Grants

Total funds granted this financial year
(1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026)

$2582882.74

The Grassroots Trust Central Limited Board generally meets every month to review grant applications.

Completed grant applications must be submitted on or before the application closing date prior to the Board meeting in which the application is to be considered.

Applications submitted after this date and time will be held for consideration at the following months meeting.

It is recommended that grant applications are received at least TWO MONTHS before the funding is required, otherwise the application may be declined or not meet your funding deadline.

Applications started but not submitted within 20 days will be archived.  You will receive an alert email before this happens.

We also encourage Organisations to seek funding from a number of sources as there is never any guarantee of funding.

Application Closing Dates

Completed grant applications must be submitted online by 11:59pm on the below application closing dates.

MONTH MEETING DATE APPLICATIONS CLOSE
November 28 November 2025 CLOSED
December 19 December 2025 26 November 2025
January 30 January 2026 31 December 2025
February 24 February 2026 31 January 2026
March 27 March 2026 28 February 2026
April 20 April 2026 31 March 2026
May 27 May 2026 30 April 2026
June 26 June 2026 31 May 2026
July 24 July 2026 30 June 2026
August 28 August 2026 31 July 2026 
September 25 September 2026 31 August 2026
October 30 October 2026 30 September 2026
November 27 November 2026 31 October 2026
December 21 December 2026 25 November 2026

PLEASE NOTE: meeting and application closing dates can change without notice. It is recommended that you check our website on a regular basis when applying for funding.

Annual Review

Grassroots Trust Central Limited annually reviews its criteria, methods, systems and consideration of applications for the distribution of net proceeds. Any updates from each annual review are published via our website.

To view our current Grants Policy, please click below.

Complaints

All complaints relating to the distribution of funds should be submitted in writing and addressed to the Chairman, PO Box 9380, Hamilton or by email info@grassrootstrust.co.nz.

Complaints about the conduct of Grassroots Trust Central Limited may be made to the Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs, PO Box 10-095, Wellington or by email gambling@dia.govt.nz.