Our Purpose

To accelerate bold meaningful change, assisting BOP communities and the environment to flourish.

Grants Paid to March 2024

Community Wellbeing  
Health & Disability  
Alzheimers Soc Tauranga WBOP; Operational costs          35,000
Anxiety NZ Trust; Operational costs            7,500
Aratika Cancer Trust; Operational costs            7,500
Auckland District Kidney Soc Inc; Operational costs          25,000
BOP Multiple Sclerosis Soc Inc; Operational costs          10,000
BOP Therapy Foundation; Operational costs          25,000
Child Cancer Foundation; BOP family support coordinator            7,500
Chrome Collective CT; Operational costs          30,000
Complex Chronic Illness Support Inc; Operational costs          10,000
Dementia Lakes Rotorua; Advisor Wages            7,500
Eastern BOP Riding for the Disabled; Operational costs            8,500
Enrich+ Community Trust; Operational costs            5,000
Epilepsy Assoc of NZ Inc; Field support service            7,500
Equisucceed NZ Inc; Operational costs          30,000
Grief Support Services Inc; Operational costs          30,000
Hearing House Services Ltd; Lifetime support cochlear implants            7,500
Macular Degeneration NZ; Operational costs          28,621
Male Survivors BOP; Operational costs          15,000
Mobility Assistance Dogs Trust; Canine operational costs            2,500
Mockingbird CT; Operational costs          40,000
Parent to Parent Coastal BOP; Outreach programs            9,000
Pregnancy Help Inc Taupō; Operational costs          10,000
Recreate NZ; Operational costs          25,000
Sailability Tauranga CT; Operational costs          10,000
Taupō District RDA Inc; Helmets & research          10,000
Tauranga District RDA; Operational costs          30,000
The National Fdn for the Deaf Inc; Hearing screening          10,000
The StarJam CT; StarJam program 2024            7,500
The Stroke Foundation of NZ Ltd; Operational costs          35,000
The Wish for Fish CT; Operational costs          20,000
Tourette's Assoc NZ; Operational costs            2,500
WBOP Disability Support Trust; Operational costs            7,500
         516,121
Safe & Active  
Community Leisure CT; Water safety program          10,000
Neighbourhood Support Rotorua Inc; Operational costs          10,000
Pukehina Surf Rescue Lifeguard Service; Surf rescue rebuild        250,000
Royal NZ Coastguard Inc; Regional unit support        130,000
Safe Surfer; Safer internet          15,000
Safe Tūrangi; Operational costs          12,500
Sport BOP; Operational costs        846,216
Taupō Neighbourhood Support; Operational costs            5,000
Watersafe Auckland Inc; Youth water safety champions            5,000
WBOP Neighbourhood Support; Operational costs            5,000
     1,288,716
Strong Communities  
Age Concern Rotorua District Inc; Operational costs          30,000
Age Concern Taupō Inc; Operational costs          10,000
Age Concern Tauranga Inc; Operational costs          10,000
Atua Awhi; Operational costs          35,000
Autism NZ Inc; Operational costs            6,000
Babystart CT; Boxes for BOP babies            7,500
Barnardos NZ Inc; 0800 What's up free phone            7,500
Bellyful NZ Trust; Operational costs          10,000
Big Brothers, Big Sisters EBOP; Operational costs          30,000
Big Brothers, Big Sisters Of Rotorua; Operational costs          10,000
Brave Hearts NZ; Operational costs          20,000
Camp Unity; Supporting young carers            2,500
Christians Against Poverty; Operational costs          15,000
Citizens Advice Bureau Taupō Inc; Operational costs          10,000
Detour Theatre; Theatre & educational services            5,000
Eastern Bay Villages; Operational costs/Community based funerals          55,000
Empowering Families for Effective CT; Supporting parents          10,000
EmpowermentNZ; The Hub Te Puke operations          40,000
Families Achieving Balance CT; Operational costs          15,000
Family & Financial Solutions Trust; Operational costs          20,000
Feeding Rotorua; Food hub          75,000
Free Public Advocacy Services Trust; Operational costs          10,000
Gender Dynamix; Operational costs            5,000
Get Smart Tauranga; Operational costs          30,000
Good Neighbour Aotearoa Trust; Operational costs        100,000
Grandparents Raising Grandparents; Operational costs          40,000
Have a Heart CT; Operational costs          50,000
He Kaupapa Kotahitanga Trust; Operational costs          50,000
Homes of Hope CT; Operational costs          30,000
Katch Katikati; Operational costs 25,000
Katikati Community Centre; Operational costs          35,000
Kawerau & Districts Ageing in Place Inc; Operational costs          22,500
Kawerau Community MenzShed; Operational costs            7,000
Kidz Need Dadz CT; Operational costs          25,000
Kimiora CT; Operational costs          35,000
Ko Te Tuara Fordlands; Operational costs          45,000
