Deadline: 30-Jun-23
The Tauranga City Council is now accepting applications for its Major Event Fund to attract, grow and enhance major events that add to the vibrancy and economic growth of the city.
Major events will showcase Tauranga as a premier event destination and an exciting place to live, work, play and visit.
Priorities
- are one-off events that present an opportunity to deliver substantial social and economic benefits to Tauranga
- are new events that require seed funding but have significant long-term growth potential for Tauranga
- occur during the off-peak seasons of April to October.
The events they fund must?
- demonstrate a significant growth in regional GDP (gross domestic product)
- attract significant visitation and tourism
- generate positive national and/or international exposure for Tauranga
- create leverage and legacy opportunities for the city
- strongly align with the event funding values and priorities.
Funding Information
- The maximum grant is $100,000 +GST per event year and there is no minimum funding level.
- $350,000 +GST for events occurring between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023.
They don’t generally fund events that?
- don’t champion the event funding values or priorities
- are run by individuals. They will only grant funding to a legal entity/organisation.
- are commercial ventures seeking significant profit
- take place prior to an event funding decision being made
- are primarily political, protests or for the purpose of religious persuasion
- are primarily for the purpose of fundraising or may transfer funding to another party
- are private functions, meetings, conventions etc. Private is defined as any event where the general public aren’t able to attend or purchase tickets
- are markets, expos, stand-alone installations or exhibitions, or for repayment of debt
- are for research, feasibility or evaluation of events outside of the event itself
- support business as usual operations, general salaries, rents or other overhead costs except as a proportion of the total event costs
- support repairs/maintenance and capex projects outside of an event
- request more than 50 percent of the event's total event expenses
- have outstanding debt with Tauranga City Council
- are already funded through another Tauranga City Council event fund
- have breached previous funding agreements with Tauranga City Council, including post-event reporting requirements and where no commitment has been made to rectify this
- occur outside of Tauranga City boundaries with the exception of TECT All Terrain Park and McLaren Falls and applications. to the Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund.
For more information, visit Tauranga City Council.