Council Annual Discretionary Fund

Amount

The fund has an overall budget of $100,000, to be allocated by the Council at the Council’s absolute discretion, which may include the timing of payments and setting a cap on the requested amounts at the time of the decision. The full budget amount does not need to be fully allocated. Unallocated funds shall not be carried over to subsequent years.

Criteria

Organisations wanting to apply for funding assistance must meet the following criteria:

• Be a not-for-profit organisation
• Provide services to the wider community or specific sectors in the Kaikoura community (any National or Regional organisation applying must refer specifically to Kaikoura costings and benefit)
• Be able to supply verified Annual Accounts
• Provide verification of charitable status (if applicable)
• Account for expenditure of funds specifically for grant received (this will affect eligibility for any future grants)
• There must be a contribution from the applicant towards the cost of the activity applied for. This can be from the applicant’s own funds, grants from other sources, volunteer time or donated materials.

Please click on the link below for detailed criteria information.

Criteria information

Who can apply

The Council will consider requests for funding from not-for-profit community organisations providing services in the following categories (in no order of priority) and who meet the above criteria:

• Arts & Culture
• Community Facilities
• Community Welfare and Social Services
• Environment
• Heritage
• Sport and Recreation
• Other at the discretion of the Council

Approval process

The Council Discretionary Grants scheme will open 1 March annually, and close in time for funding decisions to be made at a full Council meeting no later than 30 April annually, for payments to successful applicants after 1 July (the next financial year).

The Council’s decision on all allocation of funds will be final.

Accountability

Organisations that have received funding from prior years must ensure that their reporting accountability is met. If reports are not returned, or are unsatisfactory, the organisation will not be eligible for future funding under this grant.

What Cannot be funded

• Conventions, conferences, and reunions
• School based curriculum programmes
• Retrospective funding
• All travel or costs associated with events outside of Kaikoura including overseas travel
• Projects that have already received Council funding including through contracts and partnership agreements for the same activity within the same financial year.
• Food and catering
• Fundraising events
• Projects which better fit the criteria of other Council related funds available (such as the George Low Fund, Creative Communities, Sport NZ rural travel, Significant Natural Areas fund, Kaikōura Initiatives Fund, and others).