Deadline: 3-Mar-23
The TOI Foundation is inviting applications for its Strengthening Community Fund.
The Foundation understands the significance of its community grants, which support the fabric of the community. The Foundation is responsive to requests that contribute to increasing access to opportunities. The Foundation has an annual budget dedicated to the Strengthening Community Fund and is distributed via:
- Annual Grants: to help with organisational day-to-day costs
- Capital Grants: to help organisations buy or improve assets or equipment
- Programme and Event Grants: to help with the cost of running programmes/initiatives or events
- Individual Grants: to help individuals with the costs of competitive representation, training and development
Funding Information
- Annual Grant
- Annual Grant amounts are set by the Foundation and start from $500.00.
- Capital Grants
- Early Childhood Education: $30,000
- Primary and Intermediate School: $30,000
- Secondary School: $60,000
- Initiatives with Community Impact: $60,000
- Initiatives with Regional Impact: $100,000
- Significant Impact Projects (Large building projects that align to the Foundation’s purpose and increasing Access to Opportunities): Over $100,000
- Programme and Event Grants
- Early Childhood Education: $30,000
- Primary and Intermediate School: $30,000
- Secondary School: $40,000
- Initiatives with Community Impact: $60,000
- Initiatives with Regional Impact Over: $100,000
- Individual Grants
- NZ Representative – Overseas event: Up to $1,500
- NZ Representative – NZ event: Up to $750
- Training and Development Squads: Up to $500
- Iwi or tribal waka of Taranaki – Overseas event: $1,500
- Iwi or tribal waka of Taranaki – NZ event: $750
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit organisations with a project or initiative within the region can apply for funding.
- Not-for-profit organisations include Incorporated Societies, Charitable Trusts, schools and nonconstituted groups with a formal structure.
- Individuals who meet the criteria as detailed in the Individuals section of this Policy are also able to apply.
- The Foundation’s legislated boundary/region runs from Mokau in the North, to Tahora in the East and Nukumaru in the South.
For more information, visit https://www.toifoundation.org.nz/how-we-fund/