TECT congratulates the following organisations who have received funding in the current 2025/2026 year:
Community Development
Abbeyfield WBOPDC | Equipment Purchases | $27,667 |
Age Concern Tauranga Inc | Operating Costs | $25,000 |
All Aboard Transport Decarbonisation Trust | The Wednesday Challenge - Tauranga Schools | $15,000 |
Anxiety New Zealand Trust | Operating Costs | $10,000 |
Autism New Zealand Inc. | Operating Costs | $5,000 |
Bay Conservation Alliance Member Groups | Member Operating Costs & Equipment Purchases | $311,268 |
Bay of Plenty Badminton Association | Operating Costs | $20,000 |
Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Coast Care | $50,000 |
Bay of Plenty Sport Climbing Association | Equipment Purchases | $15,953 |
Bay of Plenty Therapy Foundation | Operating Costs | $40,000 |
Bay of Plenty Youth Development Trust | Operating Costs | $100,000 |
Big Buddy Mentoring Trust | Operating Costs | $10,000 |
Bowentown Boating and Sport Fishing Club Inc. | Equipment Purchases | $5,000 |
Brave Hearts NZ | Operating Costs | $17,500 |
Breast Cancer Support Tauranga | Operating Costs | $40,000 |
Casita Community Charitable Trust | Operating Costs | $20,000 |
Community Basketball Limited | Programme Costs | $10,000 |
Community Governance Aotearoa | Good Governance Board Programme | $30,000 |
Complex Chronic Illness Support Inc. | Operating Costs | $35,000 |
Creative Bay of Plenty | Operating Costs and Mini Arts Grants | $100,000 |
Cystic Fibrosis Association of New Zealand | Operating Costs | $5,000 |
Digital Future Aotearoa | Western Bay of Plenty Operating Costs | $6,750 |
Diversity Counselling New Zealand | Operating Costs | $35,000 |
Empowerment NZ (The Hub Te Puke) | Operating Costs | $60,000 |
Epilepsy New Zealand | WBOP Operating Costs | $5,000 |
Garden to Table | Operating Costs | $15,000 |
Get Smart Tauranga Trust | Operating Costs | $20,000 |
Good Neighbour | Operating Costs & Laundry Shower Trailer Fit-out | $110,000 |
Good Neighbour - Super Support | Programme Costs | $24,000 |
Graeme Dingle Foundation WBOP | Operating Costs | $120,000 |
Hauraki Waka Ama Inc. | Equipment Purchases | $14,300 |
He Kaupapa Kotahitanga Trust (Awhina House) | Operating Costs | $40,000 |
Headway Brain Injury Association BOP Inc | Operating Costs | $12,000 |
Homes of Hope | Operating Costs | $75,000 |
Hunt for Good Charitable Trust | Operating Costs and Equipment Purchases | $39,100 |
Katch Katikati Inc | Operating Costs | $45,000 |
Katikati Open Air Arts | Operating Costs | $15,000 |
Kenzie's Gift | Operating Costs | $5,000 |
Kura Kai | Operating Costs | $16,000 |
Life a Plenty Charitable Trust | Operating Costs | $15,000 |
Life Education Trust WBOP | Operating Costs | $34,197 |
Linkt Community Trust | Operating Costs | $35,000 |
Live for More | Operating Costs (3-year multi-year funding) | $150,000 |
Maketu Taiapure Charitable Trust | Operating Costs | $10,000 |
Mauao Charitable Trust | Ngā Kaitiaki o Mauao/Mātauranga o Mauao Programmes | $85,000 |
Merivale Community Inc | Operating Costs and Fitout Costs | $65,000 |
Mockingbird Charitable Trust | Operating Costs | $30,000 |
Momentum Charitable Trust | Life and Financial Skills Programme | $8,340 |
Mount Maunganui Community Menz Shed Trust | Operating Costs | $2,000 |
Mount Maunganui Community Patrol | Operating Costs | $2,000 |
Mums4mums | Operating Costs | $20,000 |
Ngatī Kuku Hapū Trust | Equipment Purchases | $3,300 |
NZ Council of Victim Support Groups | Operating Costs | $25,000 |
