Four Winds Foundation Grant

We proudly support non-profit community groups, charities, cultural, welfare agencies, educational organisations & amateur sporting organisations in localities where we have our Gaming venues.

Four Winds Foundation Grants Committee meets every month, usually on the last week of the month (exceptions may apply on certain months), to consider applications received in the previous month. 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.

We are actively helping many communities around NZ. To be eligible for a grant, your organisation must be a non-profit body and registered as an Incorporated Society, or be affiliated to a body that is incorporated and preferable registered with the Charities Commission.

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: -Sporting clubs/teams -Cultural (e.g. performing arts, historical societies, cultural groups etc.) -Philanthropic (organisations that are there for the benefit/welfare of the community e.g. health, foodbanks) -Educational groups -Community groups who serve community purposes (e.g. scouts, senior citizens etc.) -Other groups that may fulfil qualifying purposes not specifically mentioned above

Important things to consider before applying: -Your organisation’s location: Four Winds Foundation gives funding priority to local communities around our venues (you can see the most up to date list of our venues on this website). If we currently have no venues in or around your organisation’s area it would make applications from this area unlikely to be considered favourably. -The timing of your application: It is preferable that grant applications are received by our office 8 weeks prior to the event. The money applied for must only be used after the meeting to consider your application. Also, funds cannot be granted for events that have already occurred before the meeting to consider your application even if the actual payment is after the meeting. Any amount used before the meeting (including but not limited to deposits) would be considered retrospective and therefore cannot be approved.