The New Zealand Lottery Grants Board (Board) will not fund:

Alcohol: The Board does not fund alcohol and similar substances (for example kava).

Capital investment: The Board does not fund capital investment, which includes investments in real estate, stocks, bonds and other financial institutions or trust funds.

Commercial, political, and religious objectives: The Board does not fund requests or projects that look to promote or advance:

• commercial aims with the sole purpose of profit making which includes employment or business initiatives (private pecuniary gain)
• political aims which include political advocacy and projects that look to change legislation; or
• religious aims that support religious activities. Funding requested for social services and activities provided to this community or the wider community, by religious organisations, is not considered a religious aim.

Retrospective funding: Funding projects or activities that are already completed will not be approved. This exclusion does not apply to Emergency Natural Disaster Relief funding.

Private pecuniary gain: The Board does not fund requests that seek to generate private pecuniary profits or gain for an individual or body, except to the extent that the profit or gain is incidental.

Debt repayment: The Board does not fund debt servicing.

Loans, deposits, or underwriting projects: The Board does not fund requests that include costs related to refinancing existing loans or deposits or underwriting projects.

Overseas aid and disaster relief: The Board does not fund requests for overseas aid or overseas disaster relief.

Medical expenses: The Board does not fund medical expenses, operations, or treatments.

Redistribution of funds or fundraisers: The Board does not fund requests from fundraisers or organisations where the purpose is to redistribute it to a third party. The third party should apply on their own behalf and may be supported to do so by a fundraiser. A request that is supported by a fundraiser must show:

• the fundraiser is paid at a flat fee or hourly rate which is paid irrespective of the outcome of the grant request
• the financial arrangements of a fundraiser and the organisation

You must not use any part of the funding to pay a commission or success fee to the fundraiser.