Life A Plenty CT; Retreats            5,000
Lifelink/Samaritans Inc; Operational costs            4,000
Linkt Community Trust; Ōtūmoetai Social Supermarket          12,500
Literacy Aotearoa CT; Waiariki (Cluster 4)          25,000
Mangakino School; Nga Oranga Matua - The living          30,000
MenzShed Katikati; Setup costs            5,000
MenzShed Omokoroa Inc; Operational costs / storage            7,500
Mokoia Community Assoc; Operational costs          35,000
Mokoia Community Assoc (Tatau Pounamu); Operational costs          20,000
Mt Maunganui Comm Menz Shed; Operational costs            5,000
Mums4mums CT; Community outreach to new mums          20,000
Mums4mums CT; True colours honouring the mother          10,000
Neighbours Day Aotearoa; Neighbours Aotearoa            5,000
NZ Howard League; Advanced licenses program          10,000
NZ Nutrition Foundation; Justcook - Healthy Ageing or Tika Tunu            4,000
Older Persons Community Centre; Operational costs          10,000
Omokoroa Settlers Hall; Modifications to facility        100,000
Parent to Parent Central Lakes: Outreach program          10,000
Poutiri CT; Tu Mai digital          25,000
Pregnancy Choice; Pregnancy support services            7,500
Presbyterian Support (Northern); Operational costs          10,000
Priority One - WBOP Inc; Instep program          45,000
Rainbow Youth Inc; Regional support program          35,000
Rotorua Arts Village Trust; Operational costs          27,500
Rotorua Budget; Operational costs          35,000
Rotorua Multicultural Council Inc; Operational costs          10,000
Rotorua Sustainable Charter; Introduction to sustainability          10,000
St Chads Communication Trust; Operational costs          15,000
St Peters Care & Counselling CT; Operational costs          50,000
St Vincent de Paul - Thermal Lands; Foodbank            5,000
Social Sector Innovation WBOP CT; Operational costs        115,000
Social Sector Innovation WBOP CT; Volunteering services          20,000
Storytime Foundation; First 1000 days BOP          15,000
Taonga Tauranga Heritage BOP Trust; Western Bay heritage map          10,000
Taupō Budget Advisory Service Inc; Operational costs          20,000
Taupō Council Social Services; Operational costs          30,000
Tauranga Regional Multicultural Council; Operational costs            7,500
Te Aka Toitu Trust; Project management          45,000
The Daily Charitable Trust; Operational costs          25,000
The Incubator; Operational costs          40,000
The Salvation Army Tauranga Corps; Operational costs          40,000
Tipu Skills for Life; Operational costs 30,000
Tongariro Whanau Support Trust Inc; Low cost broadband            2,706
Tūrangi Foodbank Inc; Operational costs          15,000
Tūrangi Mountain Region Trust; Free fortnightly dinners            6,650
Tūrangi Neighbourhood Support; Operational costs            5,000
Welcome Bay Community Centre; Operational costs          35,000
Whakatāne Citizens Advice Bureau Inc; Operational costs          15,000
YWAM Ships Aotearoa; Trinity Koha dental clinic          35,000
  2,037,856
Vibrant & Fun  
Creative BOP CT; Operational costs          20,000
Diabetes NZ; Family camp 2024            2,500
Katikati Open air Art Inc; Open Air Art            5,000
Kawerau District Council; Christmas in the park            5,000
One Taupō Trust; Winter festival            7,500
Opotiki i-SITE - Opotiki District Council; Summer festival          10,000
Rotorua Lakes Council; Museum exhibition redevelopment        150,000
Rotorua Lakeside Concert CT; Lakeside Concert 2024            5,000
Te Ahi Tahutahu CT; Tawharautia Mataatua            5,000
Te Puke Events & Promotions Group Inc; Operational costs            5,000
The Events Network Trust; Volunteering celebration & expo            2,500
Towncentre Taupō Inc; Graffiato: Taupō Street Art festival            3,000
WBOP Tourism & Visitors Trust; Flavours of Plenty festival 2024            5,000
Whakatāne District Council; Local wild food challenge & festival            5,000
         230,500
Youth  
Big Buddy Mentoring Trust; Operational costs          15,000
Blue Light Ventures Taupō; Operational costs          55,000
Combined Eastern BlueLight; Operational costs        150,000
Cool Bananas Youthwork Trust; Presence & support project            7,000
Digital Natives Academy CT; Haututu Laboratories          25,000
Escape Adventurous Journeys CT; Operational costs            5,000
Evolocity CT; BOP regional programs            7,000
Graeme Dingle Foundation Rotorua; Kiwi Can           25,000
Graeme Dingle Foundation Waikato: Kiwi Can          10,000
Graeme Dingle Foundation WBOP; Operational costs          80,000
House of Science NZ CT; Operational costs          30,000
Live for More; Operational costs          45,000
Mangakino Central CT; Operational costs          10,000
Ministry of Inspiration; STEAM Hub BOP          20,000
