Community Grants make a real difference throughout Tasman District – and applications for this year’s funding round are open until 31 July 2025.
These grants support organisations whose work brings real value to our communities, enhancing well-being and helping Tasman thrive.
If your group has a great community project on the horizon, a Community Grant could help bring it to life. The grants cover a wide range of activities, supporting everything from service organisations and festivals to sports clubs, welfare services, arts, culture, heritage, and environmental initiatives.
To be considered, projects should meet a community need, have local support, and align with our community outcomes. Preference will be given to projects that also have financial backing from other sources.
Funding can go towards one-off projects, service delivery, project development, and some administration costs. Read more details about the criteria below.
Applications open on 1 May and close on 31 July each year. Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Please note each year, more funding requests are received than funds available and not all applications are successful. The Community Grants Subcommittee decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
To ensure grants fit with the purpose of Local Government, applications must:
The grants provide assistance to specific areas of the applying organisation’s operations – these are:
Initiatives that support job creation, employment opportunities, volunteer recruiting and the development of the governance structure of community organisations. Average allocations are less than $4,500
Initiatives that support the preservation, profile and awareness of the districts history, arts and cultures. Average allocations are less than $2,000.
Support for events that engage with the community and celebrate their unique culture. An emphasis will be on supporting new events to become established and self funding. Average allocations are less than $1,500
Support for community based programmes with a social, educational or sport and recreation focus. Average allocations are less than $1,000.
Support for community based social services which aim to improve the self esteem, independence and skills of socially disadvantaged. Average allocations are less than $1,250.
Support for the administration and materials related to projects such as plantings, landscaping, beautification and weed control in public places. Average allocations are less than $1,500.
Support for community based organisations that offer first response emergency services. Average allocations are less than $1,000.
Support for club and/or group led sport and recreation facility development. An emphasis is on new capital projects or facility improvements. Grants are up to a maximum of $5,000.
Community Grants do not provide funding for:
Applications must be on the official application form and only one application per project will be accepted.
All grant applications become public knowledge via agendas and minutes.
Grants must only be used for the purpose applied for. If you’re anticipating generating surplus from the project please explain what these funds are being used for.
Successful applicants will be required to complete an accountability form to report on how the grant was spent and if the outcomes were achieved. Accountabilities must be received prior to applying for further funds.
Please complete the online Community Grants Accountability Form.
Letters of notification will be sent by early October.
Applications are assessed by the Community Grants Subcommittee made up of a councillor from each ward.
Contact: Community Partnerships Coordinator, Tasman District Council. Send an email here.
The Tasman District Council allocates funds towards the annual Community Grants with the expectation of the following benefits:
Priority will be given to projects that:
|
Organisation |
Amount Allocated |
|
ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE, MUSEUMS |
|
|
Collingwood Memorial Library |
$1,000.00 |
|
DCM Dance Collective Mohua |
$1,000.00 |
|
East Takaka Hall Society |
$500.00 |
|
Golden Bay Heritage Aorere Trust |
$1,000.00 |
|
Golden Bay Museum Society Inc |
$1,734.49 |
|
Golden Bay Pottery Club |
$2,000.00 |
|
Heritage Golden Bay |
$500.00 |
|
Higgins Heritage Park Inc |
$1,000.00 |
|
Keep Motueka Beautiful |
$1,500.00 |
|
Motueka Art Group |
$600.00 |
|
Motueka Street Art Festival |
$2,000.00 |
|
Murchison Historical and Museum Society Inc. |
$2,500.00 |
|
Nelson Civic Choir Inc |
$1,000.00 |
|
Nelson Symphony Orchestra Inc |
$800.00 |
|
Nelson Tasman Pasefika Youth |
$1,500.00 |
|
Takaka Village Green Acquisition Society |
$500.00 |
|
Te Āwhina Marae o Motueka Society Inc |
$1,000.00 |
|
Waimea South Historical Society Inc |
$1,000.00 |
|
Wakefield Community Council / Post Memory NZ |
$1,200.00 |
|
Wanderers Community Sports Club |
$1,200.00 |
|
COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
|
|
Ahurei Visual Tapui Limited |
$2,000.00 |
|
Aorere Childcare & Education Charity Trust |
$2,500.00 |
|
Citizens Advice Bureau Nelson/Tasman |
$3,500.00 |
|
Golden Bay Arts Council |
$1,500.00 |
|
Good Bitches Trust (Good Bitches Baking) |
$1,700.00 |
|
Kohatu Park |
$4,200.00 |
|
Māpua and Districts Business Association (MDBA) |
$1,000.00 |
|
Mohua 2042 Charitable Trust |
$3,000.00 |
|
Motueka Group Riding for the Disabled Association Inc |
$1,000.00 |
|
Moutere Hills RSA Memorial Library Mapua Library |
$2,000.00 |
|
Murchison Bowling Club |
$1,000.00 |
|
People First New Zealand Inc. - Ngā Tāngata Tuatahi |
$1,700.00 |
|
Richmond Bowling Club |
$1,200.00 |
|
Riwaka Bowling Club |
$700.00 |
|
Te Ataarangi ki Te Tauihu o Te Waka-a-Māui |
$2,500.00 |
|
The Big Bake Up Charitable Trust |
$1,200.00 |
|
The Menzshed Waimea |
$4,000.00 |
|
U3A Golden Bay Mohua |
$1,000.00 |
|
Whenua Iti Trust |
$1,500.00 |
|
EMERGENCY SERVICES |
|
|
Kaiteriteri Recreation Reserve |
$600.00 |
|
Motueka Community Patrol |
$1,500.00 |
|
Nelson Surf Lifesaving Club Inc |
$1,700.00 |
|
Tākaka Hill Biodiversity Group Trust |
$823.00 |
|
Wakefield Playcentre |
$500.00 |
|
Whenua Iti Trust |
$1,200.00 |
|
ENVIRONMENT |
|
|
Businesses for Climate Action Trust |
$2,000.00 |
|
Keep Richmond Beautiful |
$3,500.00 |
|
Mataki Willowgrove Walkway Murchison |
$1,000.00 |
|
Moutere Hills Community Centre |
$1,500.00 |
|
Rotoiti District Community Council |
$2,000.00 |
|
Tākaka Hill Biodiversity Group Trust |
$836.00 |
|
Tapawera Connect |
$1,900.00 |
|
Tasman Area Community Association |
$550.00 |
|
Tasman Environmental Trust |
$1,200.00 |
|
Tasman Environmental Trust |
$1,800.00 |
|
Te Āwhina Marae o Motueka Society Inc |
$2,000.00 |
|
Te Wharerangi Trust |
$800.00 |
|
Whenua Iti Trust |
$1,000.00 |
|
FESTIVALS AND EVENTS |
|
|
Buller Festival |
$3,000.00 |
|
Club Murchison |
$500.00 |
|
Golden Bay A&P Association Inc |
$1,000.00 |
|
Golden Bay Arts Council |
$1,000.00 |
|
Golden Bay Returned & Services Association |
$720.00 |
|
Motueka Events Charitable Trust |
$3,000.00 |
|
Motueka Kai Fest Trust |
$3,000.00 |
|
Motueka Memorial RSA |
$1,200.00 |
|
Motueka Pottery Workshop |
$700.00 |
|
Moutere Hills Returned Services Association |
$200.00 |
|
Multicultural Nelson Tasman |
$5,000.00 |
|
Murchison A&P Show Society |
$552.00 |
|
Murchison RSA |
$900.00 |
|
Murchison RSA |
$2,000.00 |
|
Murchison Sport Recreation & Cultural Centre Inc |
$1,200.00 |
|
NAATA Indian Community Trust |
$700.00 |
|
Nelson A&P Association |
$1,600.00 |
|
Nelson Jazz Club Inc Society |
$3,000.00 |
|
Nelson Tree Crops Association - Nelson branch |
$1,200.00 |
|
New Zealand Chinese Association Nelson Branch Incorporated |
$500.00 |
|
NZ Rivers Association |
$1,000.00 |
|
Ngāti Tama Charitable Trust |
$1,500.00 |
|
Richmond Unlimited |
$1,200.00 |
|
Tasman Area Community Association |
$250.00 |
|
Waimea Rural Connections |
$1,200.00 |
|
Wanderers Community Sports Club |
