Impact Investing Ecosystem:
Trusts and Foundations
Welcome to our Trusts and Foundations page, where you will find a list of trusts and foundations in New Zealand who support and fund various impact areas.
Explore the vital contributions these trusts and foundations make to enhance community well-being and drive positive change. Gain insights into their missions and discover how they are committed to fostering a sustainable future for Aotearoa and beyond.
Trusts and Foundations
Trusts and Foundations
Description
Impact Priorities
Programmes
Community trust focused on community welfare in the Bay of Plenty area of New Zealand. The trust manages over $250m of investment capital with 10% of this capital targeted for impact investments and impact loans and the proceeds from all investments directed to community grants, impact loans and impact investments.
Kaitiakitanga, Community wellbeing, Tū Maori Mai
Healthy, Secure and Affordable Housing
Guardian of community endowment of over $258 million. We help a wide range of groups and people here in the south every year by distributing millions of dollars in grants, scholarships and community loans.
Health, Wellbeing and Active Lifestyles; Community and Economic Development; Education; Arts, Heritage and Culture
Provides grants and support to community organisations operating in the Gisborne Tairāwhiti, Hawke’s Bay, Tararua, Manawatu, Horowhenua and Wairarapa districts.
Children and young people; Māori; Families affected by disadvantage; Older people.
Provides funding and support to initiatives large and small to respond to their communities now and for generations to come. In doing so, we support community-based initiatives in Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau.
Increased Equity, Social Inclusion, Regenerative Environment, Community Support
We are focused on making the Waikato the most generous region on the planet. A better Waikato for everyone, forever.
Arts & Culture, Children & Youth, Economic Vitality, Education, Environment, Health, Recreation & Sport
Strong Communities.
Community-owned charitable trust that provides grants to assist community projects that make a positive contribution to Otago communities.
Empowered communities; Improved health and wellbeing; Increased access to opportunities; Thriving children and young people.
Supporting a wide range of not-for-profit organisations and groups from across the Rotorua community.
Vibrancy, Health, Environment, Education, Community
South Island’s largest philanthropic funder. Each year we grant around $20 million to invest in community organisations in Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson and the Chatham Islands.
Learn, Support, Connect, Participate, Sustain
Private philanthropic family foundation working throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. We are helping to build a stronger, sustainable nation so that family, communities and our environment thrive now and in the future.
Family, Community, Environment
To support our communities to build a thriving, inclusive and equitable Taranaki.
Environment, Opportunities, Child and Youth Wellbeing, Māori Aspiration
Dedicated to investing in a wide range of energy projects, spanning across Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki, Kawerau, and Kaingaroa Village.
Community Leadership, Community Pride, Sustainable Energy, Work-ready Rangatahi, Employed Locals
Aims to achieve transformational change for people, families, communities and places where the need is greatest.
Arts and culture, Education, History, Social services, Sports and recreation, Youth, The environment
Provider of community funding to Hamilton City & Waikato District.
Thriving Communities, Healthy Environment, Equitable Outcomes and Māori Aspirations.