KAIBOSH FOOD RESCUE
"We would like to take this opportunity to recognise and offer thanks for the support that 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 for this level of assistance that we receive through the Gift Trust-facilitated donation."
Matt Dagger, General Manager
ASSISTANCE DOGS NZ
“By helping the fundraising efforts of our families, you are significantly reducing their stress and ensuring they are better able to commit to the process of integrating a new member into their family.”
Julie Hancox, Assistance Dogs
FROM A DONOR
"The Gift Trust takes the uncertainty out of giving, having support with research and due diligence on donations ensures that funds are truely making the desired impact. It has been a real pleasure to work with The Gift Trust."
Ben, Gift Trust donor account holder
Our donations are directed by donor advisers of Gift Accounts. We support them in their due diligence and shaping their giving to have impact.
Below is a snapshot of some of the donations made.
Total FUNDS DONATED
Last updated November 2018
Donors' grants to date
Stories of impact
See a snapshot of the good causes we have supported in 2017. From small, local causes, to well known national or international charities. From organisations working on alleviating poverty, to education, to disability, the arts, environment and conservation.
A donor had a chat to us about wanting to help smaller charities who struggle with fundraising or marketing to get better access to training in this area. We then set up a fund allowing small environmental charities to attend a training course of their choice.
A Gift Trust donor has donated to Kaibosh for several years, which has contributed to providing over 50,000 meals worth of food a month to the most vulnerable and marginalised in the Wellington community.
The Gift Trust, through the generosity of a donor, have supported Assistance Dogs New Zealand for three years. Over this time, The Gift Trust have made made donations totalling $60,000 to support families in need of an assistance dog.
The Gift Trust has now donated the remaining funds from the Orientation Aotearoa Fund. Find out more about the recipients and the impact they have made.
If your heart stops beating, a 10 minute wait for an ambulance might be too long. Every minute without CPR reduces a victim’s chance of survival by 10 percent. A donation from a Gift Trust donor has launched a new smartphone app to link trained nearby first aiders to people who are having a cardiac arrest.