Source: Rata Foundation
Rātā Foundation has announced $617,000 will go to community groups in Canterbury in its most recent funding round, focused on large and multi-year funding.
Tagata Moana Trust, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the advancement of Pacific peoples living in Aotearoa, will receive $110,000. The organisation’s focus is on using Pacific arts, language and culture to drive STEAM education and experiences for Pacific peoples of all ages. Sport in the region is also set to benefit, with $100,000 funding for Canterbury West Coast Sports Trust (Sport Canterbury). Other funding recipients include organisations from the arts, education, social services, and disability sectors.
Canterbury will also benefit from an additional $495,000 for multi-region funding (for organisations that bridge two or more of its funding regions).
This funding round is one of four additional rounds reserved for large and multi-year grants, in addition to the eight funding rounds for smaller grants each year.
Chief Executive Leighton Evans says: “At Rātā, our aim is to support communities so that nothing gets in the way of people being able to make the most of life. With responsive and proactive community investment, alongside strategic partnerships and strong relationships, Rātā can help achieve more, and we are seeing that through the long-term positive impact our partnership organisations are making in their respective communities.”
Rātā manages a pūtea (fund) of around $700 million, enabling an investment of around $25 million per annum into its funding regions of Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and the Chatham Islands. Since its inception in 1988, Rātā has invested over $550 million through community investment programmes to empower people to thrive.
Canterbury funding:
Arts Foundation of New Zealand, $55,000
Canterbury West Coast Sports Trust (T/A Sport Canterbury), $110,000
Disabled Persons Assembly (New Zealand) Incorporated, $40,000
Neighbourhood Trust, $50,000
Oak Development Trust, $35,000
Petersgate Trust, $40,000
Social Service Council of the Diocese of Christchurch – Tenants Protection – Collaboration, $60,000
Tagata Moana Trust, $110,000
The Kind Foundation, $40,000
Woolston Development Project Incorporated, $40,000
WORD Christchurch, $37,000
Nelson funding:
Motueka High School, $56,799
Nelson Women’s Centre Te Whare Āwhina Mō Ngā Wāhine Puawai Incorporated, $I35,000
Project De-Vine Trust, $135,000
Te Whare Mahana Trust Board, $41,000
Building project (multi-year): Whakatu Group Riding for the Disabled Incorporated, $120,000
Marlborough funding:
Marlborough Pacific Trust, $50,000
Marlborough District Council- Future of Work, $10,000
Building project (multi-year): Wairau Pa Marae (2020) Incorporated, $130,508
Multi-region funding:
English Language Partners New Zealand Trust, $50,000
NZ Family And Foster Care Federation Incorporated, $40,000
Talk Link Trust, $45,000
Tasman Regional Sports Trust (T/A Sport Tasman), $115,000
The Open Home Foundation of New Zealand, $65,000
Youthline Central South Island, $45,000
