Community Foundations Aotearoa New Zealand (CFANZ)
There are 18 autonomous Community Foundations across New Zealand. Through the coordination of Community Foundations of Aotearoa New Zealand (our national body) we’re all working to make a lasting difference in our local communities. With support from The Tindall Foundation, our aim is for every New Zealander to be able to affect lasting change wherever their home or heart may be.
To see how our endowment funds work, check out this interactive calculator that CFANZ have developed to show how an endowment fund is a gift that keeps giving year after year.
How far we’ve come – together
Through New Zealand’s Community Foundations over $60 million has been granted to New Zealand communities. Today, we have over $240 million invested in endowment funds for the future. Furthermore, we have hundreds of anticipated bequests adding up to millions of dollars yet to be invested for future community transformation.
Through our smarter giving model, where the original gifts are protected, the potential good these gifts can do for the future is boundless.
“It can be hard to know where your giving will make the biggest impact. The beauty of community foundations is that advice is available to help achieve impact across your interests – for me that’s Te Ao Māori, environment and education. I love that giving can be so specific to the things that matter to me, and can work for the future of Aotearoa.”