Our Purpose
To accelerate bold meaningful change, assisting BOP communities and the environment to flourish.
Grants Paid/Approved to March 2020
Active Communities | |
Bike Taupo Advocacy Group Inc; Kids Bike Taupo | $15,000 |
Omokoroa Sport & Recreation Soc Inc; Sports Pavalion | $238,000 |
$253,000 | |
Healthy Sustainable Housing | |
Baywide Community Law Charitable Trust; Operational costs - housing advocacy | $30,000 |
Sustainable Options; Healthy Homes | $450,000 |
Visions of a Helping Hand Charitable Trust; Housing services | $50,000 |
$530,000 | |
Improved Natural Environment | |
Aongatete Forest Project; Restoration project | $25,000 |
Bay Conservation Inc; Collective conservation | $87,500 |
Environmental Education for Resource Sustainability Trust; Paper4trees | $10,000 |
HALO Whakatane Inc Soc; Predator eradication | $120,000 |
Kai Rotorua Inc Society; Operational costs | $10,000 |
Lakes Water Quality Soc; Caring for our lakes, biosecurity, quality & biodiversity | $7,500 |
Para Kore Marae Inc; Community Education and Outreach | $7,500 |
Project Litefoot Trust; LiteClub - BOP | $8,534 |
Taupo Community Gardens Trust; Learn to grow as a community | $5,000 |
Tauranga Environment Centre Charitable Trust, Operational costs | $130,000 |
Tauranga Environment Centre Charitable Trust, Environmental Sustainable Future | $32,800 |
Te Runanga o Ngai Te Rangi Iwi Trust; Research program | $20,000 |
The Rotary Centennial Trust; Kopurererua Valley Reserve restoration project | $10,000 |
The Soil & Health Assoc of NZ Inc; Soil Carbon intelligence project | $10,000 |
Tongariro Natural History Society; Project Tongariro | $450,000 |
Uretara Estuary Managers Inc; Project Parore | $420,000 |
$1,353,834 | |
Inclusive Communities | |
Age Concern Rotorua District Inc; Operational costs | $30,000 |
Age Concern Taupo Inc; Operational costs | $8,000 |
Alzheimers Tauranga/BOP; Dementia Navigation service | $30,000 |
Anglican Care Waiapu; Growing Through Grief Tauranga | $10,000 |
Anxiety NZ Trust; 24 hour helpline operational costs | $7,500 |
Aphasia NZ Charitable Trust; Operational costs | $7,500 |
Asthma NZ Inc. Rotorua & Lakes Region; Helping our Tamariki Breathe Easy | $10,000 |
Atua Awhi Community Charitable Trust; Operational costs | $25,000 |
Auckland District Kidney Soc Inc; Support for BOP families | $17,500 |
Autism NZ Inc; Operational costs | $10,000 |
Awhi Mai Stroke Trust; Waiariki Maori stroke conference 2019 | $3,000 |
Awhina Soc Inc; Operational costs | $30,000 |
Barnados NZ; 0800 What's Up Children's helpline | $10,000 |
Bay of Plenty Justices of the Peace Assoc; Regional conference | $1,000 |
Bellyful NZ Trust; Operational costs | $2,950 |
Bethlehem Baptist Church; Place of Hope Counselling | $10,000 |
Blind Sport NZ; Operational costs | $5,000 |
Books Before Boxing; 2020 Counterpunch Parkinsons program Rotorua | $2,500 |
BOPDSA Inc NZ & STPDS NZ; Supporting teaching practices | $15,000 |
BOP Therapy Foundation; Operational costs | $10,000 |
Brave Hearts NZ; Operational costs | $15,000 |
Budget Advisory Services Gateway Opotiki; BAS Gateway Opotiki program | $12,500 |
C3 Church Tauranga Trust; Arataki Community Meal | $5,200 |
Central Plateau REAP; Family/Whanau support program | $120,000 |
Children's Autism Foundation; Supporting Vulnerable Families | $5,000 |
Christians Against Poverty NZ; Operational costs | $7,500 |
Complex Chronic Illness Support Inc; Operational costs | $10,000 |
Dress for Success Rotorua Charitable Trust; Operational costs | $17,500 |
Eastern Bay Villages; Operational costs | $35,000 |
Eastern Bay Villages; Providing low cost funerals | $9,640 |
EmpowermentNZ Charitable Trust; | $30,000 |
