Funding Partner

A Funding Partner needs to be a non-profit organisation that is a legal entity and operating in our area - Southland, Queenstown, Glenorchy, Arrowtown, Tapanui and Heriot. 

This would mean any one of the following;

• An incorporated society or an incorporated charitable trust. You can check if your funding partner is incorporated at Societies & Trusts 
• A company with charitable purposes that  is registered with Charities Services
• Non profit organisations established under the following Local Government Act 2002, Maori Trust Boards Act 1955 or Education Act 1989

Service clubs are not eligible for an operating grant for their own organisation or a project grant for example a Rotary project, the exception being if they are merely acting as a funding partner on behalf of an intended recipient.

(Registration with Charities Services does not mean your organisation is a legal entity)

We recommend that your group and your funding partner enter into a written and signed agreement that outlines such things as:

• The roles and responsibilities of both parties e.g.
  • grant administration i.e. submitting an application, ensuring funding conditions are met, overseeing the use of the grant
  • financial management of a grant i.e. releasing approved funding, evidence of expenditure required for payments, clarifying whether funding partner or the group pays invoices, record keeping of spending such as  copies of receipts 
  • accountability reporting i.e. completing and/or endorsing

Your Funding Partner can apply on your behalf anytime for requests under $75,000, but they will need to apply before the project has started as we don’t fund projects that have already happened.

Applications are made online and if you haven’t applied before you need to register by providing your name, organisation and email address as well as creating a password – it  only takes a moment.