Air Rescue Services Limited grants

Dates

No fixed rounds: apply any time.

What it funds

• Rescue and medical equipment and services
• Charitable, educational, sport, cultural and community organisations

What it will not fund

• Retrospective payments
• Personal or commercial gain
• Cash prizes
• Entertainment, food or refreshments
• Professional sportspeople

Good to know

Apply at least 8 weeks before spending; it will not pay for anything already done. Money goes back to areas near its member venues.

Applications close on the 1st of each month and go to that month's grants committee meeting.

Checklist

What Air Rescue Services says you need:

• Apply online
• Two competitive quotes
• Charities certificate or constitution
• Financial statements
• Proof of bank account
• Signed Consent to Audit each time
• Apply at least 8 weeks before spending

Common things funders ask for, worth having ready:

• What exactly is the money for, and when will you spend it?
• How much do you need, and do you have quotes under three months old?
• Who benefits, and how many people?
• Your legal name, registration number and bank account in the group's name.
• A committee or board decision approving the application (some funders want a signed resolution).
• Your latest financial statements or annual return.
• Other funders you have applied to for the same thing.

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Sources

What we relied on, in the funder's own words.

• The company's primary funding objective is to support the vital community work and development of rescue and medical equipment and servicesairrescueservices.co.nz · read 17 October 2026
• hard copies of the grant applications will NO LONGER be acceptedairrescueservices.co.nz · read 17 October 2026
• bona fide charitable, educational, sport, cultural and community organisations within the local communityairrescueservices.co.nz/grants/ · read 17 October 2026
• Grants payments will not be made retrospectively.airrescueservices.co.nz/grants/ · read 17 October 2026
• Applications close on the 1st of each monthairrescueservices.co.nz/grants/ · read 17 October 2026
• Two competitive quotes - must NOT be in a format that can be edited (no Word/Excel)airrescueservices.co.nz/grants/ · read 17 October 2026
• Funding to cover cash prizes or large non-cash prizes.airrescueservices.co.nz/grants/ · read 17 October 2026

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