Businesses - The Gift Trust

The Gift Trust is for businesses

If your business wants to grow your brand through doing more good, we can help. We connect you to aligned causes through a personalised giving plan – so you can focus on core business. For most businesses, starting up a formal company foundation for your corporate giving is beyond reach and is too costly and time intensive. The Gift Trust provides businesses of any size with a cost-effective and meaningful solution to meet this need.

Case study: G. J. Gardner Manukau

Auckland-based construction company G.J. Gardner Manukau Major Projects have partnered with The Gift Trust to plan and manage their corporate charitable giving. We ran a workshop with their team to put together their giving strategy, which allowed us to identify the charitable organisations that were working in the areas they cared about. In the end they chose to support Garden to Table, which helps kids to grow, harvest, prepare, and share great food. Their Gift Account also matches donations staff make to charities, encouraging their team to spread their generosity.

Benefits for businesses

Connect with causes aligned to your brand

Bring your brand purpose to life through a custom giving plan that The Gift Trust can tailor to your company’s values.

Read about our corporate philanthropic advice packages

Free up valuable resources

We take care of all the mechanics and due diligence on your corporate giving so you can focus on core business.

Attract and engage staff

Charitable giving attracts talent aligned to your values. We can run workshops with your business on charitable giving, to engage your whole team.

Get tax credits now, but donate whenever

Receive all the tax benefits up front while you take your time to choose where to give.

Grow your funds responsibly and tax-free

We can grow your charitable funds through ethical and responsible investment options, tax-free.

Read about our investment options

Low fees

As a lean non-profit, our fees are low and designed only to cover costs. Fees vary between 1% to 4% of your balance, depending on your needs. Much cheaper than setting up and staffing your own foundation.

Read about our fees

“The Gift Trust provides a personalised service for my plan to give, donate and support the causes that are important to me at a reasonable cost.”

— Gillian, Gift Trust donor

"The gift accounts offered by The Gift Trust are a good option for individuals or organisations wanting to consolidate their charitable giving. I encourage all financial advisers to consider this important development."

– Dr Rodger Spiller, Financial Adviser, Money Matters

“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, Bloomsbury Associates. CEFEX Certified Investment Adviser

“We would like to recognise and offer thanks for the support we receive though The Gift Trust’s donation. An annual donation from one of your donors is one of the largest donations that Kaibosh receives each year and has been absolutely pivotal to our ability to operate with confidence and to expand our operation across the Hutt Valley. We are extremely thankful.”

— Matt Dagger, Kaibosh, Gift Trust grant recipient

“My gift account has made my giving easy. It lets me get straight to the fun and satisfying part of giving to the causes I care about, without the hassle.”

— Anake, Gift Trust donor

"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 Kensington Swan

"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, Sue Barker Charities Law

"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

Get in touch

PO Box 19120, Marion Square
Wellington, New Zealand

04 391 4438

info@thegifttrust.org.nz

The Gift Trust is for businesses