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:
- Arts and culture
- Community Development
- Environment
- Education and research
- Social services
- Sports and recreation
- indigenous people
- Wellbeing
- 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.