Appendix 2: Programme criteria for Capacity Building grants

Acceptable for funding:

• contracting or employing a co-ordinator to assist a Māori organisation to create and put in place capacity building initiatives;
• funding costs for managing and introducing a capacity building initiative;
• contracting specialist advice, such as legal, financial, technical, report writing, and research expertise; and
• establishing legal entities, financial systems, and other operational systems.

Unacceptable for funding:

• purchase of capital items (such as computers, furniture, buildings, and vehicles);
• the funding of on-going costs related to the normal operation of an organisation (such as salaries and rent);
• projects already eligible for other government funding;
• payment of an organisation’s existing debts, or for use as security for a loan; and
• overseas travel and costs.

Not normally accepted for funding:

• food for hui or wānanga;
• domestic travel;
• consultancy fees greater than $100 an hour; and
• other items as determined by Te Puni Kōkiri’s Executive Committee.