Arts Fund
Applications for 2025 open 1 June and close midnight 30 June.
⚠️ Important: Prepare Your Application First
We recommend completing your application in the guide below before entering it into the online form.
The form does not save progress and may time out or encounter technical issues.
Grant value:
A total of $4,300 is available to be distributed to the Rotorua District Community in 2025. No gift will exceed 50% of the funds available in any one year to one project or community organisation.
Funds are currently available from the Arts Fund for charitable purposes and projects, which create opportunities for the Rotorua District community to engage with and participate in the following (but not limited to) disciplines of art:
- Creative Art
Film and moving-image art, mixed media, fashion design
- Language Arts and Literature
Writing, speech and drama
- Music
Instrumental, vocal and composition
- Performing Arts
Theatre and dance
- Visual Arts
Drawing, painting, photography and sculpture
- Other forms of Art
Creative projects and proposals including bring artists, exhibitions and performances to the Rotorua district.
What we don’t fund:
Geyser Community Foundation will NOT consider applications for funding from the Arts Fund for:
- Cultural activities (applications in support of cultural activities should be made to the Rotorua Fund)
- Groups operating outside New Zealand
- Groups whose main purpose is to promote a message rather than provide a service; this includes religious groups
- Purchase of land and buildings
- Overseas travel
- Capital funds for the creation of loans, scholarships, gifts, etc.
Other important information:
- Late applications will not be accepted.
- Donations must be used for the purpose for which they were gifted.
- Funds cannot be used retrospectively meaning they cannot be applied to any costs that have already been paid prior to an application being approved.
- Recipients will be required to attend and provide a verbal report at a Round Table Meeting (dates will be advised closer to the time) about how they spent the gift and outline the benefits gained.
- Successful applicant/s will be required to be available for interviews and to participate in promotional activities agreed with the recipient/s. Information about the gifts and the way in which they have been spent may be used by the Geyser Community Foundation for promotional purposes.
- Successful applicant/s will be selected by Geyser Community Foundation. The decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Gifts will be made to the successful applicant/s at special awards functions to be held in Rotorua and Taupō (dates tbc).
- Successful applicant/s are encouraged to acknowledge the Geyser Community Foundation in their promotional activities and on social media. #geysergifts
Reporting:
Recipients will be required to attend and provide a verbal report at a Round Table Meeting (these will be in June 2026 with dates confirmed closer to the time) about how they spent the gift and outline the benefits gained. Please ensure you have taken this into consideration when applying.
Important Dates:
Applications open: 1 June 2025
Applications close: Midnight 30 June 2025
Review and decision-making: July / August
Notification of decisions: August / September
Celebration of Giving Awards: 11 September 2025
Grant Payment: 20 September 2025
Round Table Reporting: June 2026 (Date TBC)
For queries regarding your application please contact our Community Engagement Officer,
Leanne Rankin leanne@geysercf.org.nz
Complete Application Here:
⚠️ Important: Prepare Your Application First
We recommend completing your application in the guide below before entering it into the online form.
The form does not save progress and may time out or encounter technical issues.
We’re currently looking into improving this functionality in the future.
Applications have now closed.
Please note: Once you have submitted your application you will receive a confirmation email ‘Thank you for your application’.
If you do not receive this, your application has not been successfully submitted. Please resubmit or email us at geyseradmin@geysercf.org.nz