Example form for Community Grant applications

Part 1: Eligibility

1. Is your project based in New Zealand?

• Yes
• No

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2. Will your project be completed in one year?

• Yes
• No

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3. Has your project started?

• Yes
• No

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Part 2: Project details

4. Describe your project. What do you want to achieve? Answer in English or NZSL – write your answer or paste the YouTube link to an NZSL video.

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5. How does our project align with the NZSL Strategy 2026-2036?

6. Is your project focused on Turi Māori or the wider community?

• Turi Māori
• Wider Deaf and/or hearing community

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Part 3: Budget

7. Show here the total amount requested.

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8. If you have applied for over $20,000 please upload your audited financial accounts. Audited financial accounts are the documents produced by an independent professional accountant at the end of every financial year.

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9. Budget costs - please upload a spreadsheet of Word document. When outlining the costs you need to explain the following:

• people costs (for example contractors, wages, salary)
• resource costs 
• IT costs (for example software, printing)
• interpreter costs
• travel related costs (for example venue hire, catering)
• income
• other costs

All amounts are to be in New Zealand Dollars (NZD) and excluding GST. If your organisation is GST registered, you can include GST in your invoice.

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Part 4: Applicant details

10. Organisation name

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11. Primary contact person

• name
• email address
• mobile number
• organisation’s physical address
• organisation’s postal address (if different)

Part 5: Fundholder

Grants cannot be paid to individual bank accounts or organisations that are not legal entities. If you are an individual, please find a fundholder who can manage the grant for you. The fundholder organisation must be a legal entity.

Legal entities are

• registered charitable trusts
• incorporated societies
• Crown entity (for example a university or a subsidiary of a Crown entity)
• limited liability companies

Your fundholder must sign a declaration stating they are happy to receive the grant on your behalf.

NZSL information about fundholders.

12. Which type of legal entity is your organisation?

• registered charitable trust
• incorporated society
• Crown entity (for example a university or a subsidiary of a Crown entity)
• limited liability company
• no