OUR FUNDING POLICY: HERE FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

The Lion Foundation follows a very clear funding strategy that has been in place for many years and is designed to ensure we can reach as many New Zealand communities as possible.  The Board of Trustees reviewed the current criteria, methods, systems and policies on the 19th July 2010 following our merger with the Perry Foundation that ceased to exist on the 1st of July 2010.  The Board decided that the current broad based funding strategy and policy remains extant and agreed to adjust our allocated percentages as follows: Community 30%, Health 15%, Sport 40% and Education 15%. 

Funds raised in your community go back to your community.
Our aim is to return around 90% of funds to good causes in the local community and region in which they were raised. The remaining 10% goes towards national grants that benefit communities right across the country.

We fund a huge range of good causes.
The Lion Foundation's funding policy is structured to ensure that many different community causes can benefit. Funding is shared between the areas of community, which includes arts, culture, heritage and environment (30%), health (15%), sport (40%) and education (15%).

We work closely with a huge number and variety of community groups across the country with one single objective in mind - to help Kiwis make a difference in their community. Rather than simply issue cheques and walk away, we take a keen and active interest in the activities of our grant recipients to make sure the outcomes benefit the wider community.