Latest news
Latest in generosity news on topics of interest across New Zealand, in the media and from our regular and guest bloggers
- New Giving in Aotearoa NZ - Bequests research - out now! Read the research here.
- Eleanor Cater was interviewed on Radio New Zealand's Checkpoint about gifts in wills research and how impactful these gifts are for charities and communities - listen to the interview here.
- Read our recent article in New Zealand Property Lawyer about professional advisor practice and the conversation gap - read the article here.
- Member story of the month! Read this story from Nikau Foundation - How Wellingtonians are making charitable gifts last forever - read the article here.
Supercharging your giving – give and get your tax back
03 Feb 2025
Giving into our communities, both through our time and our resources, plays an important part in the kiwi psyche. Here in New Zealand, we understand and support a giving culture, however what is not widely understood is the part played, and the rationale behind, our country’s tax incentives to promote giving and philanthropy..
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Has big money hijacked philanthropy?
10 Dec 2024
‘Money has hijacked philanthropy’ – this caught my eye in a recent LinkedIn post. This tendency to align the word ‘philanthropy’ with big dollars has been on my mind for some time...
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Good things come in no packages
03 Dec 2024
The festive season can be a tough time for the most marginalised in local communities and local generosity and care can make a real difference ...
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Empowering communities through key partnerships
04 Nov 2024
Community Foundations of Aotearoa New Zealand (CFANZ) is proud of its sector partnerships which have been developing over many years, in particular our relationship with long standing partners The Tindall Foundation and Craigs Investment Partners, both key partners in helping us to develop the infrastructure for building community philanthropy.
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Empowering communities from within
29 Oct 2024
We certainly feel vibrancy and purpose growing in the community philanthropy field across Aotearoa NZ in the escalating of untagged future funds, in the rise of collective giving circles, in the variety of community events and partnerships that capture the spirit of community building...
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Empowering Communities - Te whakamana i ngā hapori
24 Oct 2024
Shifting power, community agency and the indigenisation of philanthropy were just some of the powerful themes at the Community Foundations of Aotearoa NZ conference Empowering Communities - Te whakamana i ngā hapori, in Ōtautahi Christchurch over the days of 21-22 October...
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