J R McKenzie Trust

Dates

By invitation only.

What it funds

• Advancing equity through systems change
• Māori-led and Pacific-led initiatives
• Communities that experience exclusion

What it will not fund

• Business-as-usual services
• Schools
• Buildings or land
• Sports club operating costs
• Core healthcare
• Medical research
• Single-issue health organisations
• Rest homes
• Individuals
• Religious or political promotion

Good to know

Mostly non-contestable, so contact the Trust rather than expecting an open round. A Seed Funding for Innovation form is still linked on its site; check with the Trust whether it is open. Business-as-usual services are excluded.

Funding allocated through partnerships; new recipients announced several times a year.

Checklist

J R McKenzie Trust does not publish a document list on the pages we read.

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.

• We are a relational funder (non-contestable). Our funding is allocated via partnerships and collaboration with community organisations.jrmckenzie.org.nz/funding-info · read 17 October 2026
• We want to fund programmes and initiatives that support the inclusion and wellbeing of communities that experience exclusion.jrmckenzie.org.nz/funding-info · read 17 October 2026
• Ongoing services or programmes that are "business as usual"jrmckenzie.org.nz/things-we-dont-fund · read 17 October 2026
• * Single-issue health organisationsjrmckenzie.org.nz/things-we-dont-fund · read 17 October 2026
• Apply for a Seed Funding for Innovation Grantjrmckenzie.org.nz/things-we-dont-fund · read 17 October 2026

Report a mistake

Spot something wrong? Reporting opens when the site launches. Until then, check the funder's own page linked above.