May 11, 2018
Impact investing is gaining momentum around the world as a way to help address social and environmental concerns while generating a financial return at the same time. CE Alastair Rhodes offers insights and advice from BayTrust’s impact investment journey. BayTrust,… Read more »
May 6, 2018
Too many Māori babies and children are being robbed of tihei mauri ora — the breath of life, the air that keeps us all alive. Asthma is threatening the survival of more than 30,000 Māori… Read more »
May 1, 2018
The three-day Grantmakers for Effective Organizations conference (GEO) in San Francisco is on (30 April – 2 May). The 2018 conference marks 20 years of GEO and has brought together 950 people from the grantmaking and philanthropic… Read more »
April 30, 2018
Anne Rodda was appointed the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the James Wallace Art Trust in September last year. The Trust enables the arts in New Zealand through direct and indirect support to the artists… Read more »
April 26, 2018
The first Network Symposium was held in Auckland last month. The event was brought together Philanthropy New Zealand’s Environment, Youth, Family Philanthropy and Education Funders’ Networks. The keynote presentations from all four Funders’ Networks are… Read more »
April 13, 2018
We’ve just wrapped up our two-day Network Symposium in Auckland. With 120 registrations across the four Network meetings, two international presenters, a video link with Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage, and 14 local panellists and… Read more »
March 15, 2018
Research suggests that less than 10% of philanthropic and grantmaking funding goes to programmes specifically targeting women and girls. That’s not good enough in a country like New Zealand where sexual and gender-based violence is… Read more »
February 27, 2018
Building stronger communities and improving well-being through arts funding. You won’t find many in the philanthropy and not-for-profit sector who would disagree that art and creativity are fundamental in building a healthier society. In fact,… Read more »
February 15, 2018
As someone who is involved in running a very small organisation like Philanthropy New Zealand I’ve been thinking lately about the challenges of delivering an organisation’s mission with very limited resources—the economies of scale are… Read more »
February 1, 2018
Our Relationships and Events Manager Yvonne Trask spent a month over the holiday break travelling the United States where she connected with a number of people from the philanthropic sector and attended a course at… Read more »