JBS Dudding Trust 2025 - Contestable

Your organisation must based in or supporting people within the Rangitikei District (check: Rangitikei District Council map)

and your organisation must be one of the following:

• Registered with Charities Services (Charities Services) or;
• A registered Incorporated Society with the Companies Office (Companies Office) or;
• An early childhood centre or  school registered with the Ministry of Education (Ministry of Education Registered Schools)

PLEASE NOTE:

Grants will be grouped in ONE of the categories below:

1) General Grants or;

2) Impact Grants or;

3) Community Development Grants.

All funding is GST exclusive. (PLEASE NOTE: ensure your category selection is within the correct funding range, any application outside of the selected funding range will not be considered). 

If your application is relative to a Rural Hall please refer to the Rural Halls application process: Rural Halls Maintenance 2025 Grant Round

Any applicant requesting funding for outdoor projects or events must provide quotes for these projects. These quotes must also outline clear Terms & Conditions which may apply in the event of cancellation due to adverse environment or weather events. 

General Grant – only towards equipment purchases, equipment replacements, operating expenses and non-operating expenses that support the Rangitikei Region. General grants will range between $5,000 and $20,000. Please ensure your funding request is GST excl and is within this range. (PLEASE NOTE: Funding requests outside of this range will not be considered).

Impact Grant – only towards a salary or salaries, projects or programmes supporting the Rangitikei Region. Impact grants will range between $5,000 and $50,000. Please ensure your funding request is GST excl and is within this range. (PLEASE NOTE: Funding requests outside of this range will not be considered)

Community Development Grant – only towards a capital project that will facilitate and enable the delivery of new, or the expansion/preservation of existing, community and environmental assets in the Rangitikei Region. Community Development grants will range between $50,000 and $300,000. Please ensure your funding request is within this range. (PLEASE NOTE: Funding requests outside of this range will not be considered)

Any applications with the following circumstances will NOT be considered.

• Incomplete or late applications.
• Requests for retrospective funding.
• Accountability Receipt requirements from 2024: any applicant who received funding in the 2024 grant round that has not uploaded a receipt for the grant to the Smarty Grants database will not be considered. (Or who had not made alternate arrangements with the Public Trust, as Trustee.)
• Accountability Report requirements from 2024 (this applied to specific organisations only): any applicant who received funding in the 2024 grant round that was required to submit an Accountability Report or Reports and has not uploaded that Report, or those Reports, to the Smarty Grants database by the referred date will not be considered. (Or who had not made alternate arrangements with the Public Trust, as Trustee.)
• Applications from individuals, sports organisations and service clubs. (PLEASE NOTE: Sports organisations and service clubs includes those that have membership fees or who focus on social activities). 
• Applications requesting funding for overseas projects.
• Applications not based in or supporting people within the Rangitikei Region. (Rangitikei District Council map)
• Applicants who provide Financial Statements that do not comply with the Reporting Standards set by Department of Internal Affairs - Charities Services (Reporting Standards info webpage ). You must attach the same completed financial statements you used with your latest Charities Services filing return.
• Multiple applications from the same organisation.