Partnership funding means any funding and assets you already have available for your project. For Lottery capital works funds, there is a partnership funding requirement before you can make a funding request.
Partnership funding is required for projects if you are making a request to:
Your project will only be considered for funding if you can show that you already have one-third of the total project cost available so wait until you meet the requirement for partnership funding before you request a grant.
Partnership funding may include:
- cash donations you've received;
- confirmed sponsorship amounts;
- grants made towards your project by others (apart from any Lottery grants);
- funds your organisation has already raised and tagged for your project, including loans;
- evidence of what you have spent on, or invested in, project-related work within two years of the date of application, such as the cost of securing resource consent;
- the value of any land acquired for the project, provided that:
- the land is specifically for the project;
- you provide a current certificate of title;
- you provide a certificate from a registered valuer, or a record of the rateable value, on the date the land was acquired.
The following are not seen as partnership funding contributions:
- the value of any debt secured against the land at the request date
- previous Lottery grants
- unconfirmed or promised funds, including pledges and debentures you have not received
- offers to donate labour or materials
- the value of donated goods and services
- the value of any voluntary labour
- the value of any discounts.
