Aotearoa’s
funding landscape
Knowledge is power. Fundsorter collects and analyses aggregate data to provide landscape level insights and sub-sector research. This data is independent and free to explore, so communities and funders can make better informed decisions.
Latest report: Dunedin
The Dunedin City Council commissioned the first city-wide analysis of philanthropic funding in the Dunedin City Council area, examining 1,768 grants worth more than $22.5 million distributed between April 2025 and March 2026. The report provides a valuable snapshot of where funding is flowing across communities and causes throughout the region.
Interested in commissioning a report?
We invite funders to partner with us to bring this level of transparency and insight to other parts of Aotearoa and the funding landscape. Use this data to test your assumptions, coordinate with other funders, and build a more effective sector that truly serves our communities.
Explore the data – nationwide and by region
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These stats relate to contestable grant funding opportunities available to New Zealand groups seeking grants. This data does not measure dollar amounts of funding available or granted, only the number of grant opportunities. It doesn’t include non-public funding opportunities (e.g. proactive grantmakers).
Grantmaking organisations may have multiple funds with different focus areas. International funding available to kiwi groups is also included (though it’s a minority). The largest category, “all”, indicates a very broad fund that may grant in any of the categories (but isn’t explicitly focused). Note that some funding opportunities have more than one priority or focus, and so are counted in multiple categories, which means that percentages do not sum to 100%. Therefore, if a category here is listed at 10%, you can say that 10% of funding opportunities available in NZ explicitly target funding to that category, but not that 10% of all NZ funders target it, or that 90% of funds exclude it.
Selecting a region shows statistics for funding available to projects working within that region (e.g. the Wellington region includes Porirua, Lower Hutt etc). Regional data does not include national opportunities that may fund into that area. Regional data may have some inaccuracies, depending on how funders describe their focus areas.
While International Development & Humanitarian Aid is a category here, it is not a focus for Fundsorter (which is aimed at groups working in NZ), and therefore it may be under-represented in our data.
There may be some inconsistencies with the West Coast Region data - we are working to clean this up at the moment.
Funding reports and insights
Mana Wahine, Mana Pūtea:
Rebalancing philanthropy in Aotearoa
Mana Wāhine, Mana Pūtea explores two questions: why so little philanthropic funding goes to women and gender equity in Aotearoa, and what might shift that. It is written for and about the people and institutions shaping where philanthropic dollars flow.
Navigating the Funding Landscape:
Waitaha Canterbury
This report presents the first cross-district analysis of philanthropic funding across Waitaha Canterbury, examining more than 6,000 grants worth over $68 million distributed across Christchurch, Selwyn, and Waimakariri. The report provides a valuable snapshot of where funding is flowing across communities and causes throughout the region.
Navigating the Funding Landscape:
Waikato
Working with a collaborative group of Waikato funders we have released the first region-wide analysis of philanthropic funding in the Waikato, examining 4,894 grants worth more than $82.7 million distributed between April 2025 and March 2026. The report provides a valuable snapshot of where funding is flowing across communities and causes throughout the region.
Quick looks: initial data analyses with heaps of potential
Seeking research funder partners: we’ve done some initial analysis that we’d love to take further. If these topics are up your street, get in touch.
Climate and nature funding in Aotearoa
The environment is one of the most-named causes in the country, but most of the domestic money is small, and short-term.
Grant Funding for Disability Orgs
One in six people, one in fifty funds: 17% of the population is disabled, but genuinely disability-centred grants make up only 1.8% of the funding landscape.
Digital & Innovation Grants for NZ Projects
Startup funding may make you think equity investment. But grants are also available to New Zealand projects, if you know where to look.
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