Epilepsy Assoc of NZ Inc; Operational costs | $10,000 |
Family & Financial Solutions Trust; Operational costs | $7,500 |
Garden to Table Trust; BOP Programme coordinator costs | $5,000 |
Gender Dynamix NZ; Supporting Trans people in the BOP | $5,000 |
Get Smart Tauranga Trust; Operational costs | $30,000 |
Good Neighbour; Operational costs | $10,000 |
Grief Support Services Inc; Operational costs | $20,000 |
Growing Through Grief Rotorua; Operational costs | $5,000 |
Growing Through Grief Opotiki; Seasons for Growth programs | $7,500 |
Growing Through Grief Te Puke; Seasons for Growth programs | $6,000 |
H2R Charity Ltd; Leadership Development in Maori Communities | $20,000 |
Halberg Foundation; Operational costs | $5,000 |
Have a Heart Charitable Trust; Operational costs | $12,500 |
He Kaupapa Kotahitanga Trust Tauranga; Awhina House operational costs | $60,000 |
House of Science Tauranga; Operational costs | $30,000 |
Kawerau & Districts Ageing in Place Inc; Operational costs | $15,000 |
Kawerau Community Menz Shed; Operational costs | $4,000 |
Kimiora Community Trust; Operational costs | $30,000 |
Ko Te Tuara Totara O Fordlands Inc Soc; Fordlands Community Centre | $25,000 |
Live for More Charitable Trust; Live for More | $40,000 |
Macular Degeneration NZ; Vision for 2020 | $25,000 |
Male Support Services Waikato; Operational costs | $10,000 |
Mangakino Family Services Inc; Operational costs | $7,500 |
Mid Island Gymsports; Special Needs/Disability movement classes | $1,000 |
Mockingbird Charitable Trust; Operational costs | $35,000 |
Muscular Dystrophy Northern Inc; Operational costs | $10,000 |
NZ Nutrition Foundation; Just Cook Healthy Ageing | $5,000 |
Opotiki District Council; Te Tahihi o Te Rangi Technology & Research Centre | $300,000 |
Oranga Tinana o Ue Inc Soc; Te Arawa Kaumatua Olympics 2019 | $5,000 |
Parent to Parent Central Lakes; Operational costs | $5,000 |
People First NZ, Nga Tangata Tuatahi; Self-advocacy meetings in BOP | $7,500 |
Pregnancy Choice; Operational costs | $15,000 |
Pregnancy Help Inc Taupo Branch; Operational costs | $13,000 |
Puaka Bush School; Puaka Bush school program | $10,000 |
Rainbow Youth Inc; Operational costs | $33,000 |
Recreate NZ; Operational costs | $23,800 |
Rotorua District Riding for the Disabled Assoc Inc; Operational costs | $25,000 |
Rotorua Multicultural Council; Networking & Celebrations, migrant settlement program | $7,500 |
Sailability Tauranga Charitable Trust; Operational costs | $7,500 |
Shakti Ethnic Women's Support Group Central Region; Operational costs | $30,000 |
Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoors Education Trust; Youth learning through adventure | $10,000 |
6th Battalion (Hauraki) Regimental Assoc Inc; Final 65th reunion for remaining SAS | $5,000 |
Soc of St Vincent de Paul, Thermal Lands; Rotorua Fullfill project | $5,000 |
Soc of St Vincent de Paul, Whakatane Conference; Foodbank expenses | $3,000 |
St Chads Communications Centre; Operational costs | $25,000 |
Street Kai Assoc. Inc; Milo nights | $5,000 |
Talk Link Trust; Support Services BOP | $15,000 |
Tauranga Boys College Pasifika; Pasifika program | $7,500 |
Tauranga District Group Riding for the Disabled; Operational costs | $25,000 |
Tauranga Regional Multicultural Council; Operational costs | $15,000 |
Te Aka Toitu Trust; Connected Kawerau | $42,500 |
Te Koutu E141 Trust; Wharekai Rebuild | $125,000 |
Te Puna Ora O Mataatua Charitable Trust; Kuhu Mai Whakatane community centre | $15,000 |
The Motor Neurone Disease Assoc of NZ Inc; Operational costs | $10,000 |
The Parkinson's NZ Charitable Trust; Community Educator Services BOP | $8,000 |
