Chenery Memorial Trust, Lois Dalley Charitable Trust and June Gray Charitable Trust (CDG)

Dates

Email them first, before applying.

What it funds

• Subsidies for community-based projects
• Cultural bodies
• Young people, health, education and personal development

What it will not fund

• Domestic or international travel
• Projects outside New Zealand

Good to know

Applications are sent by email. The $3,000 limit comes from an older application form and may have changed.

Trustees meet early in March, June, September and December (per the application template).

Checklist

What Chenery, Dalley and Gray trusts says you need:

• Application template emailed to Charities@CDG.org.nz
• Prefers $1-for-$1 matching

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.

• To assist Charitable Organisations, Schools, Sporting and Cultural bodiescdg.org.nz · read 14 October 2026
• usually limited to $3,000, and this figure is flexiblecdg.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Applications-template-Mk3.pdf · read 14 October 2026
• the Trusts meet early in the months of March, June, September and Decembercdg.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Applications-template-Mk3.pdf · read 14 October 2026

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