Funding Sources

The brainchild of a group of community-minded Wellingtonians, Nikau was founded in 1991 to grow philanthropy throughout our beautiful region. Since then, it has been our pleasure to see the gifts of generous organisations and individuals grow and provide an immeasurable impact within the community through our grants service.

This year, we have almost $700,000 of funds to distribute to community organisations throughout the Wellington region.

Whether your organisation works in the arts, healthcare, youth services, environment, families and children, or infrastructure, we are thrilled to offer funding opportunities to upscale your operations, secure crucial resources, support salaries, or purchase assets to widen the reach of your mahi.

For more information on our approach to grant-making, click below.

Nikau Foundation Grant round FAQ

Nikau Foundation Grant-making policy 2021

2021 Grants Round closed

This fund supports whānau, hapū and iwi to revive, retain and promote traditional Māori knowledge and its practical use in the management of indigenous biodiversity.

The Mātauranga Kura Taiao Fund recognises that conservation is more than just looking after, preserving and restoring the land. The fund kaupapa fully affirms spirituality and cultural history are inseparable in Māori conservation and indigenous biodiversity initiatives.

About the fund:

For large application (over $15,000) apply any time. Because we do not consider urgent or retrospective applications, we recommend that you submit your request at least four months before you need the donation.

Our work prioritises whānau/families who experience multiple disadvantage across generations. We give donations to community groups and neighbourhoods who are leading positive change in their communities. We help address climate change, protect and enhance Aotearoa New Zealand’s biodiversity, and promote kaitiakitanga/custodianship of our whenua/land, moana/ocean and awa/waterways.

Our donations team processes online applications and assists organisations with their applications.

We support initiatives that are nationally significant, and sometimes smaller regional projects that have reach and the potential to grow. The donation range tends to be from $1000 up to $300,000 plus.

Three areas of donations: Environment, Family and Community. Online applications through their website.

Applicants should ensure their project fits the goals and areas outlined on the website for each category (environment, family, community) before applying.

Projects that work in these ways and meet more of our priorities will have a greater chance of receiving support:

• Whānau/families experiencing multiple and intergenerational disadvantage;
• Put whānau/families at the centre;
• National significance and scalability;
• Use kaupapa Māori models of practice;
• Work holistically;
• Focus on long-term solutions;
• Work in collaboration

We are especially looking for initiatives that demonstrate as many of these criteria as possible, and where outcomes can be demonstrated or evaluated using a community-participation approach.

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Funds are available for any charitable, philanthropic or cultural purpose that benefits the local community – both large and small.

Funding is shared between the areas of community, which includes arts, culture, heritage and environment (30%), health (15%), sport (40%) and education (15%).

All grants must be used for goods and services within New Zealand to meet Inland Revenue requirements and we can generally only fund events or projects that will take place during the next six months. More

NEXT Foundation’s vision is to create a legacy of environmental and educational excellence for the benefit of future generations of New Zealanders.

Education and the environment have been chosen as the two categories for strategic philanthropy investment and support because we consider that they have the greatest potential to inspire and create lasting value for New Zealanders.

Education – By supporting and investing in aspirational education projects, we aim to empower young people today and the leaders of tomorrow. Education opens the door to personal development, economic opportunity and innovation for society as a whole. New Zealand has an excellent education system, but there are a wide range of initiatives that can drive higher achievement and outcomes, including innovative projects at the edges of traditional systems.

We invest in projects that strive for educational excellence to provide all New Zealanders with the opportunity to fulfil their potential and develop into talented individuals with the skills and confidence to confront the challenges and embrace the opportunities of a globalised world.

Environment – New Zealand’s natural environment is the foundation of not only our economy but also our sense of identity

Our vision is to ensure our natural environment remains healthy so that it will continue to provide us with the essential resources that underpin a thriving and prosperous New Zealand. Focussing principally on conservation, there are many threats to be managed or overcome such as habitat loss, introduced predators, urbanisation and water use.

In doing so, we aim to preserve New Zealand for tomorrow’s generations. Where kiwi and other iconic native birds still exist in the wild, not just in online image galleries. Where our native forests welcome the day with a chorus of bird song. Where our children and their children can safely swim in clean lakes and rivers. Where our natural heritage and culture are preserved for all. More

• The advancement of education;
• The promotion of scientific research and learning;
• The promotion and support of the relief of poverty, including physical welfare;
• The promotion and support of other purposes beneficial to the community, including literature and the arts;
• A non-commercial purpose that is beneficial to the whole or a section of the community; and
• Promoting, controlling, and conducting race meetings under the Racing Act 2003, including the payment of stakes.