The Search Party Charitable Trust; Operational costs | $40,000 |
The Spirit of Excellence Education Trust, Raising the Standard 2020 | $10,000 |
The Starjam Charitable Trust; StarJam Tauranga TEP2020 | $5,000 |
The Stroke Foundation of NZ Ltd; Operational costs | $25,000 |
Turangi Mountain Region Trust; Fortnightly free community dinner | $3,150 |
Victim Support NZ Inc; BOP Volunteer programme | $15,000 |
Waiariki Whanau Mentoring Ltd; Communities working on the fringe | $10,000 |
Whakatane Baptist Community Charitable Trust; Jezreel Womens Support Home | $11,000 |
$1,870,740 | |
Prosperous Communities | |
Citizens Advice Bureau Taupo | $10,000 |
Citizens Advice Bureau Whakatane Inc | $10,000 |
EVolocity Ltd; 2020 EVolocity BOP program | $7,500 |
Katch Katikati; Operational costs | $20,000 |
Welcome Bay Community Centre Inc; Operational costs | $90,000 |
Safe Turangi; Operational costs | $12,500 |
Sustainable Business Network Inc; BOP Sustainable business programme | $30,000 |
Te Whare Hukahuka; Developing long-term capacity & sustainability in Maori communities | $67,000 |
Toi Kai Rawa Trust; Action Plan implementation 2020 | $25,000 |
Young Enterprise Trust; YES Regional Coordinator role | $7,500 |
$279,500 | |
Safe Communities | |
Coastguard Eastern Region Inc; Unit support | $180,000 |
Community Leisure Facilities Charitable Trust; Water safety programme | $22,000 |
Kawerau Neighbourhood Support; Safer Connected Community | $10,000 |
Road Safety Education Ltd; RYDA program | $7,500 |
St John Te Whanau-A-Apanui area Committee; Ambulance station - Waihau Bay | $240,000 |
Surf Lifesaving NZ Inc - Eastern Region; Club & regional operational costs | $100,000 |
Taupo Neighbourhood Support; Operational costs | $5,000 |
Tauranga Land Search & Rescue Inc; Redevelopment plan | $3,500 |
Water Safety NZ; BOP drowning prevention programs | $70,000 |
$638,000 | |
Strengthened Whanau | |
Action Education Inc; Creative Kaitaki | $2,600 |
Big Brothers Big Sisters Rotorua: Child Mentoring program | $10,000 |
Blue Light Ventures Inc; Youth Driver Navigation program BOP | $100,000 |
Blue Light Ventures Inc; Operational costs | $30,000 |
BOP District Health Board; Toi Ora Whanau Mahi Tahi | $75,000 |
Edgecumbe Blue Light Ventures Inc; Operational costs | $15,000 |
Families Achieving Balance Charitable Trust; Intensive parent support | $10,000 |
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Trust NZ; Operational costs | $34,000 |
Homes of Hope Charitable Trust; Operational costs | $25,000 |
Inspiring Stories; Future Leaders | $17,500 |
Kawerau Blue Light Ventures Inc; Operational costs | $30,000 |
Kidz Need Dadz Charitable Trust BOP Inc; Operational costs | $20,000 |
Ngamuwahine Outdoor Education Lodge; Land purchase | $200,000 |
NZ Centre for Gifted Education Ltd; Subsidies for MindPlus BOP | $10,000 |
NZ Family and Foster Care Federation Inc; Operational costs | $15,000 |
Parenting Place Charitable Trust; Whanau parenting & skills programs | $25,000 |
Priority One WBOP Inc; Instep Programme | $70,000 |
Rotorua Community Youth Centre Trust; YouthHub Rotorua | $30,000 |
Rotorua Youth Development Trust; Kiwican delivery in Rotorua | $20,000 |
Royal NZ Plunket Trust; Family/Whanau Support & Education | $15,000 |
Tarawera High School; Hillary Outdoors programme | $2,500 |
Taupo Bluelight Ventures; Operational costs | $120,000 |
Taupo Pathways for Youth Employment | $135,000 |
Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi; RpbaPa | $25,000 |
The Salvation Army / Tauranga Corps; Whanau Mentoring program | $25,000 |
Tipu Skills for Life Charitable Trust; Operational costs | $25,000 |
Turangi Rangatahi Hub Charitable Trust; Operational costs | $15,000 |
