Earthquake Recovery Fund Eligibility and Applications
ELIGIBILITY CHECKLIST AND GUIDELINES
Use the following checklist and guidelines to check your eligibility for the Todd Foundation Earthquake Recovery Fund. If you answer “yes” to all the questions in the checklist below and you have also considered the additional guidelines, you are eligible to apply to the Todd Foundation Earthquake Recovery Fund.
| 1. Is the project or initiative aimed at helping the people of Canterbury respond to the earthquakes experienced since 4 September 2010? | Yes/No |
| 2. Is your organisation a non-profit organisation, preferably incorporated as a Charitable Trust, an Incorporated Society or otherwise legally incorporated? | Yes/No |
| 3. Is your organisation based in Canterbury? (We prefer to support organisations based in Canterbury. You may work in partnership with organisations outside of Canterbury if required, but the application would usually need to come from the Canterbury-based partner.) | Yes/No |
4. Will your project or initiative contribute to one of our two priority areas:
(see below for what we mean by these two priority areas.) |
Yes/No |
| 5. Where appropriate, does your project/initiative show evidence of collaboration with others working in the same field (At the least we would usually expect consultation with other key local agencies to ensure there isn’t overlap or duplication). | Yes/No |
| 6. Is the funding requested from Todd Foundation clearly not a government funding responsibility, or an insurance company responsibility? | Yes/No |
7. As this fund is time-limited, will the project or initiative be either:
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Yes/No |
Additional Guidelines to consider:
8. We do not generally make grants:
- for buildings and associated capital items
- for purchase of vehicles
- for overseas travel
- for projects already completed
- for fund-raising appeals
- to individuals
- to individual schools, early childhood centres or toy libraries
- to individual sports, recreation, or arts organisations
- which promote a religious, political or ideological belief
9. Where appropriate, we are especially interested in proposals where learnings and resources are made available more widely
Engaging Communities:
The following is a summary of what we are hoping to support through our funding for engaging communities following the earthquakes;
During and immediately following the Canterbury earthquakes, there were unprecedented levels of volunteerism and neighbourly support and engagement. We would like to support the continuation and growth of this community spirit in ways that are relevant as Canterbury recovers.
- In particular, we are interested in supporting community development activities at a neighbourhood or other appropriate levels. We are looking for local-led initiatives that will build resilient communities, and strengthen neighbourly connections – especially for those in disadvantaged areas, those most severely hit by the quakes and those most disrupted in the recovery.
- We are also interested in helping where possible to ensure that communities (both geographic communities and communities of interest) are able to participate and engage in the consultation, planning and decision-making for the recovery – with the City Council, CERA, etc.
- In all these activities, we would like to especially ensure that marginalised or minority voices are heard and included. This could include children and young people, people with disabilities, Maori, Pasifika communities, refugees and migrants – anyone who risks being overlooked or left out.
NGO Sector Recovery:
The following is a summary of what we are hoping to support through our funding for NGO support following the earthquakes;
All sectors of society were hit hard by the Canterbury earthquakes, and NGOs (non-profit, community and voluntary organisations) were no different. A number of sectors, such as business and government, have now developed their own recovery strategies and in some cases have attracted specific resources to make that happen.
- We would like to lend our support to the recovery of the sector that was often working hard helping others, and now needs some support of its own. We don’t have the resources to provide or purchase cheap accommodation, office furniture and equipment for all NGOs effected. However, we are looking for ways we can support NGOs to find what they need to recover, develop recovery plans, band together for temporary (or longer term) solutions, facilitate joint purchasing, or shared essential facilities.
- As well as help with the practical tasks of recovery, we are also interested in helping NGOs regroup and adapt to the changed circumstances of the ‘new normal’. We are aware that a number of NGOs are already looking at restructuring how they provide their programmes, relocating and in some cases ‘suburbanising’, and collaborating more closely with other organisations. We could help by funding the time, resources or people to review the best approaches, develop new strategic plans, or negotiate new collaborations to fit the new realities, etc.
If you have answered “Yes” to all the 7 questions in the checklist and have also considered the guidelines above then we would be interested in hearing from you. Apply ONLINE HERE to our Earthquake Recovery Fund. If you don’t meet our guidelines you may like to check the funding information service website- see www.fis.org.nz.
