$52.6M

Approved
$49.9M in 2020-2021

775

Grants and community support contributions
722 in 2020-2021

870

Applications processed
837 in 2020-2021

$1.73B

Invested at year end
$1.64B in 2020-2021
Increased equity

Increased equity

  • Multi-year co-funding commitment of $300,000 with Todd Foundation, Tindall Foundation and Vodafone Foundation to enable VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai to continue to advocate for children and young people in care
  • Joint engagement with Tindall Foundation and Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority resulting in $2.5m allocation of government funding for housing repair initiative in Northland
  • $4.1m to 98 organisations for community-led responses to COVID-19, including grants related to food security across Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau.

209 requests for funding approved totalling $23,068,456

Social Inclusion

Social Inclusion

  • 47 grants totalling $2,370, 038 to organisations serving people with disabilities
  • $100,000 in grants to F'INE Pasifika Aotearoa Trust to support their Whanau Ora navigational services for the Pacific LGBTQI+ / MVPFAFF+ community during the pandemic
  • $99,000 to Te Roopu Waiora Trust - a unique, Kaupapa Māori organisation founded and governed entirely by whānau haua.

98 requests for funding approved totalling $4,856,416

Regenerative Environment

Regenerative Environment

  • GIFT working in partnership with entrepreneurs and innovators to test, scale and ccreate new systems to restore the mauri of Tikapa Moana/Te Moana-nui-a-Toi (The Hauraki Gulf) including $3,582,480 of grants funding
  • $210,000 in co-funding with NZ on Air and Stuff for a Republic Films documentary “Seasick”, giving voice to many GIFT funded projects and promoting a Te Ao Māori approach to restoration
  • $85,000 to Native Bird Rescue Charitable Trust for their Community Wildlife Connections programme to conserve native and endemic birds.

44 requests for funding approved totalling $6,589,019

Community Support

Community Support

  • $64,228 approved to Roskill Together Trust for their work to empower and enhance the lives of the Mount Roskill/Puketapapa community
  • Multi-year grant of $250,000 to enable Auckland Sexual Abuse HELP Foundation Charitable Trust to provide crisis support and counselling services
  • A Quick Response Grant of $4,000 to Tai Chi and Wushu Academy Trust for an ongoing Tai Chi workshop to engage the public and promote heath exercises.

424 requests for funding approved totalling $18,091,986

Sums approved by location

Sums approved by location

Far North
$7,673,493
Whangarei
$3,081,603
Kaipara
$1,144,203
Rodney
$3,643,558
North Shore
$804,665
Waitakere
$1,761,870
Auckland
$20,360,728
Manukau
$9,185,115
Papakura
$4,535,578
Franklin
$415,064

Funding approved by programme

Community Funding Programmes

Quick Response Grants 310 $4,698,689
Community Grants 229 $28,713,537
Total approved: $33,412,226

Impact Funding Programmes

GIFT 10 $3,582,480
Impact Investment Readiness 1 $120,000
Rapid Response 163 $6,141,361
Other Impact Funding 62 $9,349,810
Total approved: $19,193,651
Grand total:  775
$52,605,877