Application for Grants
Hastings Karamu Rotary Club is a proud supporter of the Hawke's Bay Community. We will provide funding that supports any activity that provides positive input into the local community. Both individuals and groups will be considered as suitable for funding with only a few exceptions. In broad terms, activities that strengthen leadership and participation in community-based activities, which support social change, will be considered as suitable activities. Please contact treasurer.hkr@gmail.com to discuss any aspect of your application.
Examples of suitable activities are as follows:
- Grants, bursaries, scholarships and prizes to school pupils attending any primary and secondary schools in the Hastings District Council area and/or for the purpose of assisting any young people in acquiring a tertiary education at any university, training college, community college or technical institute;
- Assistance to young people in choosing careers in preparing for or in following their chosen career or occupation;
- Boy Scouts’ Troops, Girl Guides Companies and other youth organisations, and their camps, activities and their equipment and facilities;
- Youth activities which are designed to promote good citizenship, healthy occupation and the wholesome use of leisure, including awards and sponsorships in which Rotary Clubs in New Zealand are traditionally, and/or from time to time, interested;
- Supporting youth and associated agencies in sporting and athletic activities at schools and/or higher honours;
- Handicapped people, orphans and disadvantaged people;
- Indigent or sick people and hospitals or other institutions engaged in the provision of medical or other facilities for indigent or sick people, including the provision of
- medical equipment for these purposes;
- Projects of a community nature designed to improve or benefit the public generally;
Grant Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be based in the local geographical area of Hawkes Bay.
- Where Rotary obtains information that an applicant has received funding from another source for the same purpose, Rotary will require the applicant to repay any portion of the funding that exceeds the total amount required for the stated purpose.
Applications may be declined for the following reasons:
- Funds cannot be granted for events that have already occurred or for items that have already been purchased at the date that the Grant is considered.
- There are insufficient funds available at that time.
- Funds will not be granted where the purpose is for payment of wages or salaries to persons.
- All declined applications are held by Rotary Club of Hastings Karamu for administrative and auditing purposes and the applicants are informed of the decision as soon as is practicable.
Conditions of allocation of funds:
- All successful applicants when requested are required to supply Rotary Club of Hastings Karamu with copies of receipts and an Accountability Report for the expenditure of the funds they have received for authorised purposes. Any unused portion of those funds must be returned within six months of receiving them.
- It is a condition that the proposed grant allocation will be applied for the purpose stated and for no other purpose and that acceptance of the payment will be deemed to confirm that the allocation has or will be applied accordingly.
- The allocation is made as a donation being an unconditional gift from Club funds and on the condition that no procuration fee, commission and/or discount has or will be paid to any person and that no identifiable direct benefit arises or may arise in the form of a supply of goods or services to any party involved as a result of the payment being made.
- In the event of non-compliance with any of these conditions, an amount equal to the amount of the grant is immediately repayable by the recipient to the Club.
- By signing this application form all successful applicants agree that Rotary Club of Hastings Karamu can include their name on any print/online media as being provided with a grant. This could also include disclosing the amount provided.