Foundation Day – 2016 Applications Now Open
The Nelson Alexander Charitable Foundation’s major annual fundraiser Foundation Day is set to take place on Saturday 28th May, 2016 and applications are now open. On Foundation Day each of our fifteen offices donates the professional fee from one of their auctions to a chosen local charity. After a very successful event in 2015, when the funds we raised increased by 20% from the previous year, we look forward to continuing our support for individuals, community groups and not-for-profit organisations that operate within our business footprint.
Information regarding the application process is detailed below:
Foundation Day grants:
- Grants in the vicinity of $8,000 – $30,000. (Donation level will not be confirmed until sale of the property, and will be influenced by market conditions on the day of auction).
- Maximum number of Foundation Day grants: 15 local charities
- Applications close on 1st April, 2016
- Submit application online
Foundation Day criteria:
The Foundation considers applications for any project or program that demonstrates a benefit to our local community, particularly where there is a direct benefit to the disadvantaged.
The Foundation considers applications for the following:
- Specific items contributing to community events.
- Cultural & educational programs/events.
- Equipment eg medical, sporting, office.
- Improvement in the quality of life for a person/group.
Please note the Foundation is not able to consider requests for the following:
- Ongoing administration costs, such as staff wages.
- Projects that are for an organisations core business purposes.
- Donations to general appeals, sponsorships or other general funding foundations.
- Capital items that would normally be funded wholly through government sources.
- Projects that require recurrent funding.
- Projects outside our geographic footprint.