ARTS, COMMUNITY AND CULTURE

• Programs that support youth at risk.
• Recognised cultural and community organisations to further the objects of those groups.
• To provide for the maintenance, refurbishment and well-being of local marae.

EDUCATION

• Schools and other educational institutes for equipment and student amenities for educational advancement not covered by government funding.

HEALTH AND WELFARE

• Support services for communities.

SPORT

• Donations to amateur sport teams and clubs competing in recognised leagues and tournaments.
• Ground Hire.
• Playing uniforms.
• Provision of actual and reasonable travel expenses for groups participating in tournaments with kindred groups.
• Sports Equipment.

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The Commission offers Enhanced Access Grants to help individuals and organisations with projects that improve public access to the outdoors.

For the 2020-2021 funding round, $100,000 (excluding GST) is available for funding grants. The most we will allocate to a single project is $25,000. However, we also expect to support smaller projects.

Funding priorities

The main priority for funding is obtaining certain and enduring public access to the outdoors. More

Funding community projects in New Zealand

The Pelorus Trust is a charitable trust based in Lower Hutt which raises funds for charitable, philanthropic and sporting purposes through the operation of gaming machines. We are a mid-sized gaming trust operating machines from hotels and taverns between Far North District and Nelson/Marlborough.

Funds may be distributed to, but not limited to any cultural, philanthropic, charitable, sporting, educational or any other purpose that benefits the community or section of it.

Grants shall benefit only the amateur sport where the aim shall be to assist participants to play their sport, improve their skills and generally participate in a healthy recreational activity. Grants may benefit the sport of racing through the provision of facilities and grounds maintenance only. No grants shall benefit professional sportspersons to play their sport or racing owners, trainers or jockeys*.

Grants to charitable and not-for-profit community groups shall generally be for the purposes of health, welfare and the relief of poverty, for the benefits of the arts, culture or kapa haka, or for community assistance groups such as rescue helicopters.

Grants to schools or other educational institutes shall be for the provision of equipment or services that foster continuous learning and youth development. More

The New Zealand Government has allocated three billion dollars over a three-year term to invest in regional economic development through the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF). It is managed by the Provincial Development Unit, part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

The funds goal is to accelerate regional development, increase regional productivity, and contribute to more, better-paying jobs.
Therefore, each project should help achieve the PGF’s objectives:
1. Creating jobs, leading to sustainable economic growth
2 .Increasing social inclusion and participation
3. Enabling Māori to realise aspirations in all aspects of the economy
4. Encouraging environmental sustainability and helping New Zealand meet climate change commitments alongside productive use of land, water and other resources

Improving resilience, particularly of critical infrastructure, and by diversifying our economy
KEDA can help with applications for funding that fall into three main areas, or tiers: regionally-focused projects, sector-focused projects, and infrastructure-based projects. More

Callaghan activates innovation and help businesses grow faster for a better New Zealand. It is a government agency supporting hi-tech businesses.

It partners with ambitious businesses of all sizes, providing a range of innovation and research and development (R&D) services to suit each stage of growth.

Callaghans people – including more than 200 of New Zealand’s leading scientists and engineers – empower innovators by connecting people, opportunities and networks, and providing tailored technical solutions, skills and capability development programmes, and grants co-funding.

It also enhances the operation of New Zealand’s innovation ecosystem, working closely with government partners, Crown Research Institutes, and other organisations that help increase business investment in R&D and innovation.

Callaghan operates across New Zealand from four urban offices and a regional partner network in a further 14 locations.

KEDA advisers can help you access Callaghan funding and support . More

Funding is open to individual marae including urban marae, and entities (such as iwi, or Post Settlement Governance Entities) applying for funding on behalf of a collective of marae.

The fund will support marae communities to protect their mātauranga and taonga from the impact and ongoing threat of COVID-19, and support the cultural revitalisation of marae as centres of Māori identity and mātauranga.

Requests must align with the Mātauranga Māori Marae Ora funding outcomes: Learn More

Tui Flower Foundation

Focusing on home science, nutrition, household arts and family care and welfare.
This inaugural application round welcomes applications from charitable organisations providing programmes and learning opportunities for New Zealand Citizens to learn and develop in one or more of the specified focus areas. Funding will be prioritised for the purpose of providing programme placements for New Zealand Citizens on such programmes. Programmes which include a food and nutrition component may be prioritised above those which do not.

