Four Winds Foundation funds are available for any charitable, philanthropic, amateur sporting, arts, cultural activities or something that provides benefit to a significant portion of the community in a non-commercial sense. The type of charitable organisations that the Foundation envisages assisting generally falls within the following descriptions:
An important requirement for our directors is a signed set of the organisation’s annual financial accounts. Our preference is to distribute funds in and around the area where our venues are located (click here for a current list of our venues). If you are outside these areas, you should look at the www.dia.govt.nz website for a list of other gaming trusts within your area whom may be able to help you.
This means that applications received in the Four Winds Foundation office in this current month (up until and including the last working day of the month) will be considered by the end of next month, and this applies to every month of the year.
If using a professional fundraiser it must be done under the following conditions: they must be paid a flat or hourly rate which is paid irrespective of the outcome of your grant application. If your organisation has another remuneration arrangement with your fundraiser, you must disclose this to us. You must not use any portion of grant funding received to pay a commission or success fee to the fundraiser.
Quotes supporting the amount requested are essential for each application. No quotes – No funding! Quotes must be addressed to your organisation, be less than 6 months old, show supplier’s clear name and contact details as well as GST content. For operational costs, the previous three months’ worth of operational invoices must be provided (seasonal sports groups can provide invoices for the same timeframe the previous year).
The allocation of funds made by Four Winds Foundation is an unconditional gift. No portion is claimed by Four Winds Foundation as a deduction for Goods and Services Tax paid. If a Grant Applicant is GST registered, only the GST exclusive amount can be funded (as GST is not a real cost to such organisations).
All applications for salaries/contractor’s fees must include a current signed contract (with the job description) clearly supporting the amounts outlined in the form’s salaries cost breakdown. Applications can only be processed based on evidence provided.
Applications for positions that are not yet filled cannot be considered.
Successful grants for salaries/wages will usually be limited to a three-month period of time.
To be eligible for sporting grants, your organisation must play on a regular basis and be affiliated to a regional or national body.
The following is not funded:
Applications for Travel need to be carefully prepared. All quotes need to be from New Zealand Travel companies. We do not fund departure taxes, insurance, overseas accommodation or domestic travel within an overseas country. Costs for Travel and accommodation costs can only be approved where an official itinerary is supplied with an itemised breakdown of proposed costs.
Please note we are unable to send confirmation for every application received into our office.
When an application is being processed, if there’s any required information missing, we would usually email the applicant requesting the missing information (which ideally would be scanned and emailed back to us).
Otherwise, all applicants will only hear back from us by email once meeting results are processed.
It is therefore important to provide a current email address for each application.
(*exceptions may apply on certain months)
Approved grants are *usually paid through direct credit by the end of the week following the grant approval date (*exceptions may apply on certain months).
It is therefore important to provide an official bank document with the applicant’s bank account name and number for each application.
It was resolved that a request be made to Four Winds Foundation Ltd for funding for the amount of [Amount]. I certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the resolution of the [Committee or Executive] of [Organisation Name] dated [Date].
Signed: ___________________ Name of Secretary: _________________ Date: _________________