Welcome

The J R McKenzie Trust makes grants to community organisations in New Zealand, mainly in the areas of social services, health services and community development.  You can check out whether your organisation might be eligible for a grant, and download our application forms. 

Note: from 2010 our focuses and processes will be different.  Keep an eye on this site for more information.  Commitments already made will be honoured.

The Trust's purpose is to improve the quality of life of New Zealanders who have special needs, or face disadvantage. 

Our focus is on social, health and developmental needs, especially but not only for children, young people, and people with disabilities. We work to achieve this by:
  • Making grants to charitable organisations where they contribute the most to our purpose
  • Supporting innovative approaches that address needs and prevent problems
  • Assisting organisations to make their services more effective in empowering the people they serve
  • Working collaboratively with other funding bodies.
 
2008 Annual report

Click here to read our latest annual report (2.26MB). If you do not have a PDF viewer you can download Adobe Reader from here.  

We can also post this to you.  Just contact the office.

 
See Here

This initiative aims to make a positive difference for children who have mild or moderate vision problems.  Vision problems can impair learning, development and enjoyment of life.

Our See Here team, with the help of stakeholders, has produced two key documents. These documents have been developed to present the evidence for a review of policies relevant to children with mild and moderate vision impairment.

The evidence-based case is a relatively long and detailed document, which may not be of interest to all readers, so See Here has also produced a summary booklet for much wider distribution.

  • The See Here evidence-based case:  Click here to download (PDF, 1599KB)  If you do not have a PDF viewer you can download Adobe Reader from here.
  • The See Here Summary Booklet:  Click here to download (PDF, 597KB)  If you do not have a PDF viewer you can download Adobe Reader from here.

  Click here for more information.

 
Making life easier for fundseekers

In recent months, a small group of organisations including the Trust has been exploring how:

  • The business of getting and accounting for grants and donations can be made simpler and more “user friendly”
  • Funders might work together to make this happen.

This work has been focused in Waitakere, and we hope it will be of use anywhere.

Click here to read a summary of the research that has been undertaken (PDF, 195KB).

If you'd like to read the full report, (PDF, 5.10MB) click here.

Click here to read a paper designed to help people new to this business make sense it all - The four myths of funding (PDF, 213KB).


Organisations involved in this project are: Community Waitakere, ASB Community Trust, Waitakere Licensing Trust, The Tindall Foundation, Waitakere City Council and the J R McKenzie Trust.

 
 
Making funding processes "youth friendly"

The Trust has recently commissioned some research about ways of funding that involve young people, and make funding more accessible for young people's projects.  Lisa Woods researched many current schemes, and talked with a lot of youth agencies, funders, and active young people in New Zealand to see what they thought would work in their region.

The attached resource, Future Focus, describes what Lisa learned, and includes case studies of several NZ and international models.  It's also available in a paper version - just contact us if you'd like one.

Future Focus (PDF, 471 KB)

 
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