Examples of suitable applications may include programmes such as
-healthy cooking for families
-garden to table programmes
-self sufficiency programmes for families.
Applications open 19 April – 7 May 2021
For more information, and to apply click here.

Tayla Made Foundation
Instrumentalists aged 16-25 years who support and elevate opera and opera singers in New Zealand are invited to apply for grants to support their craft.
Opening in April 2021. Dates to be confirmed.

Other Grants & Funding

Perpetual Guardians 2021 application schedules (Organisations and Individuals) can be found here for planning purposes

Instrumentalists aged 16-25 years who support and elevate opera and opera singers in New Zealand are invited to apply for grants to support their craft.

Individual artists, arts practitioners, arts groups and arts organisations, excluding organisations in the Toi Uru Kahikatea or Toi Tōtara Haemata investment programmes.

Arts Grants offer short-term project funding for New Zealand artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations. This contestable funding continues to support more sustainable careers, encourage innovation and the development of arts practice, and provide opportunities for diverse communities to access the arts.

The ‘new-look’ Arts Grants will:

• accept a maximum of two applications from one applicant across the eight rounds (applicants can only submit one application in any round)
• have shorter decision-making timeframes than previously offered in Arts Grants – with notifications three weeks after the closing date
• be a continuous process, with one round opening as another closes in most instances
• in order to manage the demand and our budget we will be introducing a limit of up to 200 applications able to be submitted for each round (a total of 1,600 applications can be submitted across all eight rounds)

Tier 1 Fund:

This Fund will enable New Zealand artists who perform original music in lower capacity venues(i.e. up to 600 capacity) to apply for a 50% contribution towards approved eligible costs for undertaking a domestic tour.  Preference will be given to tours that include shows outside of the main centres, shows for all age’s audiences, and shows accessible to communities that may not usually get to experience live, local music

It is anticipated that applications will include provision for payment of venue hire fees and advertising spends on local media outlets to market the shows.The Tier 1 Fund is a total of $1 million and will provide 100 grants fora maximum of $10,000 each between now and June 2022.

Tier 2 Fund:

This Fund will enable New Zealand artists who perform original music where their tours include higher capacity venues (i.e. over 600 capacity) to apply for a 50% contribution towards approved eligible costs for undertaking a domestic tour.  Tier 2 will require artists to have a proven track record of successful touring in New Zealand and/or a significant audience base. Preference will be given to tours that include shows outside of the main centres, shows for all age’s audiences, and shows accessible to communities that may not usually get to experience live, local music.  It is anticipated that applications will include provision for payment of venue hire fees and advertising spends on local media outlets to market the shows. TheTier 2 Fund is a total of $2 million and will provide 40grants for a maximum of $50,000 each between now and June 2022.

An artist can receive two grants in a twelve-month period – and a maximum of three grants between now and 30 June 2022. There is no restriction on how often you can put in an application.

Applications can be from any entity that represents the artist – including managers, promoters, booking agents and the artists themselves. Learn more.

The Foundation is funded through a contribution from the sale of every new Mazda in New Zealand, support from Mazda Dealers and via special fund raising activities as well as seed capital from Mazda Motor Corporation in Japan.

The Mazda Foundation Trust aims include (but are not limited to) the provision of financial aid to individuals and causes which may qualify for income tax deductibility for gifts and which provide:

• Assistance towards the maintenance and improvement of the natural environment
• Assistance in the advancement of culture and education to achieve excellence at all levels in the community
• Assistance to young people through advancement of education and employment skills development, with particular emphasis on children from deprived backgrounds
• Assistance in the arts where the goal is to educate and expose the NZ public on NZ culture

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This fund supports marae, hapū, iwi, whakapapa-based rōpū and mātāwaka to protect, cultivate and retain mātauranga Māori related to heritage ngā toi Māori (Māori arts) and foster their distinctive arts and cultural practices.

To apply for the Toi Ake – Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku Fund, you must be:

• Tangata Whenua Māori, or your proposed project must be managed or directed by Māori
• a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident (each individual).
• New Zealand-based organisations can apply but the organisation must be Māori-led. If an organisation is applying for funding on behalf of an individual, that person must also be Māori. International arts organisations can apply but the application must show direct benefit to New Zealand arts.
• To be eligible for Creative New Zealand funding:
• Your project or activities must directly benefit New Zealand arts, artists or practitioners.
• You must have a track record of experience and success — this means you must have:
  • recognition from peers or experts
  • achieved a degree of critical or sales success
  • specialised training or practical experience.

