Dragon Community Trust grants

Dates

No fixed rounds: apply any time.

What it funds

• Grants within the Trust's authorised purpose, with priority to the local Asian community, especially young and elderly members

What it will not fund

• Retrospective grants
• Grants to individuals

Good to know

Monthly cut-off around the 10th. Grants must be spent within three months and cannot be retrospective. Individuals cannot apply.

The cut-off for applications is generally the 10th of each month, and applications are normally considered in the last week of the month.

Checklist

What Dragon Community Trust says you need:

• Application fits the Trust's authorised purpose
• Applicant is a non-profit body
• Grant is for specific and future purposes
• Grant spent within three months
• Apply through the online system

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 cut-off date for applications is generally the 10th day of each month. Applications are normally considered in the last week of each month, subject to change.dragon.org.nz/grants · read 17 October 2026
• Dragon Community Trust gives priority to funding applications which support the local Asian community.dragon.org.nz/grants · read 17 October 2026
• The applicant is a non-profit body.dragon.org.nz/grants · read 17 October 2026
• The grant is to be applied to specific and future purposes; no retrospective grants can be made.dragon.org.nz/grants · read 17 October 2026
• The grant must be used only for the specific purpose for which the application was made and spent within three months of the grant being made.dragon.org.nz/grants · read 17 October 2026
• If a grant applicant is GST registered, only the GST-exclusive amount can be funded.dragon.org.nz/grants · read 17 October 2026
• Applications can only be made by a club or non-profit body which is an incorporated society and/or registered charity.dragon.org.nz/grants/faqs · read 17 October 2026
• The funds come from gaming machine proceeds generated at our venues.dragon.org.nz/grants/faqs · read 17 October 2026
• Dragon’s gaming venues are located across the country. It gives priority to grant applicants based in the cities where its gaming venues are located.dragon.org.nz/about · read 17 October 2026

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