Social Investment Fund

Fund opens in late August

The Social Investment Fund will open on 25 August 2025 with the first pathway new investment (round one). This round will focus on the priority outcomes and cohorts as decided by Fund Ministers in June 2025.

Updated information

Visit the Pathway One: New Investment (Round One) page to see the following updated information:

Assessment Framework and selection criteria for applications
Self-selection exercise
Quick Guides to help you understand aspects of the selection criteria

Pathways to funding

There are four pathways that will soon be available to the sector:

· New Investment (Round One) – opens 25 August 2025

· Contract Consolidation – Expressions of Interest open 1 September 2025

· Community Commissioning – in development

· Co-investment – in development

Social Investment Fund information

Demonstration initiatives
Webinars
Social Investment Fund FAQs
Register your interest for Fund updates

About the Social Investment Fund

The Social Investment Fund will:

focus on priority outcomes and cohorts agreed by Fund Ministers
invest early to help New Zealanders overcome a range of challenges to achieve their goals
enable us to test and scale the social investment approach
work in partnership with social sector organisations, iwi and other agencies.

In 2025 and early-2026, the Social Investment Fund will primarily make new investments in organisations that have the infrastructure and capacity to help us test and scale the social investment approach at pace. This work will pave the way for changes that will benefit the wider social sector.