Deadline: 26-May-22
Applications are now open for the ACORN Foundation Grant Program.
Priorities
- The following categories have been identified as needing extra support and have been selected as the priority funding areas this year.
- Access to housing and reducing inequity
- Improving the accessibility of owning or renting a safe, healthy home
- Improving basic household financial skills
- Providing tenancy support services
- Wraparound housing support for tenants or owners of sub-standard homes
- Initiatives supporting youth aged 14-24 years
- Health & Wellness/Safety
- Reducing drug and alcohol abuse
- Reducing domestic violence
- Reducing child abuse
- Building stronger communities
- Kaupapa Māori initiatives support cultural development and inter-generational transformation.
- Caring for the environment
- Access to housing and reducing inequity
Funding Information
- There is currently an upper limit of $10,000 per application for both Acorn and Tindall funding.
Eligibility Criteria
- Charities and community organisations that benefit the Western Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand.
- The Western Bay of Plenty region encompasses the following areas: Waihi Beach, Katikati, Kaimai, Tauranga, Te Puke and Maketu, including Paengaora, Pongakawa and Pukehina.
- Acorn also distributes funds on behalf of The Tindall Foundation in both the Western BOP and Eastern BOP regions.
- The Eastern Bay of Plenty includes the districts around Whakatane, Opotiki and Kawerau, but excludes Rotorua, Minginui and Murupara.
For more information, visit https://www.acornfoundation.org.nz/apply-funding/how-to-apply-for-funding
