Deadline: 11-Apr-25
Nelson City Council is seeking applications for the Community Investment Fund Small Grants program focused on supporting vulnerable communities in Nelson.
Focus Areas
- reduce the impacts of poverty
- reduce social isolation and bring communities together,
- support people who are living in substandard housing or are at risk of homelessness
- Improve access to work and learning opportunities and
- improve general community well-being.
What won’t be funded?
- Individual people.
- Individual businesses, government agencies or departments, or political parties.
- Duplication of existing public or private programmes operating close to each other.
- Purchase or improvement of privately owned facilities.
- Funding activities that involve any alcohol, tobacco, illegal substances and gaming.
- Expenses incurred out of the region such as transport or accommodation.
- Professional fundraising services.
- Activities already completed.
- Projects already funded by Council.
- Public services that are the responsibility of central government (e.g. core education, primary health care).
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants to the community investment fund must be registered charities (registered in the Charities Register) or be able to supply a tax exemption certificate to show they have ‘non-profit’ status.
- Non-profit organisations without this status can nominate an umbrella organisation to receive and administer the funds on their behalf. In this case the umbrella organisation would be legally accountable to Nelson City Council for any grant received.
- Applicants can submit more than one application, provided additional applications are collaboration projects, in partnership with other community organisations
- Late applications may be considered at the discretion of the Community Investment Funding Panel, but in general will not be accepted
- Retrospective funding will not be considered
- The project/activity must provide a public benefit and be open to members of the public within the Nelson City boundaries and/or benefitting Nelson residents, with Nelsonbased projects preferred.
- Successful applicants must acknowledge Nelson City Council support in their annual accounts and in promotional material wherever possible.
For more information, visit Nelson City Council.
