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Te Tahuia Mā Ngā Whakahaere i Ngā Hapori | Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS)

Administered by Department of Internal Affairs (DIA)

This scheme provides grants to non-profit community groups and organisations. It support these groups to deliver community-based social services, projects and events.

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Application dates vary. Use the find out more above for application dates.

Grants are one-off contributions for:

running or operational costs of organisations that provide community-based social services
community development costs, such as hui, training, planning, evaluation and facilitator fees
community projects or event costs.

The Local Distribution Committees (LDC) prioritise outcomes for their region based on community discussions. Organisations who request grants need to show how their services or projects will contribute to:

encouraging participation in communities
promoting community leadership
developing community capability
promoting social, economic and cultural equity, or
reducing the downstream social and economic costs to communities and government.

Regions

Area Outside Region Auckland Canterbury Marlborough Bay of Plenty Gisborne Hawkes Bay Manawatū-Whanganui Nationwide Nelson Northland Otago Southland Taranaki Tasman Wellington Waikato West Coast

Industry

Non-specific

Focus

Cultural
Community development
Advocacy
Volunteering

Project Types

Support Types

Grants