New Zealand Embassy Fund

The New Zealand Embassy Fund (China and Mongolia) for 2025-2026 is now open for applications.

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New Zealand Embassy Fund (China and Mongolia)

Purpose

The New Zealand Embassy Fund (China and Mongolia) is a fund managed by the New Zealand Embassy in Beijing primarily for community groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in China and Mongolia.

The Fund aims to support small, short-term social projects that contribute to the welfare development of the wider community. Projects must be consistent with the New Zealand Aid Programme’s mission of promoting sustainable development in developing countries, in order to reduce poverty and contribute to a more secure, equitable and prosperous world. 

Who

The Fund is aimed primarily at community groups and NGOs but other types of organisations (e.g. schools, business associations) may apply.

Please note the following entities/projects are ineligible for the Fund:

  • Government organisations;
  • Individual businesses;
  • Political, religious or evangelical activities;
  • Site visits (including summer/winter camps);
  • Unsolicited donations;
  • Individual student scholarships;
  • International airfares / overseas conference attendance; and
  • On-going (recurrent) funding of recipients’ operational / organisational costs such as wages and salaries, office items and communications.

How long

No individual project will be supported for longer than two years. Supporting different projects by the same partner over a longer duration is possible.

New Zealand Embassy Fund (China)

The New Zealand Embassy Fund (China) is a fund managed by the New Zealand Embassy in China primarily for community groups and NGOs in China.

Applicants for the second round of the New Zealand Embassy Fund (China) for 2025-2026 must submit their applications to the New Zealand Embassy in China between 27 October (Monday) and 28 November (Friday) 2025.

The maximum application fund for each project is RMB 30,000.

The application form can be completed in either Chinese or English and submitted to beijing.enquiries@mft.net by email.

New Zealand Embassy Fund (Mongolia)

The New Zealand Embassy Fund (Mongolia) is a fund managed by the New Zealand Embassy in China primarily for community groups and NGOs in Mongolia.

Applicants for the second round of the New Zealand Embassy Fund (Mongolia) for 2025-2026 must submit their applications to the New Zealand Embassy in China between 27 October (Monday) and 28 November (Friday) 2025.

The maximum application fund for each project is USD 5,000.

The application form must be completed in English and submitted to beijing.enquiries@mft.net.nz by email. (Please find attached details and application form.)

Guidelines for the Fund and the application form can be found below.

For further information contact:

2 Ritandongerjie
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100600
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Telephone: 0086 - 10 - 8532 7000
E-mail: beijing.enquiries@mft.net.nz 

Download application form

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