HV McKay Charitable Trust

The H V McKay Charitable Trust was established in 1926 on the death of Hugh Victor McKay. Hugh Victor's wish was to provide funding for charitable purposes, particularly:

• The relief of poverty
• The advancement of education
• The advancement of religion in accordance with the tenets of the Presbyterian church
• The general benefit of the community not falling under any of the preceding headings:  Supporting individuals with a disability, digitising agricultural records and developing community spaces

Applications are always open.

The HV McKay Charitable Trust can only accept applications that meet the following criteria:

1. Applicant must be Deductible Gift Recipients (DGRs).
2. Applicant must registered with the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission (ACNC).
3. Applicant must be eligible to receive Charity Tax Concessions (CTC).

The HV McKay Charitable Trust focuses on funding projects that meet the following guidelines:

1. Focus is on rural as opposed to urban projects. Support may also be given to national or State- wide bodies that have a rural bias. Interstate rural projects will also be considered.
2. Projects will be funded particularly where more orthodox support is hampered by conditions. Funding for feasibility or development stage of a project may be offered.
3. Precise and plausible programs, budget and funding information will assist in the consideration of applications. General requests are unhelpful.
4. Applications should indicate who will benefit from the project, the long term benefits to society and should indicate how the success of the project will be measured.
5. Applications should indicate staff and other personnel required for the project, time scale, and the involvement of the organisation and its membership.
6. Funding will be considered to organisations which are community based and managed and can demonstrate accountability to the membership and the wider community.
7. Funding will only be considered for applications which are non profit and are legally constituted.
8. Projects which are unlikely to obtain government funding at a given stage of development will be considered favourably.