Background
1. The Auckland Baptist Tabernacle Trust Board was constituted by the Third Schedule of the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle Act 1948.
2. In terms of the Third Schedule of the Act the net available income of the Trust is to be applied by the Board to or in aid of any works, objects or undertakings of a Baptist religious charitable nature.
Conditions
3. Baptist Charities which are eligible to lodge an application for a grant. This includes:
- Churches and Fellowships which are members of the Baptist Union
- Associations
- Baptist Union
- Missionary Society
- Baptist controlled Trusts and Charitable Companies
4. In making applications for grants, Churches must supply the Trust with the following information, on the application form attached together with any other information that may be helpful for the Trust.
5. All applications will be considered by the Trust and dealt with on the application's merits taking into account the amounts contributed towards the project by the Church members. The efforts of the Church or organisation to raise funds themselves towards the project will also be examined. The Trust will be a supporter but not the total funder of projects.
6. Auckland Baptist Tabernacle Trust Board grants are considered unconditional gifts and therefore, based on advice we have received, no GST is payable on the grant received by your organisation. If your organisation is GST registered, you need to be aware that grant payments in respect of invoices submitted will exclude any GST component. Should you have any concerns regarding taxation matters please contact your tax adviser.
7. It is not the Board's policy to support:
- Operating costs such as staff wages or salaries, office expenses, travel expenses, interest, mortgage repayments or other day to day running costs; or
- To establish/support trading enterprises.
8. Applicants must fully understand that goods purchased with grant monies will remain the property of the applicant organisation or church.
9. Funds not expended within 12 months for the specific purpose applied for and allocated, must be returned to the Trust.
10. Funds must be spent in New Zealand.
11. The Trust is under no obligation to meet the timeline of the applicants. Annual distributions are usually paid out in June.
12. The Trust is not obliged to fund either this or any future applications and has complete discretion in the allocation of funds. The reason for the Trust's decision will not be disclosed.
13. Only one application per church/organisation per year will be considered (although that application may comprise several parts or items).
14. Any applicant who is successful in obtaining a grant from the Trust and subsequently wishes to change the purpose for which it was designated must submit a 'Change of Purpose Form' to the Convenor prior to making any commitments for expenditure of those funds. The 'Change of Purpose Form' is available elsewhere on this website.
15. Late applications will NOT be considered or carried forward to future years.
16. All monetary amounts such as quotes, grant requests etc must show the amount net of GST, and the applicable GST, separately.
17. The Trust will not be responsible for the performance of NZ Post or courier companies in their delivery of applicants' hard copies.
18. Late or incomplete applications or applications submitted on previous years' forms will not be processed. A checklist is attached. Before forwarding, please ensure that your application form is the correct form and is complete in every detail.