Nelson City Council is inviting proposals for its Community Investment Fund Grant
Program to support vulnerable communities in Nelson.
Nelson City Council has been working with community organisations
for many years in a variety of ways such as funding agreements, one-off grants,
rates remissions, intermediary loans, and community leases and licenses. The
Community Investment Fund (CIF) was established in 2015, providing grants that
contributed to Council’s social development outcomes.
Funding Priorities
- Overall CIF funding priorities.
- CIF funding is to achieve
Social development outcomes.
- Grants are not for arts,
sport, or recreations projects, except as they may contribute to social
development outcomes.
- 2021-24 Priority areas:
Council agreed to the following priorities for
CIF from 2021, in line with the proposed Long-Term Plan 2021-2031:
·
To prioritise funding for programmes, activities and projects to
improve wellbeing with communities of greatest need relating to:
o Reducing social
isolation;
o Reducing housing
vulnerability;
o Improving access to work
and learning opportunities, and
o Reducing the impact of
poverty
Funding Information
- Total funding budgeted for the
Community Investment Fund in 2021-22 is $340,000. This is allocated as
follows:
- $240,000 is available for
strategic grants
- $100,000 is available for
small grants.
Funding Categories
The Community Investment Fund has two
categories:
- Strategic Grants
- Grants to organisations /
projects to support key vulnerable communities or populations in Nelson:
- Grants are up to 3 years
- Maximum grant of $30,000 p.a.
- Focus: support and empowerment
of vulnerable people and communities, in
- particular addressing social
isolation/loneliness, housing and homelessness, impacts of poverty, and
work and learning opportunities for young people.
- Small Grants
- Focus is on addressing
emerging issues and social development projects focusing on supporting
communities of greatest need in Nelson. Applications for new and
innovative projects are welcomed.
- Maximum grant: $10,000 (most
are likely to be much smaller)
- Two funding rounds p.a.
- First round will be open in
July/ August with grants paid from October 2021
- Second round will be open in
March/April with grants paid in June 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants to the community investment fund
must:
- Be registered charities
(registered in the Charities Register) or be able to supply a tax
exemption certificate to show they have ‘non-profit’ status.
- Non-profit organisations
without this status can nominate an umbrella organisation to receive and
administer the funds on their behalf. In this case the umbrella
organisation would be legally accountable to Nelson City Council for any
grant received
- Applicants can submit more than
one application, provided additional applications are collaboration
projects, in partnership with other community organisations
- Late applications may be
considered at the discretion of the Community Investment Funding Panel,
but in general will not be accepted.
- Retrospective funding will not
be considered.
- The project/activity must
provide a public benefit and be open to members of the public within the
Nelson City boundaries and/or benefitting Nelson residents.
- Other factors that will be
considered are:
- The value of the project to
the community in comparison with the cost to Council.
- The level of wider community
involvement in the project.
- The past achievements or
potential of the organisation.
- The ability of the
organisation to successfully administer the grant and deliver the
outcomes.
- Contribution to other Council
policies/strategies.
- Successful applicants must
acknowledge Nelson City Council support in their annual accounts and in
promotional material wherever possible.
Post Date - 30-Apr-2021