For more information about track record requirements for your art form see  Funding guidelines 

Individual artists, arts practitioners, arts groups and arts organisations, excluding organisations in the Toi Uru Kahikatea or Toi Tōtara Haemata investment programmes.

Arts Grants offer short-term project funding for New Zealand artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations. This contestable funding continues to support more sustainable careers, encourage innovation and the development of arts practice, and provide opportunities for diverse communities to access the arts.

The ‘new-look’ Arts Grants will:

• accept a maximum of two applications from one applicant across the eight rounds (applicants can only submit one application in any round)
• have shorter decision-making timeframes than previously offered in Arts Grants – with notifications three weeks after the closing date
• be a continuous process, with one round opening as another closes in most instances
• in order to manage the demand and our budget we will be introducing a limit of up to 200 applications able to be submitted for each round (a total of 1,600 applications can be submitted across all eight rounds)

Learn more 

The Thomas George Macarthy Trust calls for applications annually from 1 May – 30 June. Each year the Trustee will advertise in appropriate media inviting organisations from across the Trust’s region (old Wellington provincial district, defined as the area of the North Island which is south of Turangi and excluding Taranaki and Hawke’s Bay) to make applications for a grant.  Applications are to be completed online via ‘Smarty Grants’. Applications are received by the Trustee and considered by the Board of Governors at their October /November annual meeting.

The Trust will consider funding charitable organisations, providing services that fall within the “four areas of focus” identified in the Trust’s Mission, to:

Meet operational funding needs including administrative costs and part funding salaries for limited periods;

• Deliver social programmes and services to the community;
• Support organisational development to improve their capabilities and capacity to serve their communities;
• Purchase capital equipment or improvements needed to provide the activity, programme or service. Learn more

The advancement of social and community welfare in New Zealand

• The relief of poverty in New Zealand
• The care, support and protection of the aged, children, and young people and people with disability in New Zealand
• The promotion of community development to enhance social and economic participation in New Zealand
• The promotion and fostering of art and culture in New Zealand
• The promotion of education in New Zealand including the establishment and support of schools, universities and other educational establishments
• The provision of facilities for the education of pupils of schools, universities or other education establishments

CURRENT FOCUS

We have a clear focus on providing grants to reputable community-based organisations which need funding for projects and initiatives designed to benefit as many people as possible. We will prioritise applications that demonstrate that their grant will have the widest community impact.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES

1. The advancement of social and community welfare in New Zealand
2. The relief of poverty in New Zealand
3. The care, support and protection of the aged, children, and young people and people with disability in New Zealand
4. The promotion of community development to enhance social and economic participation in New Zealand
5. The promotion and fostering of art and culture in New Zealand
6. The promotion of education in New Zealand including the establishment and support of schools, universities and other educational establishments
7. The provision of facilities of the education of pupils of schools, universities or other education establishments

Grant Guidelines and more

The purpose of the Frozen Funds Charitable Trust is to provide grants for projects run by, and for, people who use mental health or intellectual disability services.

Proposed projects must be:

• applied for by charitable organisations or by charitable organisations on behalf of individuals or groups without charitable status
• directed by people who use, or have used, mental health or intellectual disability services
• completed within a finite period.

Preference will be given to project proposals that would not be normally funded through government. Learn more

Our goal is to create a New Zealand where every child born is considered a taonga and lives in a family and community environment that promotes equitable health and wellbeing outcomes.

To help achieve this goal, our priority is to support actions and underlying systems changes which promote:

• A focus on health equity.
• A first 1,000 days of life that is psychologically supported, nutritionally sound and free from harmful substances for both mother and infant.
• A childhood with optimal nutritional and oral health.
• Psychological wellbeing and positive sexual health for adolescents.

In all our strategic areas we will prioritise proposals likely to improve health equity.  This means focused on improving the health of those who have the greatest difficulty achieving good health outcomes.  This may be a result of (but is not limited to) ethnicity, language barriers, health literacy level, financial status or geographic location.

We are particularly interested in projects that are run by or partner with Hapū, Iwi, Marae and other Māori organisations.

What can be funded?

• Health Promotion – the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health
• Health Literacy – improving the exchange of health-related information between health professionals and consumers
• Health Education
• Pilot projects for service delivery
• Funding support for evaluation of existing programs
• Research
• Projects designed to improve collaboration across sectors
• Innovative approaches or ideas

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Lottery Environment and Heritage grants are available for projects that will help protect, conserve or care for our natural, cultural and physical heritage, or allow us to better understand and access these resources.

