Deadline: 19-Aug-2024
The Marlborough District Council is pleased to announce the Community Grants.
Purpose
- These small grants are Council’s way of acknowledging the contribution of not-for-profit organisations in providing essential services which assist in developing the community at large. Council’s role is to add value to the ability of the volunteer sector to thrive and respond to community needs by providing funding assistance.
Sectors
- Council will consider requests for funding from community organisations providing services in the following categories in no order of priority:
- Arts & Culture
- Community Welfare and Social Services
- Heritage
- Sport and Recreation
- Each application is considered on its merits using the criteria set out below with decisions made in the best interests of the local community.
Funding Information
- Due to demand for funds, grants will be allocated to a maximum of $10,000 per application.
What can be funded?
- One application per organisation per year can be considered for funding.
- Partnership projects can be applied for by an umbrella organisation – applicants must be not for profit.
- An organisation can make an application of their own as well as being the umbrella organisation for a partnership project.
- Projects must be of direct benefit to people of the Marlborough district.
- Activity that can be considered for funding include:
- Small operating grants up to $5,000 (organisations already receiving a Council operating grant excluded). Operating costs refer to coaching, rent, utilities etc and ongoing operating costs.
- Furniture and fittings – items that can be removed from the facility and not become a building asset.
- Equipment
- Seeding funding for new projects/programmes
- Volunteer expenses.
- Repairs and maintenance for community facilities
- Training/workshops with a community development focus that are open to the public.
- Consultancy fees towards activities such as feasibility studies or engineers reports for community projects.
What can’t be Funded?
- New building or extensions/s to current buildings
- Landscaping and carparks
- Debt Servicing and Retrospective funding
- Conventions, conferences, reunions and tournaments
- School based curriculum programmes, and other central government services
- All travel or costs associated with events outside of Marlborough including overseas travel.
- Projects that have already received Council funding including through contracts and partnership agreements for the same activity.
- Floor coverings excluding mats.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organisations wanting to apply for funding assistance must meet the following criteria:
- Be a not-for-profit organisation.
- Iwi groups
- Provide services to the wider community or specific sectors in the community.
- Be able to supply Annual Accounts
- Provide verification of charitable status (if applicable)
- Account for expenditure of funds specifically for grants received (this will affect eligibility for any future grants)
- There must be a monetary contribution from the applicant towards the cost of the activity applied for. This can be from own funds or grants from other sources.
- Regional/national organisations can apply on behalf of a Marlborough group but must provide Marlborough specific costs/budget and benefits.
For more information, visit Marlborough District Council.