Whakaatu Whanaunga Trust; Operational costs | $30,000 |
Whakatane Blue Light Ventures; Operational costs | $30,000 |
Youth Development Trust WBOP; Dingle Foundation programs, KiwiCan, Stars, Project K | $165,000 |
Youth Encounter Ministries Trust; Operational costs | $60,000 |
Youth Projects Trust; Manaakitanga Rotorua | $10,000 |
Youthline Auckland Charitable Trust; Youthline Helpline services BOP | $10,000 |
YSAR NZ; Youth Search & Rescue Tauranga | $25,000 |
$1,431,600 | |
Strong Community Organisations | |
Scope Aotearoa Charitable Trust; Scope reviews for youth organisations | $10,000 |
Tangata Whenua Community & Voluntary sector Research centre; webinars & website | $2,500 |
Volunteer WBOP; Operational costs | $105,000 |
$117,500 | |
Vibrant & Fun Communities | |
BOP Film Trust; Seed funding for Waiariki film studios | $50,000 |
CCS Disability Action BOP Inc, International day of persons with disabilities concert | $7,500 |
Katikati Indian Assoc Inc; Diwali Festival of light | $2,000 |
Katikati Open Air Art; NZ Mural Contest & Arts Festival | $10,000 |
Life-link Community Trust; Greerton Light Party | $2,250 |
Nukuhau Marae/Taupo District Council; 2020 Waitangi Taupo Moana Festival | $5,000 |
NZ China Friendship Soc Tauranga Branch; Chinese New Year multicultrual celebration | $5,000 |
One Love, Diwali | $1,700 |
One Taupo Trust; Taupo Winter festival | $10,000 |
Opotiki District Council; Summer Festival | $7,500 |
Pasifika in the Bay Trust; 2019 Pasifika Festival in the Bay | $5,000 |
Pushing Arts in NZ Trust; Tauranga Street Art Festival | $5,000 |
Rotorua Arts Village; Operational costs | $20,000 |
Rotorua Bike Festival Charitable Trust; 2019 Rotorua Bike festival | $10,000 |
Runanga Ngaitamawhariua Inc; Whanau fund day out | $3,000 |
Safe Turangi; Christmas in the Park 2019 | $10,000 |
STEM Wana Trust; STEM Champions & Challenge Day | $5,000 |
Taki Rua Productions Soc Inc; Schools Tour: Nga Manu Roreka | $7,500 |
Taupo Community Reo Group Inc; Growing Maori Language programme | $5,000 |
Taupo Elim Community Church; Christmas in the Park Taupo | $5,000 |
Tauranga Regional Multicultural Council; New to Bay Expo 2019 | $4,000 |
Te Arawa Kapa Charitable Trust; Te Arawa Kapahaka Regional festival | $7,500 |
Te Manatu Ahurea o Tuhoe Trust; Te Hui Ahurei a Tuhoe Ahurei 2020 | $10,000 |
Te Parahia Trust; Christmas in the Park Whakatane | $5,000 |
Te Rereatukahia Marae Inc; Ablution Block upgrade | $10,000 |
Te Tuhi Mareikura Trust; Nga Uri o Muturangi: Wananga Indigenous | $5,000 |
The Incubator; Operational Costs | $35,000 |
The National Woodskills Trust; National Woodskills event | $7,500 |
The Tauranga Community Trust; A Night before Christmas event | $10,000 |
Waterwheel Historic Trust; Farming like Grandad | $2,500 |
Whakatohea Maori Trust Board; Mataatua Kapa Haka Regionals 2020 | $7,500 |
$280,450 | |
Toolbox funding | |
Anamata; Leadership program | $2,500 |
BOP Film; Preparation of investment case | $15,000 |
Enterprise Great Lake; Housing Assessment | $10,000 |
HALO; Coaching & facilitation | $1,500 |
Impact Hub Waikato Ltd; BOP Marketing Campaign | $42,500 |
Inspiring Communities; Capacity Building | $13,000 |
Philanthropy NZ; Research & Policy | $5,640 |
Rotorua Chamber; environmental project | $5,000 |
Socialink; Breakthrough forum | $3,450 |
Socialink; Homelessness in WBOP | $10,000 |
Te Puna Ora O Mataatua Charitable Trust; Mataatua focused wellbeing indicators | $20,000 |
The Search Party Charitable Trust; Strategic Planning facilitator | $2,341 |
Uretara Estuary Managers Inc; Project Parore | $15,000 |
$145,931 | |
Scholarships | $87,556 |
Grand Total | $6,988,111 |