• This fund provides grants for plans, reports and one-off projects that will protect, conserve and promote New Zealand’s natural, cultural and physical heritage.
• Natural heritage projects promote, protect and/or keep our native plants (flora) and animal life (fauna) safe from harm
• Physical heritage projects restore, protect and/or conserve places, structures and large built objects that are important to our history
• Cultural heritage projects conserve, protect and/or promote collections and stories that are important to our cultural heritage and identity.

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Lottery Community grants are available for not-for-profit organisations with a community or social service focus for ongoing operating costs or projects which help improve the quality of people’s lives in their communities.

A Lottery Community committee looks at the outcomes of your project or services and how they will benefit your community and help:

• support volunteers; help people to help themselves;
• promote community wellbeing; promote community or cultural identity;
• support vulnerable people; help people feel that they belong and can take part in their community.

Each Lottery Community committee determines the outcomes and priorities it wants to achieve from the investment of the grant money available in its area.

Lottery Community funds organisations that support the needs of:

• Māori, whānau, hapū and iwi
• Pacific people and other ethnic communities
• older people, women, youth and people with disabilities.

Supports activities that promote participation and inclusion, and contribute to resilient and culturally diverse communities. It prioritises requests with outcomes that evidence an enhancement of community-wellbeing, community development and social service delivery through:

• preventative and proactive programmes, services and activities;
• a reduction in the duplication of services through collaboration with other organisations, including the sharing of resources;
• a meaningful Tikanga Māori bicultural approach, within a multicultural environment, based on mana/respect for all peoples;
• community-led activities and innovative, strengths-based approaches which acknowledge and evidence the changing needs of their individual communities.

Lower priority is given if a request is:

• from an organisation with significant reserves;
• for a specific health, disability, education, sports or arts programme that doesn’t align with the Lottery Community committee priorities.
• Wellington/Wairarapa

Support will be given to social service providers that are collaborative and contribute to the following outcomes in their community:

• children and young people are happy, empowered, inspired and engaged;
• vulnerable people are connected and thriving.
• Lower priority will be given to:
• organisations who are financially well resourced (unless exceptional circumstances apply);
• requests for events;
• organisations who do not demonstrate wider community benefit beyond their membership.

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Organisations that have outdoor safety or water safety as their core business. This includes outdoor safety or water safety organisations that provide search and rescue activities.

Grants are one-off contributions for:

• ongoing operational costs, for existing or expanded services and activities
• projects beyond an organisation’s day-to-day operations
• minor capital works projects valued at $30,000 or less may also be funded, including buying equipment, assets or rescue craft.

The outcome for Lottery Outdoor Safety is to enhance water safety or outdoor safety for New Zealand communities through grants for:

• a capable and effective water safety or outdoor safety sector
• an increase in outdoor users’ safety knowledge and skills.

Grants are made to organisations whose requests show the benefits and outcomes that will be achieved for your water safety or outdoor safety organisation, sector or community, hapū or iwi, and how you will show or measure this.

Priorities

Lottery Outdoor Safety gives priority to grant requests that will:

• increase collaboration in the water or outdoor safety sector, including sharing knowledge, practices and resources.
• maintain effectiveness and volunteer capability water or outdoor safety sector organisations
• increase water or outdoor safety knowledge and skills in communities, hapū or iwi.

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The Hugh Green Foundation is a charitable trust dedicated to improving living standards and the social well-being of New Zealand communities. It builds on the philanthropic activities of proud Irish migrant, Hugh Green, co-founder of one of the country’s largest civil construction companies.

• Medical research + innovation -The foundation has a proud history in supporting innovative and excellent medical research including collaborations, new technologies and the creation of hubs of excellence in particular medical fields. Areas of focus to date include research into rare and terminal childhood disease, illness and disability, adult brain diseases, mental health, and addiction.
• Health equity -The foundation aims to reduce inequity within the health system by supporting community based/led/owned solutions which offer practical assistance for families/individuals who are suffering through medical and hardship issues. As part of this the foundation looks to incorporate, where possible leading medical research from other grantees so that it can flow down into medical practice at a community level. Examples include health hubs in low income schools offering a variety of health services.
• Education equity – Supporting leadership and transformation in low decile schools that are facing challenges is a key area of interest for the foundation. By assisting with the funding of innovative solutions and partnerships with NGO’s and Government the aim is to ensure that all children thrive, despite attending a school which is struggling. This has also extended to supporting educational development to pre-school, particularly in South Auckland.
• Reducing poverty – The foundation looks to help build capacity in community organisations which are working to assist people and communities out of poverty. Community led/driven initiatives that target reducing stress on families with young children are of interest, as are innovative solutions to increasing availability of affordable housing and increasing community connectedness. To date there’s been particular focus on Takanini in South Auckland where the foundation has existing relationships with the local school and other community groups.

