Nikau Foundation 2025 Grants Assets + Resources
We are delighted to be supporting your organisation’s mahi.
A big THANK YOU for all you do to support our communities. We are delighted to provide the visual and written assets, as well as notes on your Nikau Foundation grant below.
Notes on your Nikau Foundation grant:
Please note your grant application number for reporting purposes can be found on your grants round outcome email from us. It starts with G0.
GST Treatment of Grants: A Nikau Foundation grant is regarded as an ‘unconditional gift’ for tax purposes. No contract exists between the Nikau Foundation and the grantee for tax purposes. No contract exists between the Nikau Foundation and the grantee for exchange of goods or services. Grantees should not issue invoices to Nikau Foundation for grants awarded.
Unspent funds should be returned to Nikau Foundation.
We understand that sometimes project scopes and timelines change. If your project changes for some reason or if you intend to spend your grant funds on something different to that which you included in your application, please let us know.
We generally expect that grant funds will be spent within four months of being paid. However, we understand that not all projects can be completed in this time and in some cases, such as if funding is being used to support operating expenses, this may not be possible.
We kindly request an evaluation highlighting the impact that your Nikau Foundation grant has had on your organisation and the communities you serve. This can be provided to us via our online evaluation form. To keep things as streamlined as possible, we unfortunately cannot accept evaluations submitted in any other format.
It is of utmost importance that the privacy of our donors is respected. For this reason, we kindly ask that any questions regarding your grant or evaluations are sent through to lindy@nikaufoundation.nz
Visual Recognition of Support:
If you’d like to share Nikau Foundation’s support for your organisation on your marketing and communications channels, you are most welcome to use our logos or our ‘proudly supported by’ icons, which you can find linked below:
If you are using our logo in a printed publication or in larger format marketing application (e.g signage, posters etc), we kindly ask that you apply our logo in line with our brand guidelines available below and send a proof through to our Marketing and Communications Manager, Maddie via maddie@nikaufoundation.nz.
Written Recognition of Support:
If you would like to write about Nikau’s support for your organisation, you are welcome to refer to our brand blurb below.
“Nikau Foundation is Te Upoko-o-te-Ika-a-Māui, the Greater Wellington Region’s community foundation. With a mission to grow generosity to support the people and places of Te Upoko-o-te-Ika-a-Māui, the Greater Wellington region, forever, Nikau has a vision to create thriving, resilient communities.”
Acknowledging our donors:
Nikau Foundation gives out grants on behalf of different funds and donors e.g. The David and Anne Buckell Fund or The Tindall Foundation. If you’d also like to acknowledge these donors, you are welcome to use the format below as a guide.
Nikau Foundation Funds
“This year, we are excited to have received funding from Nikau Foundation’s (enter Nikau Fund here), to support (enter organisation here)’s (enter project here.”
The Tindall Foundation
“This year, we are excited to have received funding from The Tindall Foundation via Nikau Foundation; Tindall’s local grant-making partner for Te Upoko-o-te-Ika-a-Māui the Greater Wellington region.”
Behind every dollar is a story. Each of our funds are set up by generous individuals, families and organisations to benefit the people, places and causes closest to their hearts. To find out about the story behind the fund from which you’ve received a grant, you are welcome to take a look at our funds page.
To find out more about The Tindall Foundation, please click here.
Providing more information about Nikau Foundation.
We kindly ask that, where possible, you link to our website (www.nikaufoundation.nz) or tag our social media pages. These can be found below.
