{"id":"OPP-NZ-2026-09-0194","country":"nz","status":"closed","title":"Event Sponsorship Fund","funder":{"name":"Hamilton City Council","slug":"hamilton-city-council","url":"https://gobuga.org/funders/hamilton-city-council"},"deadline":{"state":"closed","date":null,"verified_at":"2026-09-28T02:17:06.301104+00:00","source_url":"https://hamilton.govt.nz/community-support-and-funding/community-funding/event-sponsorship-fund","excerpt":"Applications for 2026/27 Event Sponsorship Fund have been confirmed and are noted below. The 2027/2028 Event Sponsorship Fund will open for applications in 2027."},"amount":{"min":5000,"max":null,"currency":"NZD"},"region":["waikato"],"tags":["community","civic","arts"],"eligibility":"Event organisers delivering events that attract a significant number of visitors to Hamilton and have high profile coverage. Events must align with Hamilton City vision and deliver exposure benefits, economic benefits, or promote pride and sense of place for residents.","eligible_entities":[],"summary":"The Event Sponsorship Fund provides sponsorship over $5,000 to support event organisers delivering events that attract significant visitor numbers to Hamilton. Events must demonstrate exposure benefits for the city, economic benefits through increased visitation, or promote pride and sense of place for residents.","source_url":"https://hamilton.govt.nz/community-support-and-funding/community-funding/event-sponsorship-fund","apply_url":"https://gobuga.org/out/OPP-NZ-2026-09-0194","canonical_url":"https://gobuga.org/grants/OPP-NZ-2026-09-0194","json_url":"https://gobuga.org/grants/OPP-NZ-2026-09-0194.json","first_seen":"2026-09-28T02:17:06.301104+00:00","last_seen":"2026-09-28T02:17:06.301104+00:00","closed_at":"2026-09-28T02:41:51.997789+00:00","verified_at":"2026-09-28T02:17:06.301104+00:00","verified_by":"register-sweep/claude-haiku-4-5-20251001","provenance":{"deadline":{"source_url":"https://hamilton.govt.nz/community-support-and-funding/community-funding/event-sponsorship-fund","verified_at":"2026-09-28T02:17:06.301104+00:00","excerpt":"Applications for 2026/27 Event Sponsorship Fund have been confirmed and are noted below. The 2027/2028 Event Sponsorship Fund will open for applications in 2027."},"amount":{"source_url":"https://hamilton.govt.nz/community-support-and-funding/community-funding/event-sponsorship-fund","verified_at":"2026-09-28T02:17:06.301104+00:00","excerpt":"This fund provides sponsorship over $5,000"},"eligibility":{"source_url":"https://hamilton.govt.nz/community-support-and-funding/community-funding/event-sponsorship-fund","verified_at":"2026-09-28T02:17:06.301104+00:00","excerpt":"Our Event Sponsorship fund is designed to support event organisers who are delivering events that attract a significant number of visitors to Hamilton and have high profile coverage."}},"attribution":{"source":"GoBuga","url":"https://gobuga.org/grants/OPP-NZ-2026-09-0194","retrieved_at":"2026-10-23","licence":"attribution-required"},"related":[{"id":"OPP-NZ-2026-09-0441","title":"Community Events Fund","canonical_url":"https://gobuga.org/grants/OPP-NZ-2026-09-0441"},{"id":"OPP-NZ-2026-09-0303","title":"Creative Communities Scheme","canonical_url":"https://gobuga.org/grants/OPP-NZ-2026-09-0303"},{"id":"OPP-NZ-2026-09-0377","title":"Masterton District Creative Communities Scheme","canonical_url":"https://gobuga.org/grants/OPP-NZ-2026-09-0377"},{"id":"OPP-NZ-2026-09-0021","title":"Annual Grants","canonical_url":"https://gobuga.org/grants/OPP-NZ-2026-09-0021"},{"id":"OPP-NZ-2026-09-0022","title":"Multi Year Grants","canonical_url":"https://gobuga.org/grants/OPP-NZ-2026-09-0022"}]}