Mactodd Community Charitable Trust grants committee member Caitlin Dykes, of Cromwell, said the trust was set up in 1979 with seed funding from a philanthropic Cromwell client, which had been invested, protected and grown during the past 45 years.
"Our grants are focused on projects that benefit all areas of community wellbeing, including youth development, environmental stewardship, arts and culture as well as elderly health and wellbeing," Ms Dykes said.
The trust aimed to support and fund projects, not operational funding.
The projects should benefit the community in either Queenstown Lakes District or Central Otago District and applicants needed to be a not-for-profit, charitable or voluntary legal entities.
Larger, one-off or strategic projects that provide long-term benefit would be prioritised such as construction, refurbishment or major improvements to community facilities, purchase of significant equipment that would have long-term benefit for the community, large-scale community events or festivals with broad participation, environmental or cultural projects with lasting outcomes and strategic initiatives that address identified community needs.
Grants would not be made to individuals or commercial businesses.
The amount available for each grant would depend on the size and impact of the project, as well as available funding.
All or part of a request might be granted.
The amount of funding requested fell into 4 brackets: $10,000-$30,000; $31,000-$50,000; $51,000-$100,000; more than $100,000.
Applications were now open for grants between $50,000-$150,000, as well as $5000-$50,000 and would close on December 31.
