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The Gift Collective helps charitable initiatives to get up and running quickly—ready to receive philanthropic grants, provide donation tax receipts, and disburse funds for expenses—without getting bogged down in paperwork.



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The Gift Trust has launched a new charity fund-holding service, The Gift Collective, in partnership with Open Collective NZ. The Gift Collective helps charitable initiatives to get up and running quickly—ready to receive philanthropic grants, provide donation tax receipts, and disburse funds for expenses—without getting bogged down in paperwork. You’ll get the benefits of operating through a registered charitable trust, without having to create one.

The Gift Collective is also a solution for funders who want to fund unincorporated groups through our expert vetting process, automatic reporting, and transparent budget tracking.

Since launching we’ve already facilitated donations of over $80,000 to 5 charitable projects that were looking for a ‘home’. The projects are diverse and include documentary film-makers Happen Films who make films about solutions to the environmental and climate crisis, Tiwaiwaka who bring a Te Ao Maori perspective on health and the healing benefits of the whenua, and Digital Native Academy which is educating and connecting the next generation of digital leaders in Rotorua.

If you know of an entity doing good work that is charitable but lacks formal legal status, get in touch, we’d love to help them to make more impact.

Apply to the Gift Collective here

A note of gratitude to The Gift Trust for always taking the time to learn the cultural nuances around doing this kind of work in so many countries. I am always so impressed with your due diligence process and openness to understanding why things are the way they are. Thank you!

Geneva Loftus Executive Director, Move92

We set out to build a new pooled fund as a way to give passionate people an avenue to contribute to climate action. The Gift Trust provided expert guidance, professional operational infrastructure, and generous connections. What’s resulted is a boost of much needed funding going to incredible climate charities doing the mahi here in Aotearoa.

The Climatics Gift Trust client

Aroha mai, aroha atu – is an expression of interconnectedness, reciprocity and balance, advocating for a world where kindness, empathy, and love are shared freely and returned, fostering stronger communities and personal well-being. This whakataukī embodies the spirit of the Matariki Koha Fund, our connection with Te Āti Awa iwi and the tautoko The Gift Trust provides us all. Kia ora!

Wellington Community Fund

The Gift Trust is hands down the best thing we’ve done to help us with our giving journey. They make it easy, fun, and put us in touch with charities we would never know about otherwise. We can’t recommend them highly enough!

Holmes Charitable Fund Gift Account holder

We are hugely grateful to The Gift Trust for undertaking research into the disability sector and for identifying and then introducing us to an organisation which was willing to take on an additional project to fill a gap that we had identified in the disability support network. Yvonne and Cheryl at The Gift Trust continue to provide the link in our relationship with the organisation and to oversee the provision of meaningful and regular reports on impact.

Columba Fund Gift Account holder

Finding charities that fit well within a trust's giving brief can be difficult and time-consuming. When we needed charity research done for one of our trusts under management we contracted The Gift Trust to do it for us. They had a wealth of knowledge and connections that provided us with a concise and clear report, giving us the information we needed to decide where funds should be allocated.

Dentons New Zealand

An area of importance to our clients is charitable giving. The Gift Trust offers an opportunity to streamline the gifting process, while adding increased confidence and transparency. It also provides robust due diligence of eligible charities and access to additional support services for clients with complex needs.

Philip Stevenson CEFEX Certified Investment Adviser, Bloomsbury Associates

The Gift Trust provides a flexible and robust structure, to support donors' charitable giving intentions, while still enabling them to have a say in the investment of donated funds.

David Ireland Partner, Dentons New Zealand

A Gift Account with The Gift Trust is a great option as an alternative to setting up a charity or private foundation while still preserving clients' control over their giving.

Steven Moe Partner, Parry Field Lawyers

The administration and ongoing compliance requirements involved in setting up a private charity can be onerous, and even risky. Setting up a Gift Account allows The Gift Trust to look after those requirements, and provide support that allows the donor to focus on what they really want to do with their gifts.

Sue Barker Specialist charities lawyer

The Gift Trust takes the guesswork out of giving. Having support with research and due diligence on donations ensures that funds are truly making the desired impact. It has been a real pleasure to work with The Gift Trust.

Ben Gift Account holder

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