Lottery Community Facilities

Who can apply

• not stated by funder, the Lottery Community Facilities page publishes no who-can-apply statement
• The page's only eligibility instruction, verbatim, under How to apply: "Understand your group's eligibility based on legal entity status, see What funding options are available for non-registered or informal groups" (the linked help article now returns 404)
• Priorities / Ngā kaupapa matua, verbatim: "Lottery Community Facilities prioritises organisations that support the needs of groups named in the Gambling Act 2003: Māori; Pacific people and other ethnic communities; Older people, women, youth, and people with disabilities; People facing barriers to participation in society"

What it funds

The questions on the form

We hold the funder's actual form. Here are the first 3 of 14.

1. Main questionsWhat do you want funding for?
2. Is your request for either a feasibility study or a seismic assessment report?
3. What are the outcomes your mahi (activities / project) is aiming to achieve?

Documents to have ready

• Partnership funding evidence, verbatim: "For all requests except for feasibility studies, applicants must have secured at least 1/3 of the total costs as partnership funding prior to submitting a request."
• Feasibility study, verbatim: "Funding requests for projects with a total cost of $250,000 or more must provide a study showing whether the project is feasible or not. A feasibility study may not be required if the project does not require any consents, permits, or is straightforward or the project has progressed to a point where a feasibility study would not add any value."
• The funder's question-preview PDF lists these as information you may additionally need to provide: "Resource consent"; "Project information such as name, lead and estimated start /end dates"; "Partnership funding details"; "Building consent"; "Land ownership."