Community funding through the WBS Charitable Trust
Helping our community prosper
At WBS, we’re proud that our profits don’t go offshore but rather get invested back into the Wairarapa community. Through the WBS Charitable Trust, we support all sorts of groups and initiatives with grants.
See a list of grant recipients from our October 2025 funding round at the bottom of this page.
Apply for grant funding online
We recommend reading over the Trust’s grant policy before applying: WBS Charitable Trust Grant Policy
Application process
- 1 – 30 April: Applications open
- 4 – 6 May: Applications collated
- 8 May: Trustees review applications and approve grants
- Mid-May: Applicants informed of Trust’s decisions
More about grant funding
The WBS Charitable Trust looks to support applications that fall within the following categories:
- Arts and culture
- Sports and recreation
- Environment and sustainability
- Education
- Community support
Community groups supported by the WBS Charitable Trust in their October 2025 funding round
- Pae Tu Mokai Featherston Mural Festival
- Greytown Little Theatre
- Featherston Vinyl Club
- Wairarapa Fern & Thistle Pipe Band
- King Street Artworks
- Netball Wairarapa Inc
- Wairarapa Shafts & Wheels Driving Association
- Opaki Tennis Club
- Wairarapa Hockey Association
- Jenny Perry – Special Olympics
- Mahunga Golf Club
- Waiwaste Food Rescue
- Life Education Trust Wairarapa
- Fernridge School
- Featherston Booktown
- South End Kindergarten
- Longbush Playgroup
- Shelter Masterton Incorporated Society
- Carterton Collaborative Inc
- Mauriceville Country Fair
- Hurunuiorangi Marae Trust
- Wairarapa Vintage Machinery Club
- Featherston Pride Festival
- Featherston Community Patrol
- Good Lives Wairarapa
- Wairarapa Cancer Society
- Kims Way Night Refuge
- The Kitchen Fairies
- Hato Hone St John
- Enliven Central
- Autism Wairarapa Trust
- Paetumokai Charitable Trust
- Hokai Tahi
- Masterton Primary School
- Road Safety Education Limited