Grant Distributors

Taupō District community grants scheme

Council has committed through its Long-term Plan to continue to support our communities in accordance with the new Grants and Partnerships Policy 2021. Council welcomes applications from the Taupō District for Partnership Agreements and Grant Distributors (see below).

Applications for Grant Distributors

Taupō District Council invites applications from organisations who are keen to distribute community grant funds on Council’s behalf for the next three years through to 2024.

Council requires support to distribute community grant funds throughout the Taupō District for the following:

Social Well-being
Sports
Arts and Culture

Applications closed on July 30 2021. Thank you for all applications received.

Please be aware late applications will not be considered by Council.

Policy, eligibility and criteria

Grants and Partnerships Policy 2021 (PDF, 1MB)

Community grants and partnership agreement eligibility and criteria 2021 (PDF, 180KB)

Further information

For further information please contact our community funding team:

Email: funding@taupo.govt.nz
Phone: 07 376 0899

Accountability report

Community groups/organisations that are independent distributors can submit their accountability report here.

Complete and submit an independent distributor accountability report

2018 applications to be an independent distributor

Council received applications to be an independent distributor from several groups. Council considered all applications at a special meeting held in July 2018 with results shown in the table below.

Name of group	Reason for application	Accepted /Declined	Amount approved
Creative Taupo	Community Creative Arts Grants	Accepted	$30,000.00
Lake Taupo Sports Advisory Council Incorporated	Community Sport Grants	Accepted	$40,000.00
Te Pae o Waimihia	Community Sport Grants	Declined
Turangi Tongariro Sports Foundation Inc.	Community Sport Grants	Declined
Waiora Community Trust	Community Social Service Grants	Accepted	$100,000.00