Funding

Where to start?

There are a number of funding options available for groups and individuals. The nature of your project will determine what funding opportunities are available.

Choose Key Public Funders from the left hand side menu, or for more information or assistance please contact Venture Southland or the funding organisations directly.

Fundview / Breakout / Corporate Citizens

Fundview, Breakout and Corporate Citizens are easily searchable databases that allow individuals and community groups to search for funding sources for their projects. They include funding from government, local authorities, statutory and philanthropic trusts, gaming trusts and some service organisations, and in case of Corporate Citizens also details of New Zealand businesses that are committed to building relationships with community and voluntary organisation.

Fundview

For voluntary and community groups, and whanau, hapu and iwi looking for funding sources.

Breakout

For individuals looking for scholarships, awards and grants to fund their study or professional development.

Corporate Citizens

For organisations looking for relationships with businesses offering sponsorship, volunteering mentoring, gifts in kind, loans and other initiatives. 

Note that you will not be able to use these databases from your home computer unless you pay a subscription or search fee. Fundview, Breakout and Corporate Citizen databases can however be accessed free of charge at the Invercargill City Library, any Southland District Council Area Office/Library and some other sites:

Sites with free public access to Fundview

The Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) website features a Directory of Potential Funding Sources that allows searching parts of these databases from any computer free of charge (see the link below). This facility is most suitable for sports organisations as it is focused on public funders with sport and recreation as their main focus. Other organisations are advised to use databases in the libraries.

SPARC Directory of Potential Funding Sources