News - The Gift Trust

February 26, 2026

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Climate Adaptation, Storms and the Coast

February 26, 2026

Donor stories

Our origin story

December 17, 2025

Gift Trust news

Read: Our 2025 annual report

December 1, 2025

Charity stories

Ways to give back this Christmas

November 18, 2025

Effective Philanthropy

Ten tips for great giving

October 7, 2025

Donor stories

The business of giving

August 12, 2025

Charity stories

Six things we’ve learned lately

August 12, 2025

Uncategorized

Beyond our Shores – giving outside of NZ

July 5, 2025

Effective Philanthropy

Why New Zealand Businesses Give Through The Gift Trust

June 5, 2025

Effective Philanthropy

Investment Options for Your Gift Account

May 5, 2025

Effective Philanthropy

Personalised Philanthropic Advice for Individuals & Families

April 8, 2025

Charity stories | International giving

Supporting the earthquake recovery in Myanmar

April 5, 2025

Effective Philanthropy

Why Give Through The Gift Trust: New Zealand’s Charitable Giving Platform

March 11, 2025

Māori giving / engagement

The road to ‘Matariki Koha’ – a unique giving journey

March 5, 2025

Effective Philanthropy

Maximise Your Charitable Giving with Donation Tax Credits

February 27, 2025

Charity stories

Food, glorious food

February 5, 2025

Effective Philanthropy

Personalised Advice For Your Business Giving

January 22, 2025

Effective Philanthropy | Gift Collective

Fundholding: myths and misconceptions

December 10, 2024

Charity stories | Donor stories

A look at Homelessness in Aotearoa

December 3, 2024

Charity stories | Donor stories

On yer bike!

December 3, 2024

Effective Philanthropy

Ten ways to give back this Christmas

June 26, 2024

Charity stories

Working for wetlands

June 26, 2024

Charity stories

Who runs the world? Girls!

June 10, 2024

Uncategorized

The Gift Trust welcomes two new trustees

April 10, 2024

Gift Trust news | International giving

The Gift Trust joins global borderless giving network

March 22, 2024

Effective Philanthropy | Gift Trust news

Podcast: Should philanthropic giving be a moral obligation?

February 12, 2024

Gift Trust news

Our 2023 annual report

February 5, 2024

Gift Trust news

We’re turning green!

February 5, 2024

Effective Philanthropy

How to give 50% more to the causes you care about, at no extra cost

February 5, 2024

Donor stories | Gift Trust news

Generosity in Dunedin

February 5, 2024

Charity stories

The mother tongue

February 5, 2024

Gift Trust news | International giving

We’ve joined the Asia Pacific Giving Network

January 24, 2024

Effective Philanthropy | Gift Collective

Funding the grassroots – it’s different for climate

September 26, 2023

Gift Trust news | Our team

A changing of the guard

August 31, 2023

Effective Philanthropy | Gift Trust news

Choosing charities to give to

August 29, 2023

Effective Philanthropy | Gift Trust news

Video: The Giving Question – assisting clients with effective philanthropy

August 3, 2023

Charity stories | Donor stories | International giving

In their own words

July 13, 2023

Uncategorized

Looking back on our storm response funding

July 11, 2023

Donor stories | International giving

Plotting the course of your giving

May 22, 2023

Gift Collective

Collective strengths-building for social entrepreneurs

View of Waiwhetū Marae from the street, including the fence and waharoa

December 6, 2022

Gift Trust news | Māori giving / engagement

The road to Waiwhetū

August 23, 2022

Donor stories

Giving – all in the family

March 24, 2022

International giving

Effective global giving in 2022

November 29, 2021

Donor stories | Gift Trust news

Article: The Gift Trust bucks the trend in environmental funding

October 31, 2021

Charity stories | Donor stories | Gift Trust news

Read our Annual Report for 2020-21

October 8, 2021

Charity stories | Gift Trust news

New video – Making good happen

August 30, 2021

Effective Philanthropy | International giving

Generation Give

August 30, 2021

Effective Philanthropy | Gift Trust news

Why are donor-advised funds so popular?

June 17, 2021

Our team

New Chair for The Gift Trust

June 14, 2021

Donor stories

Connecting to Climate Causes

March 11, 2021

Charity stories | Effective Philanthropy | Gift Trust news

Charity Fundholding made easy

October 20, 2020

Effective Philanthropy | Gift Trust news

Celebrating $10 Million of charitable impact!

