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Community Funds

Setting up a Community Fund with Hawke’s Bay Foundation offers sustainable funding stream for your organisation, long into the future.

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What is a Community Fund?

More and more, organisations are looking for strategic ways to safeguard their impact, to maximise fundraising efforts, achieve growth goals, have more strategic conversations with donors, and futureproof in a powerful, practical way.

Community Funds provide a reliable long-term fundraising vehicle to support your vision long into the future, making sure people can benefit from your services, visit the places you’ve built or enjoy the experiences you create for generations to come.

HOW IT WORKS

Hawke’s Bay Foundation understands that healthy, happy, thriving communities require long term, sustainable support and resources. That’s why we invest and grow the gifts we receive, however big or small, to create positive change for our region today, tomorrow and long into the future.

Our smarter giving model invests and protects gifts, so they grow and become an ongoing source of funding:

  • Gifts are provided by generous individuals, families, Trusts and organisations
  • Gifts are responsibly invested and grown to maximise ongoing impact
  • A portion of our investments are given out in grants to organisations doing good mahi throughout our region every year (Community Funds are sole recipients of their fund’s annual distributions)

BENEFITS OF COMMUNITY FUNDS

  • A reliable, cost-effective model - your organisation will benefit from our low-cost structure and economies of scale to maximise your fundraising efforts.
  • A safe pair of hands - we will handle all ongoing compliance, governance and reporting, so you can rest easy knowing everything is taken care of and can concentrate on the day-to-day.
  • Professional fund management - your gifts will be responsibly invested and grown by Craigs Investment Partners, who invest in line with our SIPO, organisational values and commitment to creating better outcomes for our communities.
  • Leverage our network - we can present your Community Fund as an option for donors to direct distributions to, speak at events or extend invites to our supporter base.
  • Tap into our marketing and fundraising expertise - we can work with you on how best to communicate your story, jointly profile your fund and compliment your exisiting marketing.
  • Build relationships with donors - offers the chance to have more strategic conversations with your donors, offering an alternative giving option to support you long into the future.

CASE STUDIES

Some of the Community Funds we currently hold:
  • Nourished for Nil Fund
  • Hawke's Bay Museum Fund
  • HB Rural Support Fund
  • Outward Bound Fund
  • Te Mata Park – Ngā Tipuna Fund
  • HB Knowledge Bank Fund
  • EPIC Ministries Fund
  • Karamu High School Fund
  • HB Rowing Fund
  • Ngati Kahungungu Wairoa Taiwhenua
  • Brett Motley Sound Fund
  • SG Jones Junior Golf Fund
View all Our Funds

CONTACT US

Hawke's Bay Foundation offers sustainable funding stream solution for your organisation, long into the future.

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