TECT congratulates the following organisations who have received funding in the current 2025/2026 year:
Facilities of Regional Significance
Community Development
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 |
Casita Community Charitable Trust | Operating Costs | $20,000 |
Community Governance Aotearoa | Good Governance Board Programme | $30,000 |
Complex Chronic Illness Support Inc. | Operating Costs | $35,000 |
Garden to Table | Operating Costs | $15,000 |
Headway Brain Injury Association BOP Inc | Operating Costs | $12,000 |
Hunt for Good Charitable Trust | Operating Costs and Equipment Purchases | $39,100 |
Katch Katikati Inc | Operating Costs | $45,000 |
Kura Kai | Operating Costs | $16,000 |
Life Education Trust WBOP | Operating Costs | $34,197 |
Linkt Community Trust | Operating Costs | $35,000 |
Mauao Charitable Trust | Ngā Kaitiaki o Mauao/Mātauranga o Mauao Programmes | $85,000 |
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 |
Ngatī Kuku Hapū Trust | Equipment Purchases | $3,300 |
NZ Council of Victim Support Groups | Operating Costs | $25,000 |
Ōtūmoetai Football Club Inc | Equipment Purchases | $22,000 |
Outflow Trust | Operating Costs | $30,000 |
Pāpāmoa Primary School | Shared Events Coordinator | $33,500 |
P.E.T Charitable Trust | Hospital Care Packs Project | $5,000 |
Pregnancy Choice | Operating Costs | $25,000 |
Sailability Tauranga Charitable Trust | Equipment Purchases | $14,334 |
School Start First Impressions | School Starter Packs in Tauranga | $3,000 |
Social Innovations Ltd - Here to Help u | Operating Costs | $30,000 |
Stand Tall Charitable Trust | Global Ambassadors Programme | $10,000 |
St Peter's Care and Counselling Charitable Trust | Operating Costs | $60,000 |
Tauranga Community Foodbank | Operating Costs | $60,000 |
Tauranga Croquet Club Inc | Equipment Purchases | $3,734 |
Tauranga Hearing Association Inc | Operating Costs | $5,000 |
Tauranga Water Polo Inc | Community Water Polo Programmes | $12,500 |
Te Rangihouhiri Marae | Equipment Purchases | $26,290 |
Te Whare Hukahuka Ltd | Ka Eke Poutama Programme | $20,000 |
The Stroke Foundation | Operating Costs | $15,000 |
Triathlon Tauranga | Youth Development Programmes | $10,000 |
Tuatara Collective | Rātā Programme - Western Bay of Plenty | $15,000 |
Under the Stars | Operating Costs | $15,000 |
Western Bay Heritage Trust | Operating Costs | $85,000 |
Western Bay of Plenty Neighbourhood Support | Operating Costs | $20,000 |
TOTAL | $1,082,295 |
Community Events
NZ Garden and Art Festival Trust | 2026 Garden and Arts Festival and Studio Art Trail 2025 | $105,000 |
Zespri AIMS Games | 2025 Zespri AIMS Games | $115,000 |
TOTAL | $220,000 |
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 |
Katch Katikati | Waitekohekohe Recreational Reserve Stage 3 | $61,250 |
Katch Katikati | Youth Park Upgrades | $50,000 |
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 |
Parish of St Thomas Aquinas (St Mary's Church) | Building Refurbishment | $150,000 |
Presbyterian Support Northern | Community Centre Fit Out | $94,275 |
Tauranga Pistol Club | Shooting Range Expansion | $76,000 |
Te Puke Lawn Tennis Club Inc. | Court Resurfacing | $50,000 |
TOTAL | $1,711,525 |
Catalyst for Change
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Our funding works to support the people, places and projects making a difference in our community. We have a number of different funding schemes to assist community organisations with their initiatives.
At the heart of our community
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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