Nine community groups in the Wanganui area will benefit from the latest Horizons Regional Council grants programme funding.
Requests totalling over $200,000 were received for the $20,000 up for grabs in the latest round.
Fifteen organisations were given money - the largest number to receive funding in one round since the programme was set up at the beginning of 2012.
The programme was established to support community groups, schools, early childhood centres and iwi/hapu groups engaged in projects that enhance the region and encourage more people to engage with the environment.
Horizons chairman Bruce Gordon said he was impressed with the number of interesting and innovative projects that were successful in the latest round.