Foundation North Community Grant (over $25,000)

Who can apply

• Must answer yes to all five eligibility questions on the Funding page: strong fit with one of the four focus areas; charitable purpose; benefits Auckland and/or Northland communities; can provide the key documents; has checked the exclusions list
• Registered organisations: "charitable trust, incorporated society, marae, statutory body, branch of an organisation registered under an Act of Parliament, registered under relevant legislation or a company with a charitable status"
• The Stage 1 form's legal status dropdown accepts: Branch of an organisation, Charitable Trust, Incorporated Society, Statutory Body, Act of Parliament, Ahu Whenua Trust, Church, Foundation, Limited Liability Company, Limited Liability Company with charitable intent, Māori Incorporation, Māori Reservation, Pre-school, School, Under an Umbrella organisation, Other
• Unregistered or new groups can apply with the support of an umbrella organisation acting as fundholder, both entities must be registered on the Funding Hub, and the umbrella must provide a signed confirmation letter and its own annual accounts
• Requests must be over $25,000 (under $25,000 is the Quick Response Grant pathway)
• Strongest fit: initiatives for, by and with the priority communities, tangata whenua, Pacific peoples, communities of Northland, communities of South Auckland, children and young people, former refugees, new migrants, Rainbow communities, people living with a disability

What it funds

• Services, programmes, projects and events over $25,000, including multi-year grants
• Work aligned to one of the funder's four focus areas
• Operating costs, capped at 30% of your total expenditure

The questions on the form

We hold the funder's actual form. Here are the first 3 of 46.

1. Stage 1, About your organisation and what you're doingDoes your organisation work within the Auckland or Northland region?
2. Do you want the funding for a charitable purpose? (For example, not for private or commercial gain.)
3. Stage 1, Help us understand the fit with our funding strategyPlease select any of these communities you are working with:

Documents to have ready

• Annual accounts, mandatory for every request. Must be no older than 16 months at submission, signed by the Chair, meet the content requirements of New Zealand's reporting standards, and include a Statement of Service Performance (SSP). Foundation North provides an SSP template (Template-for-SSP.xlsx). If your constitution, rules or trust deed require reviewed or audited accounts, those must be provided too
• Budget, mandatory for every request. A forward-looking budget showing your organisation's name; the months and year(s) the budget relates to (must be in the future, as the funder does not fund retrospectively); all income sources including the Foundation North request; and a separate budget for each year if applying for multi-year funding. A Foundation North Budget Template (.xlsx) is provided
• One letter of support, required for first-time applicants or anyone who has not received a Foundation North grant in the last five years. On letterhead, signed, dated, no more than six months old, from an organisation working with your community in the same location or sector, covering your reputation, quality of service delivery, community benefit and how you work with other providers, and including the writer's name, job title and contact details