Youth Development Partnership and Innovation Fund (YDPIF)

MYD co-funds youth development programmes in partnership with iwi, trusts, businesses and philanthropy. Iwi are named as partners, not just providers.

Closes

Expressions of interest are open on GETS throughout the financial year

Who can apply

Businesses, iwi, trusts, charities and other philanthropic organisations willing to co-invest with MYD in early intervention and prevention programmes for young people aged 12 to 24 with low to moderate needs.

Amount

Co-funded. MYD spends around $12.062 million a year across all its youth development and enterprise initiatives

Funding route

Partnership or co-investment

Applicants

Iwi & Māori organisations, Marae & hapū, Organisations & providers, Businesses & land trusts

Before you apply

Read this as a partnership rather than a grant. MYD is looking for organisations to put money in alongside them, not only to deliver — an iwi entity with pūtea of its own is exactly the counterparty described.

A two-step process. An expression of interest comes first, to understand the market and identify potential funders, and the EOI sits on GETS through the financial year rather than closing on a date.

Rangatahi Māori are the first of MYD’s seven priority groups, alongside young Pacific peoples, young women, Rainbow rangatahi, young people with disabilities, ethnic communities, and young people in the regions. Funded programmes have to align with government priorities including fewer people on Jobseeker Support, and supporting young parents aged 12 to 24 with children in their first 2,000 days.

The barrier worth knowing early: providers contracted by MYD need Social Services Accreditation, assessed against a set of standards. If your rōpū is not accredited, that is the first piece of work, not the application.

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Checked 16 September 2026

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