Sponsorship Scheme

Eligibility criteria for applicant organisation 1. An applicant organisation shall be a registered non-profit-making organisation (including a charitable organisation) or a statutory body. The applicant organisation is required to indicate its eligibility in the application form and provide the relevant supporting documents 1 by the application deadline 2 . Failure in providing supporting documents by the application deadline may render the application invalid. 2. When an organisation and its unit(s) submit an application, they shall be regarded as a single group. Each group is allowed to submit only one application (i.e. one proposed project). If an organisation and its unit(s) have submitted more than one application, the applicant organisation/unit(s) should decide which application they would pursue prior to the Assessment Panel meeting(s). If the organisation and its unit(s) fail to reach an agreement on the application to be pursued, the Committee reserves the right to decide whether the applications will be further processed and, if so, which one will be processed. 3. If a joint application is made (i.e. an application jointly made by two or more eligible organisations), a principal or lead organisation must be indicated and be responsible for matters relating to the application. All organisations making a joint application shall state clearly in the application form their respective responsibilities. 4. If the applicant organisation intends to accept financial support and/or commercial sponsorship in kind from, other than the Ping Wo Fund (“the Fund”), any persons, organisations or Government departments, it is required to provide the relevant details in the estimated income and expenditure in the application form or the Committee has the right to withdraw the sponsorship. Under no circumstances will the applicant organisation be allowed to seek and/or accept donations and/or commercial sponsorships that may be, in the opinion of the Committee, in direct conflict with policies and interests of the Fund or any Government bureaux or departments (e.g. donations and/or commercial sponsorships from tobacco companies or alcoholic drinks companies). If the Committee considers the acceptance of donations and/or commercial sponsorships by an applicant organisation inappropriate, it will not process the application.