$1,000.00 |
|
SOCIAL SERVICES |
|
|
Abbeyfield Motueka Inc. |
$1,000.00 |
|
Age Concern Nelson Tasman |
$4,000.00 |
|
Alzheimers Society Nelson Tasman Inc |
$2,500.00 |
|
Bike Hub Nelson |
$2,500.00 |
|
Bowel Cancer Aotearoa Charitable Trust |
$2,000.00 |
|
Brain Injury Association (Nelson) Inc |
$1,210.00 |
|
Cancer Society Canterbury-West Coast Division |
$2,500.00 |
|
Complex Chronic Illness Support Inc |
$1,500.00 |
|
Curtain Bank (via The Gift Trust) |
$1,000.00 |
|
Epilepsy Association of New Zealand Inc |
$800.00 |
|
Equine Inspired Charitable Trust |
$1,250.00 |
|
Fifeshire Foundation |
$3,000.00 |
|
Life Linc Nelson |
$2,000.00 |
|
Motueka Community House |
$1,750.00 |
|
Motueka Women's Support Link |
$2,620.00 |
|
Muscular Dystrophy Association of NZ Inc (South Island) |
$1,500.00 |
|
Nelson Deaf Community Inc |
$2,000.00 |
|
Parent to Parent Nelson |
$2,600.00 |
|
Perinatal Support Nelson Inc |
$2,200.00 |
|
Pinnacle House Charitable Trust |
$3,140.00 |
|
Respiratory Support Nelson (was Nelson Asthma Society) |
$800.00 |
|
St John Nelson & Tasman Bays Area Committee |
$2,600.00 |
|
Te Wharerangi Trust |
$400.00 |
|
The Perinatal Directory |
$1,600.00 |
|
Wakefield Craft Group |
$500.00 |
|
Whanake Youth (Youth Health and Wellbeing Trust) |
$1,500.00 |
|
Whenua Iti Trust |
$1,400.00 |
|
SPORT & RECREATION FACILITIES |
|
|
Aorere Public Hall Association Inc |
$2,500.00 |
|
Dovedale Residents Committee |
$1,200.00 |
|
Golden Bay Tennis Club |
$1,200.00 |
|
Jundokan Nelson |
$189.00 |
|
Kaiteriteri Recreation Reserve |
$2,000.00 |
|
Marahau Outdoor Education Centre Trust |
$2,000.00 |
|
Motueka Community Development Trust |
$2,500.00 |
|
Motueka Group Riding for the Disabled Association Inc |
$1,000.00 |
|
Motueka Netball Centre |
$1,500.00 |
|
Motueka Tennis Club |
$1,000.00 |
|
Moutere Hills Community Centre |
$700.00 |
|
Moutere Hills Community Centre |
$1,500.00 |
|
Murchison Sport Recreation & Cultural Centre Inc |
$2,500.00 |
|
Nelson Adult Riding Club Inc |
$800.00 |
|
Nelson Axemen's Club |
$700.00 |
|
Nelson Tasman Disc Golf Inc |
$1,500.00 |
|
Nelson Yacht Club Inc. |
$1,500.00 |
|
Pokororo Public Hall Inc |
$2,300.00 |
|
Purpose HQ Fitness Trust |
$1,500.00 |
|
Redwood Valley Social Society |
$1,000.00 |
|
Rockville Reserve and Pool Committee |
$2,300.00 |
|
Rutherford Memorial Hall (Foxhill) Association Inc |
$1,700.00 |
|
Silveraires Leisure Marchers Inc |
$700.00 |
|
Special Olympics Nelson Trust |
$500.00 |
|
Special Olympics Nelson Trust |
$500.00 |
|
Tasman Regional Sports Trust |
$1,000.00 |
|
Te Wharerangi Trust |
$400.00 |
|
Wanderers Community Sports Club |
$2,000.00 |
|
Whenua Iti Trust |
$1,500.00 |
|
YOUTH/CHILDREN |
|
|
AbleTAS Kids - Lions Club of Nelson |
$3,500.00 |
|
Active Little Learners |
$1,500.00 |
|
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nelson-Tasman |
$3,800.00 |
|
Brightwater Community Association |
$500.00 |
|
Diabetes New Zealand |
$1,000.00 |
|
Golden Bay Riding for Disabled |
$500.00 |
|
Hearing Association Nelson Inc |
$1,000.00 |
|
Kids Love Music Charitable Trust |
$500.00 |
|
Ministry of Inspiration |
$1,500.00 |
|
Motueka Group Riding for the Disabled Association Inc |
$706.90 |
|
Motueka Playcentre |
$500.00 |
|
Motueka Pony Club |
$500.00 |
|
Motueka Slot Car Club |
$717.60 |
|
Moutere Hills Community Centre |
$1,500.00 |
|
Murchison Sport Recreation & Cultural Centre Inc |
$1,500.00 |
|
Nelson Tasman Youth Workers Collective |
$1,000.00 |
|
Pohara Boat Club Inc |
$730.00 |
|
Red Frogs New Zealand Trust |
$3,600.00 |
|
Richmond Waimea Youth Trust |
$1,000.00 |
|
RISE Living Safe |
$2,500.00 |
|
Rites of Passage Foundation |
$700.00 |
|
St John Nelson & Tasman Bays Area Committee |
$500.00 |
|
Tamaha Sea Scout Group |
$500.00 |
|
Tapawera Connect |
$1,000.00 |
|
Whanake Youth |
$1,500.00 |
|
Whenua Iti Trust |
$1,179.00 |
|
Wilderness Canoe Trust |
$1,000.00 |
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