Acorn Foundation

CC10784 · NZBN 9429043086320 · Arts / culture / heritage · Tauranga
Registered 6 Aug 2007 · Status: Registered · Latest return year: 2025 · Tier 2

Key facts: Acorn Foundation is a registered New Zealand charity (CC10784), operating in the arts / culture / heritage sector, reporting latest gross income of NZ$41.7M and total expenditure of NZ$5.5M for the year ended 2025.

Our vision is to connect generous people who care with causes that matter - forever. Our mission is to make the Western BOP a better place to live, work and play. We accomplish our goals by encouraging people to leave a gift in their Will, to participate in living giving, or to give to the community through Workplace Giving, Giving Circles or regular gifts to Community Group Funds. The capital in the fund is invested in perpetuity, while annual distributions are made from individual's endowment funds to local causes. At the heart of everything we do is building strong communities.
NZ$41.7M
Gross income
NZ$5.5M
Expenditure
NZ$107.0M
Total assets
NZ$106.6M
Total equity

Income vs expenditure

Each year from the charity's annual returns. The top bar is money coming in, the bar below is money spent.

Income  Expenditure
2018
NZ$5.7M
NZ$1.3M
2019
NZ$8.3M
NZ$1.4M
2020
NZ$8.2M
NZ$1.8M
2021
NZ$19.1M
NZ$1.8M
2022
NZ$8.7M
NZ$5.9M
2023
NZ$10.9M
NZ$3.8M
2024
NZ$10.8M
NZ$3.9M
2025
NZ$41.7M
NZ$5.5M

Funding mix (latest year)

Donations / kohaNZ$33.9M
Govt funding reliance: 0%. Reserves cover ~235 months.
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