COGS provides grants to non-profit community groups and organisations delivering community-based social services, projects and events. Grants are one-off contributions for:
- the running or operational costs of organisations that provide community-based social services
- community development costs, such as hui, training, planning, evaluation and facilitator fees
- community projects or event costs that:
- encourage participation in communities
- promote community leadership
- promote social, economic and cultural equity.
Ngā kaupapa kāore e tautokona ā-pūtea / What we don’t fund
COGS does not fund:
- individuals
- fundraisers, including professional or commercial fundraisers whose purpose is to distribute money to others
- services that duplicate existing services, unless the request demonstrates there is a good reason for both services to exist
- services or activities that have already been delivered or have taken place prior to the closing date
- debt repayment or debt servicing
- reimbursement of past transactions or for completed work
- social functions, except if for cultural reasons, the event brings people together in order to achieve other significant community benefits or outcomes
- alcohol and similar substances, such as kava
- requests where there is evidence of a conflict of interest, which has not been disclosed or managed appropriately. (Note: a conflict of interest exists where a person’s duties or responsibilities to a grant recipient organisation could be affected by some other interest or duty that the person may have.)
- publishing any material of a technical nature, unless it is consistent with the applicable policies and guidelines produced by the relevant government or government-approved authorities
- capital items purchases such as land, buildings, renovations, machinery, vehicles and/or furniture. (Items of office equipment with a unit cost less than $1000 are not deemed to be capital items.)
- services or activities that promote commercial, political or religious activities, including political advocacy projects, employment and/or business initiatives and commercial enterprises
- activities or projects specifically intended to generate a profit, though profits are allowed if the purpose is to achieve ongoing sustainability for the project
- services, activities or programmes to be delivered overseas.