• The Hutt Mana Charitable Trust (hereinafter referred to as the “Trust”) is under no obligation to meet requests for grants. The funds belong to the Trust, which has the sole right to determine whether a grant will be approved, and no dialogue or correspondence will be entered into regarding decisions made on applications.
• All grant requests must be received by the Trust by the closing date for consideration and are subject to the availability of funds (incomplete grants or grants received after the closing date may only be considered at the discretion of the trustees).
• Applications must be future focused, ie the application must be approved prior to the event/project/purchase taking place. Retrospective applications cannot be processed.
• Grant applications will only be considered in normal circumstances on a six-monthly basis, with applications closing on the last Friday of March and September. Organisations are only eligible to receive one grant per 12-month period. Applications for grants will not be considered if previous grants have not been fully accounted for to the Trust. 
• Grants must be for the benefit of those domiciled within the Hutt Mana area. Consistent with the boundaries of the Trust, this in general terms includes the whole of the cities of Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt and Porirua, and that part of Wellington City comprising Johnsonville, Newlands, Broadmeadows and Tawa. Please be specific as to which area your grant application is for.
• Applications must be from organisations within the above defined area or delivering a benefit for members of the communities of that area.
• The project must be started within 12 months of the receipt of the grant.
• The Trust expects an acknowledgement in your Annual Report and in any publicity connected with the project, as well as photos and stories of the use of grants suitable for publishing through social media, the Trust’s website and other promotional materials.
• By agreeing to our terms and conditions you agree to go on our newsletter database to receive periodic updates from the Trust.

What will not be considered for funding:

The following are examples of purposes which would NOT qualify as “Authorised Purposes” and are therefore not eligible for funding:

• Administration costs for sports groups.
• Administrative/Coordinators salaries
• Costs associated with staging “after-match” functions for sporting groups.
• Servicing of existing debt.
• Grants to non-affiliated sports or social clubs.
• Grants to clubs that use a commercial gaming machine site (eg a pub) as a clubroom or sporting venue.
• Cash prizes or large non-cash prizes.
• Purchase or subsidy of alcohol, food, entertainment or refreshments – other than in special circumstances.
• “Trade tournaments” or sporting events staged primarily for commercial publicity and/or the benefit of a selected industry group.
• Travel insurance and taxes.
• Vehicles for motorsport, private or commercial activities
• Sporting trips for supporters.
• Commercial tourist promotions.
• A purpose that will result in a clear commercial gain or profit for an individual or organisation.
• Grants to further the activities of professional sports persons (except where such a donation is made for any coaching, training or development purpose for an amateur sport community organisation).
• Any individual person unless the grant is made to, and administered by, an incorporated body to which the individual is affiliated.
• Family reunions or group reunions.
• Events or trips which are predominantly social in nature.
• Purchase or subsidy of vehicles intended for purposes associated with social functions.
• Prizes for sporting events, except for trophies or modest non-cash prizes for use in genuine community sporting events (the definition of “modest” will in each case be determined by the size of the event concerned).
• Grants for the benefit of lobby groups or political parties.
• Grants for fundraising for other organisations. These include third-party requests.
• Projects that are considered to be the responsibility of local or central government.