Louisa and Patrick Emmett Murphy Foundation

Dates

The next dates are not published yet. We add them when they are.

What it funds

• Assistance and care for terminally ill people
• Improving quality of life for older people
• Assistance and care for people suffering from illness
• Specific projects or programmes (preferred over general running costs)

What it will not fund

• Incomplete or late applications
• Retrospective funding
• Overseas projects
• Individuals, sports organisations and service clubs
• Organisations not based in or supporting people within the Auckland region
• Requests under $10,000 or over $30,000

Good to know

Specific projects are preferred over general running costs. Opens in June and closes in July each year, with no 2027 dates published yet.

Applications open in June and close in July each year; exact 2027 dates are not published.

Checklist

What Emmett Murphy Foundation says you need:

• Be a charity registered with Charities Services benefitting people in the Auckland region
• Request between $10,000 and $30,000
• One application per organisation per round
• Upload a receipt for any previous grant to SmartyGrants

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 minimum grant is now $10,000 and maximum is now $30,000.publictrust.co.nz/grants/louisa-and-patrick-emmett-murphy-foundation · read 17 October 2026
• applicants must be a charity registered with Charities Services, benefitting people within the Auckland regionpublictrust.co.nz/grants/louisa-and-patrick-emmett-murphy-foundation · read 17 October 2026
• Preference will be given to applications for a "specific project or programme" as opposed to "general" running costs of the organisation.publictrust.co.nz/grants/louisa-and-patrick-emmett-murphy-foundation · read 17 October 2026
• Applications open in June and close in July annually.publictrust.co.nz/grants/louisa-and-patrick-emmett-murphy-foundation · read 17 October 2026
• Retrospective fundingpublictrust.co.nz/grants/louisa-and-patrick-emmett-murphy-foundation · read 17 October 2026
• Applications from individuals, sports organisations, and service clubs.publictrust.co.nz/grants/louisa-and-patrick-emmett-murphy-foundation · read 17 October 2026

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