The Gift Trust

CC40774 · NZBN 9429043100934 · Arts / culture / heritage · Wellington
Registered 10 Jun 2009 · Status: Registered · Latest return year: 2025 · Tier 2

Key facts: The Gift Trust is a registered New Zealand charity (CC40774), operating in the arts / culture / heritage sector, reporting latest gross income of NZ$25.5M and total expenditure of NZ$17.4M for the year ended 2025.

The Gift Trust's mission is to increase philanthropy in New Zealand by offering a premium service to donors. We support individuals, families, organisations and companies by facilitating their charitable donations and providing professional advice to create the most impact for the organisations they care about. We provide personalised giving advice, connections and strategy so that our donors can give with more confidence and deeper effect.
NZ$25.5M
Gross income
NZ$17.4M
Expenditure
NZ$26.9M
Total assets
NZ$26.7M
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$1.5M
NZ$484K
2019
NZ$1.1M
NZ$709K
2020
NZ$1.2M
NZ$863K
2021
NZ$4.3M
NZ$2.9M
2022
NZ$7.4M
NZ$2.0M
2023
NZ$66.1M
NZ$23.4M
2024
NZ$20.5M
NZ$60.3M
2025
NZ$25.5M
NZ$17.4M

Funding mix (latest year)

Donations / kohaNZ$24.5M
Govt funding reliance: 0%. Reserves cover ~18 months.
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