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Trust Waikato Community Response Funding Program (New Zealand)

Deadline: 14-Feb-2025

The Trust Waikato has announced the Community Response Funding Program to achieve transformational change for people, families, communities and places where the need is greatest.

Funding Information
  • The minimum grant is $1,000 and there is no maximum set.
What they Fund?
  • The Strategic Plan sets five and ten year goals towards achieving transformational change for people, whaanau, communities and places where the need is greatest. ​This includes funding projects that increase community vibrancy, quality of life, resilience, participation, and inclusiveness in the areas of:
  • By preference, grants will be made to organisations:
    • that offer their facilities or services for the benefit or enjoyment of the public and contribute to community vibrancy and resilience,
    • that have a proven track record in their area of operation, though the Trust may support new organisations that have significant potential
    • that can show community support for their operation, applying for projects that are consistent with the Trust’s current grants focus,
    • that have strong volunteer involvement,
    • that can show that their activity or project can make a real difference for the highest need communities in its region.
Ineligible Projects
  • Generally, they will not make grants towards:
    • business associations
    • conference attendance or accommodation
    • endowments
    • fundraising
    • individuals
    • loan repayments or other debt instrument repayments
    • prizes (including cash) and trophies
    • retrospective expenses (completed projects or events)
    • religious ministry
    • travel outside the Waikato region or overseas
    • uniforms
    • vehicles
    • venture capital
Eligibility Criteria
  • In general they fund not-for-profit organisations that:
    • operate in the Waikato region (organisations located outside of the Trust Waikato boundary that are providing services in the Trust Waikato boundary can be considered for a grant)
    • have a bank account, annual financial statements
    • are an incorporated society or registered charitable trust
  • There is some flexibility around these requirements. They can, for example, fund organisations that have no legal status.

For more information, visit Trust Waikato.