Community Building Projects

Stage 1.  Submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) detailing the proposed project.

Stage 2.  Successful EOIs will be invited to complete a full application.

Timeline: Expressions of Interests open 2 April 2024 and close 21 June 2024.

Your EOI will need to be accompanied by documents showing us that your project is already well-advanced.  

For example, you have: 

• received or have lodged resource consent, building consent, and landowner permission
• detailed designs, QS, and a construction price 
• completed a feasibility study with a timeline, including a business operating forecast/plan and a utilisation profile
• a fundraising plan for construction and landscaping

The proposed building/facility would demonstrate social benefit plus wide and/or deep community use.

We are interested in projects that consider sustainability (in construction and operations), universal design (accessibility and inclusivity), and social procurement.  

EOI's from organisations committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi in their approach to this project and their wider mahi will be looked upon favourably.

Across our 36-year history, we have supported the development of many facilities and buildings across a broad range of sectors:

• arts and cultural/heritage spaces (for example, museums and theatre spaces)
• areas of church facilities that are open to the community and not dedicated for worship, for example, church halls
• recreation, community facilities, and service centres (for example, multi-sports club buildings, recreation centres, social services providers)
• emergency services such as Surf Lifesaving clubhouses, and temporary/emergency accommodation facilities such as James Liston Hostel

Foundation North wants to support projects that align well with our Focus Areas.  

We will prioritise EOIs for projects that positively impact our priority regions/communities: Tangata Whenua, Pacific peoples, communities of Northland, communities of South Auckland, children and young people, former refugees, new migrants, Rainbow communities, people living with a disability.

We also prioritise initiatives, actions and activities which focus on:

• Te Tiriti o Waitangi - increasing understanding and giving effect to Te Tiriti
• Climate change action – mitigation and adaptation to the threats posed by climate change.

Step 1: If your Organisation is new to Foundation North, register in Foundation North's Funding Hub (online portal). Already registered? make sure your Organisation profile is up to date.

Step 2: Contact our Team to let us know you intend to submit a Community Building Project Expression of Interest ​info@foundationnorth.org.nz​ 0800 272 878.

Step 3: If you're eligible, we will create a Community Building Project EOI request form for you ​in the Funding Hub, and notify you when it is ready. You can download the Instructions and Information Sheet in the application guide section to help you complete the request form.