Ōtūmoetai Baptist Church | Equipment Purchases | $17,036 |
Ōtūmoetai Football Club Inc | Equipment Purchases | $22,000 |
Outflow Trust | Operating Costs | $30,000 |
Pāpāmoa Primary School | Shared Events Coordinator | $33,500 |
Parent to Parent Coastal BOP | Operating Costs | $15,000 |
P.E.T Charitable Trust | Hospital Care Packs Project | $5,000 |
Poutiri Trust | Tu Mai Digital | $30,000 |
Pregnancy Choice | Operating Costs | $25,000 |
Public Art Ōmokoroa | Ōmokoroa Library Art | $9,500 |
RainbowYOUTH Inc. | Operating Costs | $20,000 |
Recreate NZ | Operating Costs | $25,000 |
Royal New Zealand Coastguard Inc | Operating Costs | $65,000 |
Sailability Tauranga Charitable Trust | Equipment Purchases | $14,334 |
School Start First Impressions | School Starter Packs in Tauranga | $3,000 |
Sea Cleaners Trust | Operating Costs | $30,000 |
Shama, Ethnic Women's Trust | Operating Costs | $15,000 |
Social Innovations Ltd - Here to Help u | Operating Costs | $30,000 |
Spectrum Connections Charitable Trust | Operating Costs | $6,200 |
SPELD New Zealand | Operating Costs | $10,000 |
Squash Bay of Plenty | Community Squash Programmes | $20,000 |
Stand Tall Charitable Trust | Operating Costs | $35,000 |
Stand Tall Charitable Trust | Global Ambassadors Programme | $10,000 |
STEM Wana Trust | Operating Costs | $10,000 |
St Peter's Care and Counselling Charitable Trust | Operating Costs | $60,000 |
St Peter's in the City Presbyterian Church | Equipment Purchases | $10,286 |
Storytime Foundation Trust Board | Operating Costs | $10,000 |
Suzanne Aubert Catholic School | Hall Fitout | $35,000 |
Tauranga Archers | Equipment Purchases | $12,708 |
Tauranga Community Foodbank | Operating Costs | $60,000 |
Tauranga Croquet Club Inc. | Equipment Purchases | $3,734 |
Tauranga Golf Club Inc. | Two Green Rollers | $25,000 |
Tauranga Hearing Association Inc | Operating Costs | $5,000 |
Tauranga Moana Outrigger Canoe Club Inc | Equipment Purchases | $13,409 |
Tauranga Water Polo Inc. | Community Water Polo Programmes | $12,500 |
Tautoko Tāne Trust | Operating Costs | $15,000 |
Te Aranui Youth Trust | Operating Costs | $35,000 |
Te Puke Events & Promotions Group Inc | Operating Costs | $20,000 |
Te Puke Gymsport Inc. | Programme Costs and Equipment Purchases | $7,865 |
Te Puke Toy Library Inc. | Operating Costs | $4,000 |
Te Puke United (Junior Football) | Equipment Purchases | $6,894 |
Te Puna i Rangiriri Trust | Equipment Purchases | $11,086 |
Te Rangihouhiri Marae | Equipment Purchases | $26,290 |
Te Tai Ora Ki Matakana me Tangiwaea Manatopu | Equipment Purchases | $11,478 |
Te Tomika Trust | Equipment Purchases | $57,616 |
Te Waka Pererua | Wānanga Tuku Iho | $10,000 |
Te Whare Hukahuka Ltd | Ka Eke Poutama Programme | $20,000 |
The Daily Charitable Trust | Operating Costs | $25,000 |
The Doing Good Foundation | Digger Purchase | $39,000 |
The Incubator Charitable Trust | Operating Costs | $120,000 |
Parkinson's NZ | Operating Costs | $15,000 |
PINC & STEEL Cancer Rehabilitation | Western Bay of Plenty Operating Costs | $5,000 |
Wish for Fish | Operating Costs | $40,000 |
The Stroke Foundation | Operating Costs | $15,000 |
Toi Kai Rawa | Hihiko Te Rawa Auaha | $30,000 |
Triathlon Tauranga | Youth Development Programmes | $10,000 |
Tuapiro Marae Charitable Trust | Wharekai Fit Out | $60,172 |
Tuatara Collective | Rātā Programme - Western Bay of Plenty | $15,000 |
UOKBRO NZ Trust | Operating Costs | $5,000 |
Under the Stars | Operating Costs | $15,000 |
University of Waikato | Scholarships - Tauranga Campus | $225,000 |
