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 |