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The Lindsay Foundation’s main focus is to support individuals and organisations who make a positive impact specifically, but not limited to the areas of animal welfare, children, disabilities and health. Inspiring and lifting those who are making changes in the following areas:

• Animal welfare – New Zealand has one of the highest rates of animal ownership in the world. As animal advocates, we want to ensure that all pets and livestock are treated with respect and afforded the care that they deserve. We invite applications from those who provide programmes which care for the welfare of animals.
• Children – We want to ensure that the future for our children is exciting, vibrant and full of promise; like many foundations and charities, we want to ensure that Kiwi Kid’s can make most of who they are. Supporting those who aspire to create a positive environment for children is a must-do for us.
• Disabilities – Encouraging those with disabilities to be at their best. And furthermore providing those with the necessary tools to achieve in their specific areas of interest and expertise. We are proud to assist charities who are creating pathways through ongoing care and research.
• Health – We are all impacted by health issues at some stage in our lives. We are advocates for aiding in prevention as well as medical research.

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Grants must be for an Authorised Purpose. The following constitute Authorised Purposes for Grants under Pub Charity Limited’s constitution:

(a) any purpose which or the time being constitutes a charitable purpose in New Zealand, including, without limitation:

(i) the advancement of education;

(ii) the promotion of scientific research and learning;

(iii) the promotion and support of the relief of poverty, including physical welfare;

(iv) the promotion and support of other purposes beneficial to the community, including literature and the arts;

(b) the promotion and support of all codes of amateur sport

(c) a non-commercial purpose that is beneficial to the whole or a section of the community.

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Our authorised purpose

Our operator’s licence granted by the Department of Internal Affairs states the following.

“Pursuant to section 56 of the Gambling Act 2003 (the Act), the Secretary for Internal Affairs (the Secretary) hereby grants a class 4 operator’s licence to:

New Zealand Community Trust (the corporate society)

authorising it to conduct class 4 gambling by way of gaming machines for the sole objective of distributing the net proceeds from gambling to the following authorised purpose(s):

1. ANY CHARITABLE, PHILANTHROPIC TO THE EXTENT IT IS CHARITABLE, CULTURAL, AMATEUR SPORT OR ANY OTHER PURPOSE THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY OR ANY SECTION OF IT. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:

A) THE PROVISION, OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION, OF FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND/OR PLAYING/TRAINING UNIFORMS FOR SPORTING CLUBS AND AMATEUR SPORTING TEAMS PLAYING IN RECOGNISED, PUBLISHED LEAGUES OR COMPETITIONS, AND OR;

B) GRANTS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR WELFARE ASSISTANCE THROUGH DONATIONS TO RECOGNISED SOCIAL SERVICE OR WELFARE AGENCIES, AND/OR;

C) GRANTS TO EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING ORGANISATIONS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS OR EQUIPMENT WHICH IS ADMINISTERED BY THE RECIPIENT EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATION, AND/OR;

D) GRANTS FOR RECOGNISED CULTURAL OR PHILANTHROPIC TO THE EXTENT IT IS CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AND GROUPS WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

2. AUTHORISED PURPOSES AS DEFINED UNDER THE GAMBLING ACT 2003.”

Find or more about Applying for a Grant and Grants NZCT have awarded since 2013.

The fund is available for projects that support ethnic communities to grow their skills, celebrate their culture and take part in society. It is also available for initiatives that support our communities as they deal with the challenges of COVID-19.

Our definition of ethnic communities includes migrants, former refugees, long-term settlers, and those born in New Zealand who identify their ethnicity as:

• African
• Asian
• Continental European
• Latin American
• Middle Eastern

Groups with legal status (includes trusts and incorporated societies) can apply for over $10,000. Groups without legal status can apply for up to $10,000.

The priorities of the Fund are:

THE MORGAN FOUNDATION CONDUCTS RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES IN

Public interest research

Conservation

Social Investment

The objective of the trustees is to use the funds for philanthropic endeavour with the priorities being:

• to reduce income and wealth inequities by assisting those at most disadvantage
• to provide a humanitarian response to those in need
• to HAVE FUN participating in the above