast Youth Council’s ThinkBIG grants are available for projects that support positive change for our local youth, community, or even the world! You may qualify for up to $2,000.00!

Grants are available for young people aged between 13 and 24 who are either:

• leading or facilitating a youth-led community project

• seeking funding for their own personal development goals.

Applications close 11.59pm Sunday 19th May

To provide an opportunity to Māori with lived/living experience of hauora hinengaro (mental distress) and/or harmful substance use to study any field of their choosing including health, academic, cultural, or creative pathways.

Applications close 31st May 2024

Available to Māori undergraduate students studying to become qualified or employed in a profession or calling which includes scientific, mathematical or technical skills. Priority will be given to students with academic merit and leadership skills.

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Applications Close 31 May 2024

Scholarship for a full-time Māori undergraduate student studying in the fields of Agriculture or Environmental Sciences.

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Applications Close 31 May 2024

Our Grants support projects working to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, activities supporting community resilience, and projects supporting an equitable transition to low-carbon living on the Kāpiti Coast.  

Applications Close 11 June 2024

The Christine Foundation is considering applications for funds from NZ organisation supporting people who have mental health condition or who experience mental distress, to live well in their communities.

Applications close 30th June

Earthna Center for a Sustainable Future (Earthna) has launched the Earthna Prize, an initiative to aimed at celebrating and supporting projects, actors and systems that are working towards the preservation, integration, adaptation, and adoption of ancestral knowledge and cultural heritage in addressing contemporary environmental challenges.

By showcasing outstanding efforts, the prize aims to inspire a wider community to champion environmental stewardship and contribute to a more resilient and environmentally sustainable world.

Applications close 30th June 2024

Harcourts Foundation have a clear focus on providing grants to reputable community-based organisations which need funding for projects and initiatives designed to benefit as many people as possible. They will prioritise applications that demonstrate that their grant will have the widest community impact.

Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai offer this fund to support whānau, hapū and iwi to preserve traditional Māori knowledge and its practical use in the management of indigenous biodiversity.

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Applications Now Open

The Arts Sustainability Fund is designed to support initiatives that run over a number of years, or as seed-funding grants to artists, arts organisations or cultural groups.

The fund focuses on supporting new initiatives, and ones not previously supported by Council, that show potential to grow and become self-sustainable over the next three years.

Our Museum and Heritage Development Fund is designed to help projects or activities that showcase the rich heritage of our district, and build capacity and capability in the heritage sector. Kāpiti has a rich and vibrant heritage, and we're committed to supporting those working to tell our stories.

Applications now open

Dulux donates paint to community fundraising programmes and not-for-profits in New Zealand so they can realise their projects and protect their causes and communities.

Applications now open!