Page Trust

The Page Trust was established in 1970 by Manawatu dairy farmers, Frederick and Eileen Bridget Page, both now deceased. The income from the Page Trust is dedicated to supporting general charitable purposes in the Trust funding areas of Hamilton and of Palmerston North.

The Page Trust is a Registered Charity under the Charities Act 2005, Registration No. CC24217.

Funding Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible to apply for funding from the Page Trust applicants must be:

  • A charity registered with Charities Services or, a registered incorporated society or, a school registered with the Ministry of Education,

AND

  • Operating within the specific funding areas of Hamilton and /or Palmerston North (see funding area maps below)

The Trust will be offering grants for general charitable purposes. The minimum grant awarded will be $3,000 and the maximum grant will be $10,000.

Applications from Individuals, sports organisations and service clubs as well as applications for overseas projects will not be considered by the Page Trust.

Funding areas

These maps are based on a radius of 56.4km of the original Chief Post Offices of Hamilton or Palmerston North.

Hamilton funding area Page Trust

Hamilton

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Palmerston North funding area Page Trust

Palmerston North

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How to apply

The Trust will call for applications annually from both funding regions this year. The 2025 grant round will open from 3 June 2025 and will close 4 July 2025 at 5pm.

Terms and Conditions

  • Only one application per organisation / school will be accepted in a grant round.

  • The Trustee’s decision is final.

  • Decisions regarding grants are made on the basis of information provided in the application forms, supporting material and other enquiries.

  • Grants may be approved subject to certain conditions. In such circumstances the funds will normally be held by Public Trust until the conditions have been met.

  • Accountability requirements from 2024 - any applicant who received funding in 2024 that has not uploaded a receipt for the grant to the SmartyGrants database, or who has not made alternate arrangements with the Trustee, will not be considered.

  • All successful applicants must record the grant in their accounts as “Public Trust – The Page Trust".

  • Successful grant applicants may be required to provide the Trust with information for accountability purposes.

  • Incomplete or late applications will not be accepted, nor will applications for retrospective funding.

  • Applications requesting funding for overseas projects will not be accepted.

  • Applications not based in or not supporting people within either or both of the Trust funding regions will not be accepted.

More Information

Further enquiries regarding the Page Trust’s philanthropic endeavours and/or the Trust’s annual grants shall be addressed to Public Trust Charities Team by email [email protected].

Past distributions