The Bushman’s Son Award
Total Value for 2024: $2,500
Applications are now open to talented, emerging artists and writers, residing or having family links in the Bay of Plenty region, including the Rotorua District to study, engage with or participate in visual or written arts (drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, graphics, architecture, writing and poetry).
Criteria for applicants:
- Applicants must not have professional status, ie be paid to carry out their chosen field of art.
- The same applicant could win an award in consecutive years.
- Should there be insufficient applicants in the Bay of Plenty and Rotorua District communities, then opportunities will be offered to emerging writers (including adults) residing or having family links in other areas located within close proximity such as Taupō and Tokoroa,
- An interview may be required before final selection.
- Applicants must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.
Other important information:
- Late applications will not be accepted.
- The Award must be used for the charitable purpose for which it is granted.
- Examples of how the gift may be spent include but are not limited to: materials, venue hire, publicity, promotion, printing, advertising.
- The successful applicant/s will be selected by the Donor, Terry Fergusson-Hughes and the Geyser Community Foundation. The decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- An interview may be required before final selection.
- The Award will be presented to the successful applicant/s in September.
- The successful applicant/s will be required to supply appropriate documentation such as receipts, to prove that funds have been spent for the charitable purposes specified.
- The recipient/s will be required to provide a written report about how they spent the Award and outline the benefits gained. Reports must be received by the Geyser Community Foundation within six months of the recipient/s having received the gift.
- The successful applicant/s will be required to be available for interviews and to participate in promotional activities agreed with the recipient/s. Information about the Award and the way in which the gift has been spent may be used by the Geyser Community Foundation for promotional purposes.
- It is expected that the recipient/s will use the gift within 12 months of receipt.
- An award may be revoked if a recipient’s behaviour is inappropriate or the recipient has breached conditions of the award
Reporting requirements:
The successful applicants will be required to provide a written report about how they spent the grants and outline the impact it has made on their lives. Reports must be received by the Geyser Community Foundation within six months of receiving the grant.
What is the Geyser Community Foundation?
Community Foundations provide a smarter way to give to the community you love. We can invest and grow your donations so the interest they earn can benefit your chosen local causes year on year, forever.
Further information
For further information, please contact:
Geyser Community Foundation
Telephone: 07 349 7496
Email: GeyserAdmin@geysercf.org.nz
Important Dates:
Applications open: 1 June 2024
Applications close: Midnight 30 June 2024
Review and decision-making: July / August
Notification of decisions: August / September
Celebration of Giving Awards: Rotorua, 19 September 2024 and Taupo 5 September 2024.
Grant payment: 20 September 2024
Accountability Reports: 31 March 2025
Application Form:
Applications have now closed.
Please note: Once you have submitted your application you will receive a confirmation email ‘Thank you for your application’.
If you do not recieve this, your application has not been successfully submitted. Please resubmit or email us at geyseradmin@geysercf.org.nz
