Your business can flourish with Amplify, Whanganui & Partners' grant to help you take the next step.

These contestable grants for $4000 each are open to all businesses in the Whanganui rohe. The grant supports what you need behind the scenes to make your work resilient. All businesses are eligible with a focus on the following:

• agri-business
• creative
• high-growth

What gets funded?

Amplify Grants are one-off payments of up to $4,000 for projects that will boost or sustain your business or organisation. This might look like: 

• A new ticketing system 
• A website upgrade 
• Upgrading your facilities 
• Purchasing specialist equipment 
• Other behind-the-scenes support that will amplify what you do 

Amplify grants are offered quarterly. Applications for this quarter close at 5pm on March 3, 2023.

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NOTE: If you’re having trouble accessing the form, email us at info@whanganuiandpartners.nz

Terms & conditions

• Amplify will be awarded 4x per year. Each grant will be of an amount up to $4000

• Amplify applicants must have been in business for 1 year (minimum)

• Businesses applying for Amplify must be based in Whanganui region

• Applicant is not required to be GST registered however if registered for GST, the application must include all costs as GST exclusive

• Amplify applications must include a budget with quotes for the requested item

• Amplify winners must use their grant in accordance with their funding application

• Amplify cannot be used for infrastructure that is related to repairs and maintenance

• Amplify cannot be used to support volunteers, labour, wages or salaries, debt servicing or repayment, medical expenses or public services (education, health, etc)

• Amplify cannot be used for retrospective business investments (e.g. already purchased equipment)

• Amplify cannot be used to support political parties or lobby groups

• Amplify winners consent to Whanganui & Partners using their name and photo for advertising and publicity purposes without further compensation

• Applications stay live for 12 months

• Businesses can make one application per year. An individual who owns more than one business is eligible to submit one application per business

• Amplify winners (the business) can only win once per year (12-month period)

• Applications will be assessed by a panel including external assessors and Whanganui & Partners representatives. Whanganui & Partners has final discretion over all winners

• All prizes will be awarded at Whanganui & Partners’ office in the Innovation Quarter at the assessors’ discretion and are not transferable

• Whanganui & Partners staff, board and immediate family are not eligible

• Whanganui & Partners reserves the right to change the Terms & Conditions

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