Funding for a brighter future
Over the years, Trust Horizon has granted over $40million in community funding across the Eastern Bay of Plenty. Those funds have gone straight to the community, where they’ve helped better the region’s health care, community facilities and amenities, marae, education, arts and culture, and more.
Trust Horizon welcomes the opportunity to explore potential projects that will help expand our funding support towards meeting the Trust’s five strategic priorities:
Transformational Investment in Community Pride
Sustainable Energy Transition
Provide Community Leadership
Work-ready Rangatahi
Employed Locals.
If you have an energy related idea or project which could align with one or more of the Trust’s strategic priorities, please get in touch.
Note, service providers are not required to be based in the Eastern Bay to deliver selected or region wide energy related initiatives that benefit the community.
The Trust does fund...
Energy-related projects within the Whakatāne District Council, Ōpōtiki District Council, Kawerau District Council, and Kaingaroa Village areas
Registered charitable organisations
Registered incorporated societies
Organisations delivering charitable energy-related projects that benefit the community.
The Trust doesn’t fund…
Debt repayment
Completed or already-in-progress work
Non-energy-related work (e.g. building or plumbing).
Apply for funding for your next project
To be eligible for community funding from Trust Horizon, both your project and organisation will need to meet a certain set of criteria. Learn more about eligibility from our Funding Guidelines and how the funding application process works from the links below.
Funding Guidelines
For more helpful information read through our complete funding guidelines. These also include key criteria about energy efficiency ratings for air conditioning and appliances to share with those you are requesting quotes from.
Funding Process
Grants that go where it counts
Every year, 60% of the Trust’s net income is distributed as community grants. That’s roughly $1.5million each year, evenly split between community grant applications (known as ‘reactive grants’) and projects initiated by the Trustees (known as ‘proactive grants’).
The Trustees would like to thank all the key stakeholders who have made many of these community projects possible – including the Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki and Kawerau District Councils, Horizon Energy Group, and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA).
Funding History
Learn more about the types of projects Trust Horizon funds by viewing the stories in our annual Community Updates.
Ready to apply for funding?
If your organisation meets the funding criteria, start the application process here.