CD - Match Fund FY26/27

This section of the application form is designed to help you, and us, understand if you are eligible for this grant.

Before completing this application form, please read the following information.

GUIDELINES:

• Match Fund Guidelines 
• Tauranga City Council SmartyGrants Privacy Statement.
• Funding Policy

The Community Development Match Fund is open to applications from community organisations, not-for-profit groups, communities of interest, iwi, hapū or kaupapa Māori organisations, informal and grassroots neighbourhood groups. Groups with no formal legal structure and individuals may also apply provided that the project, activity and/or service they are seeking funding for has some community benefit. 

If you have any questions please contact grants.enquiries@tauranga.govt.nz

ELIGIBILITY:

The organisation/applicant:

• has read and understand the guidelines
• is able to demonstrate alignment between the project and the aims of this fund
• will deliver the project in Tauranga City
• does not have any overdue financial reporting or unspent funding owed to Tauranga City Council as a result of previous funding
• The project is not one of the activities listed in Section 6 of the Match Fund Guidelines

General exclusions from community funding listed under 5.5 of the Funding policy apply to the Community Development Match Fund.

We will respect and uphold your rights to privacy protection under the information privacy principles in the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020.  To view our specific privacy statement that is applicable to your application and this online grant administration service, go to our Tauranga City Council Smarty Grants privacy statement

Privacy Statement 

Tauranga City Council (Council) is collecting information from you as part of this application, some of this information may be personal information. This includes your name, contact details, role, organisation info, bank account details and may include application responses or supporting information (including reporting). Your information and any supporting documents may be used to assess and process this application, verify information you have provided, administer and manage this grant, contact or notify you about any matter relevant to the grant and/or application (including monitoring and compliance of the grant funding terms and conditions), and to update you from time to time about our grant programmes.

This application contains some fields that are mandatory, if you do not provide us with this information, we will be unable to process your application. We will not share your personal information with any other organisation or individual unless they are our contractor or other relevant third party and disclosure is necessary for the specified purposes above. You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you would like a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at info@tauranga.govt.nz, or 07 577 7000. For further information about how Council will handle your personal information, please refer to Tauranga City Council’s Online Grant Privacy Statement.