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Strategic Plan

Foundation North’s vision is enhanced lives. Our Strategic Plan guides our mahi to support that vision.

Strategic plan

Our Funding Framework

To achieve our vision, we aim to fund across four focus areas.
Hāpai te ōritetanga | Increased Equity 
Whakauru mai | Social Inclusion  
Whakahou taiao | Regenerative Environment 
Hāpori awhina | Community Support 

Our Priorities

We take a considered approach across the four focus areas and prioritise initiatives that are clearly, ‘by’, ‘for’ and ‘with’ one or some of our priority communities. These include Tangata Whenua, Pacific peoples, communities of Northland, communities of South Auckland, children and young people, former refugees, new migrants, Rainbow communities and people living with a disability.

We are particularly interested in activities that have regard to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Climate Action.

    Our Funding Pathways

    The funding framework and priorities apply across both Community Funding and Impact Funding pathways.

    Community Funding

    Our Community Funding pathway aims at being responsive to the aspirations and needs of the community. There are two ways that Community Funding can support:

    • Quick Response Grants can support up to $25,000
    • Community Grants can support over $25,000

    Impact Funding

    Our Impact Funding enables us to be proactive, flexible and innovative in our approach to supporting. This might include:

    • Supporting prototypes or trial approaches
    • Seeding new ideas
    • Investing in building capacity and capability
    • Taking projects to scale
    • System change focus

    Foundation boundaries

    If your organisation is outside the boundaries of our region, an application can still be considered if it will provide benefit to our region.

    Please contact us to find out whether you should apply.

    The Foundation's southern boundary is from Port Waikato Head following the Waikato River to the Whangamarino River, then along the Whangamarino River, before following the Mangatangi Stream to where it adjoins Mangatangi Road. The boundary then runs from the corner of Monument and Miranda Roads straight to Miranda. Our region covers all areas north of this, up to Cape Reinga and including the islands in the Hauraki Gulf.

    Pehiāweri Marae

    Whakatauki

    Unuhia te rito o te harakeke,
    Kei hea ke te kōmako e kō,
    Whakatairangitia,
    Rere ki uta,
    Rere ki tai,
    Ui mai koe ki ahau e aha
    te mea nui o te ao,
    Māku e kī atu,
    He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata,
    Tihei mauri ora

    If you should tear out the heart of the flax bush,
    Where will the bellbird be,
    Will it fly inland,
    Fly out to sea,
    Or fly around aimlessly,
    But if you should ask me what is the greatest thing on Earth,
    I will tell you,
    It is people, it is people, it is people.

    - Mere Ngaroto, Te Aupōuri

    Funding story

    Quarry Arts Centre

    The Quarry Arts Centre is a community garden project created by volunteers in the forested western hills of Whangarei City.

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    Focus area: Regenerative Environment
    Quarry Arts Centre