October 20, 2020

Donor stories | Gift Trust news | International giving

Over $100,000 donated by the Caremongering COVID-19 relief fund

October 20, 2020

Effective Philanthropy | International giving

Supporting international charities

June 9, 2020

Charity stories | Donor stories | International giving

Helping Malawi’s COVID-19 response

June 9, 2020

Gift Trust news

A Year of Giving – The Gift Trust Annual Report 2020

April 7, 2020

Donor stories | Effective Philanthropy | Gift Trust news

Caremongering is Contagious!

February 28, 2020

Donor stories | Effective Philanthropy

Six ways to make your donations accomplish more

December 30, 2019

Gift Trust news | Our team

Podcast featuring Cheryl Spain

December 10, 2019

Donor stories | Our team

A donor recommends us in Mary Holms Herald column

December 8, 2019

Gift Trust news | International giving

Tax Effective Giving for US Donations

December 8, 2019

Effective Philanthropy | Gift Trust news

Personalised Philanthropic Advice

September 5, 2019

Gift Trust news

Hate is not a charitable activity

September 5, 2019

Charity stories

Planting day at Wairio Wetland

August 1, 2019

Charity stories

Ekos – offsetting our carbon footprint

June 21, 2019

Charity stories | Gift Trust news

The Gift Trust Annual Report 2018-2019

June 21, 2019

Effective Philanthropy

New Zealand’s Philanthropy Summit – a call to action

June 21, 2019

Gift Trust news

How to give 50% more to the causes you care about, at no extra cost

June 20, 2019

Charity stories

Together we raised $72,927 for Wellington City Mission

January 29, 2019

Effective Philanthropy | Gift Trust news

Setting your Strategy as a Giver

January 24, 2019

Charity stories | Donor stories

Rocket Lab Scholarship Recipient

December 11, 2018

Gift Trust news

Ten ways to give back this Christmas

November 27, 2018

Gift Trust news

#GivingTuesday

November 7, 2018

Gift Trust news

$1million donated to good causes!

October 25, 2018

Donor stories | Effective Philanthropy | Gift Trust news

Comparing ways to give

August 29, 2018

Donor stories

What does ambition mean to you?

August 29, 2018

Donor stories

Business Gift Accounts, good for business

July 30, 2018

Charity stories

Supporting native birds on Waiheke Island

June 7, 2018

Charity stories | Effective Philanthropy

Life saving new smartphone app

June 6, 2018

Gift Trust news

Gift Trust annual report

March 26, 2018

Effective Philanthropy | Gift Trust news

Using donation tax refunds more wisely

March 25, 2018

Gift Trust news | International giving

Supporting human rights research

March 8, 2018

Effective Philanthropy | Gift Trust news

Women and charitable giving

February 19, 2018

Gift Trust news

The Gift Trust welcomes Prince’s Trust International

February 8, 2018

Donor stories | Gift Trust news

The Gift Trust welcomes Namaste Foundation

February 7, 2018

Donor stories | Gift Trust news

Rocket Lab Scholarship Recipient

December 13, 2017

Charity stories | Gift Trust news

2017 – A Year of Impact

December 13, 2017

Charity stories | Donor stories | Gift Trust news

Supporting Training for Small Environmental Charities

December 13, 2017

Charity stories

Supporting Food Rescue – Kaibosh

December 12, 2017

Charity stories

Donation to Assistance Dogs New Zealand Trust

December 12, 2017

Charity stories

Orientation Aotearoa Scholarship and Grant Recipients

September 5, 2017

Donor stories | Gift Trust news

Giving Alongside your Trusted Financial Adviser – a New Zealand First

September 3, 2017

Charity stories

Giving circles: Giving together

August 22, 2017

Gift Trust news | Our team

Meet our team: Anake Goodall

August 16, 2017

Donor stories | Effective Philanthropy | Gift Trust news

Better than bequests: Using a Donor Advised Gift Account

July 16, 2017

Charity stories | Effective Philanthropy

The Ascent of Great Leadership – The Hillary Institute

June 25, 2017

Donor stories

Organic Ending to Orientation Aotearoa Trust

June 12, 2017

Gift Trust news | Our team

David Woods, New Trustee

May 16, 2017

Donor stories | Effective Philanthropy

Giving for impact: Different types of donations

March 26, 2017

Gift Trust news

Philanthropic Giving can help Migrants to Nz

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