What will the Trust make grants for?

The Trust’s funding is directed at community organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand that:

•  Have aims and activities compatible with the Trust’s purpose – To build a socially just and inclusive Aotearoa New Zealand.
•  Have charitable purposes – preferably with charitable status from IRD.

What activities will the Trust support?

The Trust makes grants towards a wide range of activities, including both core operating costs and project related costs.

We are looking for applications that:

1.  aim to build a socially just and inclusive Aotearoa New Zealand;

 2.  focus on one of our priority target groups;

 3.  use one or more of our preferred ways of working;

 4.  convince us that the planned activities are likely to lead to the above results; and

 5. are from organisations capable of carrying out the planned activities.

These criteria are discussed here:

In particular we are looking for the proposal’s aims to include at least one of the following:

• Reduced disparities in social outcomes
• Greater recognition and valuing of diversity
• Māori succeeding as Māori
• More connected communities
• More inclusive decision making.

2. Priority Target: Does it focus on one of our priority target groups?

We are looking for applications that focus on either

• Disadvantaged children and their families; or
• Māori development.

Applications with a focus on other especially marginalized groups may also be considered.

Based on our research and discussions, we believe these activities will produce the most benefit and “leverage” given the Trust’s resources and attributes.

Successful applicants are likely to engage in at least one the following:

• Capacity development (activities that strengthen leadership, participation, community skills and resources)
• Māori development (tino rangatiratanga, self-determined development activities); and/or
• Social change (advocacy and other work towards systemic change in society).

We would hope to see successful applicants:

• Encouraging participation, especially from those often left out
• Working with others, to mobilise additional resources and address problems and challenges on a wide front
• Developing leadership, especially within the community served itself; and/or
• Promoting a spirit of community service and generosity.

4. Effectiveness of approach: Are the planned activities likely to lead to the above results?

We would hope to see:

• A defensible, logical plan for achieving these results
• Evidence from results achieved by others using similar approaches (including from research and other literature); and/or
• Evidence from results already achieved to date by the organisation.

5. Capability: Is the organisation able to effectively carry out the planned activities?

In particular we would expect to see either:

• A ‘track record’ and reputation for effectively implementing these or similar activities; or
• The skilled people and systems in place to effectively implement planned activities.