Dragon Community Trust Grants Program in New Zealand

Purposes

• Dragon Community Trust may make grants for authorised purposes as follows:
  • any charitable purpose;
  • any 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.

Grant Can Be Made For?

• Non-profit community cultural or arts festivals.
• Non-profit museums and art galleries.
• Advertising charitable appeals and non-profit cultural events.
• Providing public amenities and recreational facilities, e.g. rugby grandstands, sports centres, national parks, public halls, libraries, statues, fountains, playing fields, gymnasiums, swimming pools, parks, churches, and botanical gardens.
• Sport in connection with particular schools, technical colleges, or universities.
• Amateur sport which involves the pursuit of physical fitness.
• Providing education through early childhood centres, schools and universities.
• Providing scholarships and prizes for academic achievement (primary and secondary level only).
• Developing the character of young people, e.g. youth groups.
• Public health services including education, counselling and rehabilitation services.
• Providing public works and services, e.g. building roads and bridges.
• Protecting the environment, e.g. re-vegetation, afforestation, and conservation.
• Supporting non-commercial emergency rescue services.
• Supporting animal shelters or sanctuaries.
• Grants to established and recognised appeal funds, such as Red Cross and the Salvation Army.

Grants Cannot Be Made For?

• Personal or commercial gain.
• Professional sport.
• Non-affiliated "social" sports clubs (such as corporate leagues).
• Groups or individuals standing for an election to public office.
• Lobby groups or action/pressure groups (e.g. Greenpeace, or Sensible Sentencing Trust).
• Social events, e.g. school balls, family reunions, entertainment in pubs or clubs, sporting trips for supporters or spectators, or after match functions for sporting groups.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications can only be made by a club or non-profit body which is an incorporated society and/or registered charity.
• Individuals cannot apply for grants.
• An application may be made by an organisation for an individual to compete or participate in an event.
• In such cases you will need to demonstrate that the grant to enable the individual to compete or participate has a wider benefit to the community or a section of the community.

For more information, visit Dragon Community Trust.