Foundation North Quick Response Grant

Who can apply

• Funder's five eligibility questions, all of which must be answered yes: "Does your service, project or programme strongly fit with one of our four focus areas?"; "Does your group or organisation have charitable purpose?"; "Does your service, project or programme benefit Auckland and/or Northland communities?"; "Can you provide key documents to support your request?"; "Have you checked that your service, project or programme is something we can fund?"
• "Our funding is for not-for-profit groups and impact-led organisations doing charitable work (where no private or individual gain is generated)."
• Eligible registered organisation types (Who can apply? guide and Funding Journey guide): "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."
• Unregistered or new groups: "If you are an unregistered or new group, you may be able to submit a request with the support of an umbrella organisation." Both the group and the umbrella organisation must be registered on the Funding Hub, and support documents must be provided by both.
• Priority communities the funder says it prioritises: "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." Also prioritised: "activities that focus on increasing understanding and giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Climate Action."
• Funder's own success signal: "Your request has a greater chance of success if it: Aligns very closely with at least one of our focus areas, and Is clearly for, by and with one or more of our priority communities."

What it funds

• Services, programmes, projects and events for Auckland and Northland
• Itemised cost lines, gear, wages, venue, delivery
• 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 30.

1. Contact InformationOrganisation Name
2. Organisation Location
3. Application Contact

Documents to have ready

• Annual accounts, required for EVERY funding request. Funder's conditions, verbatim: "be no older than 16 months at submission of the funding request"; "be signed by the Chair"; "meet the content requirements of New Zealand's reporting standards" (Tier 4 not-for-profit content requirements linked); "provide a Statement of Service Performance (SSP)", Foundation North publishes an SSP template (Template-for-SSP.xlsx). "Note: If your constitution, rules or trust deed state you must have reviewed or audited accounts, you must provide it with your funding request."
• Budget, required for EVERY funding request. "We ask for a 'forward thinking' budget... The budget must include the following: Your organisation's name; The months and year(s) the budget relates to, noting we do not fund retrospectively so ensure the dates are in the future; All income sources, including the funding request to Foundation North; If you're applying for multi-year funding, a budget for each year is required." Foundation North publishes Foundation North Budget Template.xlsx (one-year, multi-year, events and operating cost tabs).
• One letter of support, required "If you are a first-time applicant, or you haven't received a grant from Foundation North in the last five years." Must be "on applicable letterhead, signed, dated and no more than six months old, from an organisation working with your community (either in the same location, or in the same sector) that has a good understanding of what you do and how you do it." The writer should cover "the reputation your organisation has, the quality of your service delivery, how you are benefiting your community, and how you work with other service providers" and "include their name, job title and contact details."