Important General Grants update: General Grants is closing early this year. All applications to General Grants must be submitted by 5pm 30 September 2024. Read more here

We prioritise funding to applications that:

  • support equity and inclusion in our communities
  • serve and are led by members of these priority population groups:
    • Māori
    • Pacific Peoples
    • Middle Eastern, Latin American, African
  • serve and are led by people who are part of communities living in these priority locations:
    • Ōtaki
    • Lower Hutt
    • Porirua

If you’re not actively serving our priority communities/locations, your chances of being funded are low

Can I get funding?

Are you a group in our region that is:

  • Mana whenua or Māori-led
  • Doing work that supports the advancement of Māori aspirations
Yes

Are you a priority group in our region that is:

  • Supporting communities experiencing inequity, exclusion, and disadvantage; or
  • Increasing preservation and protection of natural spaces
Yes

If the above does not sound like you, it is likely you will not be eligible for funding from WCF. Here are some other funding options.

What we don’t fund
Make a funding enquiry

Read about the research that has helped us identify our priority population groups and locations.