NZ Family & Foster Care Federation; Operational costs          20,000
Priority One WBOP Inc; Ara Rau - pathways to work          30,000
Road Safety Education Ltd; Operational costs            5,000
Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoors Education Trust; Hillary step scholarships          10,000
STEAM-ED CT; In-school robotics          25,000
STEM Wana Trust; Outreach school programs          10,000
Taupō Pathways for Youth Employment Trust;l Youth development        171,150
Te Aranui Youth Trust; Operational costs          25,000
The Boys Brigade in NZ Inc; Edge workshop          15,000
Tūrangi Blue Light Ventures; Blue Light programs          20,000
Tūrangi Rangatahi Hub; Leadership & holiday programs          10,000
Valli Rebel Creative Trust; Sonic cinema, encouraging inclusion            5,000
Young Workers Resource Centre; Empowerment education            7,500
Youth Encounter Ministries Trust; Operational costs          45,000
Youthline Auckland CT; Helpline BOP          12,500
         895,150
Healthy Homes  
Curtainbank Rotorua; Operational costs            5,500
Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust; He iwi kainga        320,000
Waikato Housing Initiative; WHI Opex          10,000
         335,500
Kaitiakitanga  
Bay Conservation Alliance, Kokako Ecosystem expansion        101,840
Bay Conservation Alliance, Restoring nature        183,915
Bay of Plenty Regional Council; School sustainability & resilience fund          15,000
BayFair Community Garden; Garden upgrade            5,000
EERST; Paper4trees            7,500
Endangered Species Foundation of NZ; Ngutukākā          12,500
Envirohub; Operational costs 85,000
HALO Whakatāne Inc Soc; Building a Halo        190,000
HALO Whakatāne Inc Soc; Electric vehicle          10,000
He Tipu Ltd Partnership; Kai me Kakāno          50,000
Ka Pihi Ka Pua CT; E Ora Tane pest management        100,000
Katikati Community Centre CT; Operational costs            7,500
Lake Okareka Community Assoc, Sanctuary restoration          25,000
Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust; Restoration project        100,000
Manawahe Eco Trust; Environmental education          25,000
Omokoroa Environmental Management Inc; Habitat restoration          10,000
One for Nature; App development stage 1          12,500
Outflow Trust; Project cleanup          10,000
PiPS; People, plants in schools          20,000
Priority One WBOP Inc; Environmental sustainability          25,000
Rotoehu Ecological Trust; Kōkako population survey            7,500
Sustainable BOP Trust; sustainability program          50,000
Taupō Community Gardens Trust; Operational costs            5,000
The Sustainable Coastlines CT; BOP litter intelligence monitoring            7,500
TNC NZ Trust; Blue carbon coastal resilience mapping          35,000
Tongariro National Trout Centre Soc Inc; Aquaponics          10,000
Tongariro Natural History Soc; Core mission support        180,000
Uretara Estuary Managers Inc; Project Parore        140,000
Wai Kokopu; Carbon farming & restoration        300,000
Whakatāne Kiwi Trust; Operational costs          25,000
    1,755,755
Tū Māori Mai  
Community Wellbeing  
Te Tomika Trust; whare Aroha/Te Ara Tipuranga            7,500
Te Tuhi Mareikura Trust; Te Tauranga Toi            5,000
Toi Kai Rawa Trust; Action plan 2024          40,000
Tūwharetoa FM Charitable Trust; Operational costs            7,500
           60,000
Cultural  
Aronui Arts Festival CT; Aronui Indigenous arts festival            7,500
Aorangi School; Hauora / Wellness project          17,500
Hoe Aroha Whanau o Mauao Waka Ama Club; Two puakea waka          10,000
Kia Mau CT; Wānanga - Tuakiri Ahurea            7,500
Kura Ki Tai Waka Ama Club Inc; Waka, life jackets & trailer            5,000
Maungaroa Marae Te Kaha; Mokopapa Ki Maungaroa            4,000
Moko Ora Inc; M.O.K.O: Me Ora Ka Ora Tā Moko symposium            5,000
Ōtūmoetai Intermediate School; Te Ao Māori local curriculum          75,000
Rangitahi Marae; Kuranui renovations        156,105
Taki Rua Productions Soc Inc; Te reo Māori season Taku Waimarie            2,500
Te Pou Oranga o Whakatōhea Ltd; Pou Oranga Whaiora        500,000
Te Runanga o Ngāti Awa; Cultural building Whakapiri 2023          20,000
         810,105
Kaitiakitanga  
Kai Rotorua; Sustainable local food system          15,000
Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust; Te Paiaka Lands Trust pest control          25,000
Para Kore Marae Inc; Operational costs          10,000
Te Arawa Lakes Trust; Restoration of lakes        200,000
Tiwaiwaka Collective Inc; Operational costs          20,000
Whakaatu Whanaunga Trust; Kainga Awhina - housing support          50,000
         320,000
   
Toolbox Funding          83,142
   
Community Event Funding 118,18
   
Kaupapa Māori Legacy Events Fund 7,827
   
Scholarships 1,500
   
Grants refunded -41,841
   
Total    8,418,516