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What's in This Newsletter?
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Mark Arundel, Trustee
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The last year as a new TECT Trustee has flown by and I am very grateful to have the opportunity as one of six trustees overseeing the operation of this very significant and successful trust. The $8M provided in grants last year by TECT in our region to over 200 organisations involved in Sport, Arts, Recreation, Health, Education and Welfare is multiplied by the participation of so many volunteers to the tune of tens of millions of dollars of value added to our communities. What becomes absolutely clear is the vital role and responsibility TECT has as one of the larger community funders to continue to protect and grow this ability to support and enhance the quality of everyone's lives, alongside the six-monthly rebate distributions.
Read more.
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This month was our largest ever funding round. We supported 40 community organisations with $1,819,714 in TECT funding. Congratulations to the following organisations and thank you for all you do in our community:
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- Alzheimer’s Society Tauranga
- Arataki School
- Autism NZ
- Bethlehem Baptist Church
- BOP Dragon Boat Club
- Bowls Matua
- Epilepsy Association
- Gender Dynamix NZ
- Growing Through Grief Te Puke
- Holy Trinity Tauranga
- Kaimai School
- Katikati Memorial Hall
- Maungatapu Kindergarten
- Mount Maunganui Pump Track
- Ngamuwahine Lodge Trust
- Orchestras Central Trust
- Otumoetai Kindergarten
- Otumoetai Tennis Club
- Papamoa Primary School
- Pillans Point School
- Pyes Pa School
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- Royal NZ Plunket Society
- Scholars Baroque Aotearoa
- Stepping-Stone Ministries
- Stroke Foundation of NZ
- Taumata School
- Tauranga (BOP) Hearing Assn
- Tauranga Men’s Shed
- Tauranga Motorcycle Club
- Tauranga Squash Club
- Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Matai
- Te Puke Cricket Club
- Te Puke Gymsport
- Te Puna School
- The Incubator
- The Tauranga Seniornet Club
- Triathlon Tauranga
- Volleyball Bay of Plenty
- WBOPDC – All Terrain Park
- Whakamarama School
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The new TECT Community Awards have been officially launched, and we're inviting you to nominate a group or individual for the awards.
Whether it's a new group making its mark in our region, or you know a volunteer who should be recognised for their significant contribution to our community, there are six categories to choose from. These are:
- Rising Star Award – recognising and encouraging emerging grassroots groups in our community.
- Event Excellence Award – recognising an event that has excelled in bringing our community together.
- Diversity and Inclusion Award – recognising an innovative initiative which supports diversity and inclusion within our community.
- Sustainable Future Award – recognising a group that demonstrates sustainable practices embedded into the organisational strategy, vision and operations.
- Volunteer of the Year Award – recognising an individual who has made a significant contribution to the community.
- Youth Spirit Award – recognising an individual under 25 who embodies community spirit through their contribution to the community.
Nominating is super simple and quick to do! Click on the button below to nominate today.
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Where Was TECT This Month?
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The goal of our grants programme is for a thriving, caring and connected community here in the Western Bay of Plenty. Here's a quick snapshot of where you'll find TECT funding this month.
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Papampoa Surf Lifesaving Club
We’re delighted to support the Papamoa Surf Life Saving Club rebuild. The club was originally built in 1990 for about 100 members and is no longer big enough for its growing membership of about 800 people. It’s vital that such a critical service in our community has the facilities it needs to perform its lifesaving work, and we're proud to help make that happen with a contribution of $1 million. Read more.
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STEMFest
Thousands flocked to the CBD to experience the city's inaugural world-class gathering of innovators, educators, and cutting-edge technologists from the Bay of Plenty and beyond. Read more.
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Tauranga Arts Festival
The Tauranga Arts Festival kicked off last week to applause, amusement, laughter and wonder. We're proud to be principal funder of the 10-day long event that brings our community together to enjoy the arts in all its forms. Read more.
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Brain Injured Children Trust
TECT proudly supports Brain Injured Children Trust, who provide the practical, financial and emotional support needed to ensure a bright future for children with brain injury. One little girl that is reaching for her full potential with the help of Brain Injured Children Trust and devoted parents is Maggie Mooney. Read her story here.
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Good Neighbour Kitchen
The Good Neighbour Kitchen is a relatively new arm of the charity which opened in early 2019. Acting as an integrated waste minimisation and social enterprise strategy, the commercial kitchen not only breaks the cycle of food waste but does so through training programmes. Read more.
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St John
After a year of operations, it's great to see the new St John Ambulance premises on 17th Ave serving our community with the modern facilities to do so swiftly and safely. Read more.
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Learnings From Other Grant-makers
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There are so many selfless volunteers who give up their time to work on boards. Here are a couple of useful resources to help those working on boards better understand their role and how they can contribute to governing a charity well.
Governance information for new officers
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Funding Allocations to Date
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TECT is part of the fabric of this region and we are ambitious for the future of our community. We aim to make a transformational difference with our giving. So far this year, we have granted:
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The six-month qualifying period for this years' rebate ended on September 30th.
Our staff are currently checking the eligibility and validating the data for the approximately 55,000 beneficiaries who will receive a rebate this year. Rebates will be paid at the end of November.
Check out FAQs here.
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Tauranga City Council’s Community Match Fund (Medium Grants) funding round is now open! Grants up to $10,000 available, apply now!
For more information, please visit the Match Fund website or contact Michael Vujnovich in the Community Development team on 07 577 7000.
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To give you a better understanding and awareness of the type of things we are working on here at TECT, take a look at our current Work in Progress below:
- History timeline: We are constantly updating our website with fresh content, whether its new stories on the groups we fund, or information on the work we do. We recently added a history timeline, so you can see where we started back in 1993, right through to where we are today, and everything that's happened in between. Check it out here.
- November rebate: The TECT team is working through the finer details in order to ensure all is in place for the November payment. This includes checking data and testing the systems for the $30M rebate payment.
- Investments: A crucial part of operations is the continual review of the investment programme and underlying investments. This includes a cycle of face-to-face meetings with investment managers. In the November Board meeting the team from Oriens Private Equity will report on their progress to date.
- Grantmaking database: TECT has recently moved to a new grantmaking system called SmartyGrants. We are in the process of migrating our data across and in time this will allow for online application process.
- Transformational grantmaking: We continue to be part of collaborative networks searching for innovative and new ways to address complex issues in our region. This includes work on homelessness, healthy housing, the environment, and impact investing plus a number of other areas.
- Trustee election: The next trustee election will be in 2020. We are in the process of appointing the returning officer who will oversee the election.
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