Latest news
Latest in generosity news on topics of interest across New Zealand, in the media and from our regular and guest bloggers
- Read our article in Chartered Accountants Australia-New Zealand's Acuity Magazine April 2025 "How everyone can benefit from philanthropy"- read the article here.
- Community foundations have great potential to empower communities from within - read our blog published by Alliance Magazine - read the article here
- Member story of the month! Read this recent article featured in the Waikato Times from Momentum Waikato Community Foundation: how community foundations create lasting impact through gifts in wills - read the article here.
A watershed moment in time
01 Jul 2020
Thanks to the support of generous people who shared the Acorn Foundation’s vision from the very start, our local Community Foundation in the Western Bay of Plenty has now reached financial self-sustainability, meaning more money can go to local charities...
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Proudly for purpose, not for profit
22 Jun 2020
It's National Volunteer Week and we are giving a massive shout out and thank you to the skilled volunteer Boards and many others providing vision, heart and soul to Community Foundations all around Aotearoa NZ...
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A new way forward
03 Jun 2020
In this (soon to be) post Covid-19 world, times are far from normal, Acorn Foundation considers a new way forward...
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In this together
25 May 2020
Over the last few weeks, we have been reminded many times of fact that, whether we like it or not, we are part of a community...
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Show your love locally
23 Apr 2020
Our new ‘show your love locally’ campaign has really been driven by the generosity we see growing across Aotearoa New Zealand...
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New collaborations widening impact
15 Apr 2020
When stepping back from the daily reality of the lockdown and peering into the future, it is clear to me that our region and nation are going to have to do things differently when the post-Covid-19 environment dawns...
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