Unseen Heroes | Te Ara Mārama | $25,809 |
Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation | Operating Costs and Goal Purchases | $34,593 |
Welcome Bay Community Centre | Operating Costs | $45,000 |
Western Bay Heritage Trust | Operating Costs | $85,000 |
Western BOP Mental Health Trust (Family Link) | Operating Costs | $3,800 |
Western Bay of Plenty Neighbourhood Support | Operating Costs | $20,000 |
Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation | Bridging the Gap Service | $100,000 |
Youth Encounter Ministries Trust | Operating Costs for two years | $100,000 |
Youth Voices Action | Operating Costs and Equipment Purchases | $34,851 |
YWAM | Operating Costs | $25,000 |
TOTAL | $4,081,033 |
Community Events
NZ Garden and Art Festival Trust | 2026 Garden and Arts Festival and Studio Art Trail 2025 | $105,000 |
Te Waka Pererua Trust | 2025 Te Mana Kuratahi | $75,000 |
Tennis NZ | 2025 World Tennis Tour | $30,000 |
Triathlon NZ | NZ School Champs 2025 | $15,000 |
Surf Lifesaving NZ | International Surf Rescue Challenge 2025 | $7,500 |
Zespri AIMS Games | 2025 Zespri AIMS Games | $115,000 |
TOTAL | $347,500 |
TECT also fund events through the collaborative Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund, alongside Acorn Foundation, BayTrust, Tauranga City Council and Western Bay of Plenty District Council. To see what other events TECT has supported, click here.
Community Facilities
Bowls Matua Inc | Facility Upgrade | $30,000 |
Dave Hume Swimming Pool Trust | Pool and Facility Upgrade | $400,000 |
Greerton Marist Sports Club | Facility Upgrade | $124,528 |
Katch Katikati | Waitekohekohe Recreational Reserve Stage 3 | $61,250 |
Katch Katikati | Youth Park Upgrades | $50,000 |
Lifezone Church | Building Upgrades | $60,000 |
Maketu Volunteer Coastguard Inc | Building Construction | $450,000 |
Mangatawa 2B2A Trust | Marae Rebuild Project | $300,000 |
Mauao Trust | Te Whare Manaaki O Mauao | $250,000 |
New Zealand Sikh Community Tauranga Trust | Kitchen and Dining Area Project | $250,000 |
Omokoroa Golf Club Inc | Clubhouse Rebuild | $300,000 |
Paengaroa School | Senior Playground | $60,000 |
Parish of St Thomas Aquinas (St Mary's Church) | Building Refurbishment | $150,000 |
Pongakawa Heritage Charitable Trust | Heritage House Project | $249,000 |
Presbyterian Support Northern | Community Centre Fit Out | $94,275 |
Tauranga Brass Inc | Roof and Carpark Project | $18,155 |
Tauranga Hockey Association | Facility Upgrade | $363,937 |
Tauranga Pistol Club | Shooting Range Expansion | $76,000 |
Tauranga SPCA | Kennels & Site Development | $200,000 |
Te Puke Baptist Church | Gym Refurbishment | $300,000 |
Te Puke Club Inc | Artificial Bowling Green | $125,000 |
Te Puke Lawn Tennis Club Inc. | Court Resurfacing | $50,000 |
Te Puke Sports & Recreation Club Inc | Facility Upgrades | $55,000 |
Waihi Beach Memorial RSA Bowling Club | Artificial Bowling Green | $125,000 |
TOTAL | $4,142,145 |
Catalyst for Change
Bay Conservation Alliance | 3 Year Grant | $1,500,000 | |||
Social Sector Innovation Trust (SociaLink) | 3 Year Grant | $1,980,000 | |||
TOTAL | $3,480,000 |
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TECT is a nationally recognised trust leading the way in community funding and support. We aim to make a significant impact, shaping the quality of life and wellbeing of those living in the Western Bay of Plenty now and for generations to come.
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