Making your charitable giving have a bigger impact in our region

The Acorn Foundation enables generous people to make a bigger impact in their communities, by investing donations and distributing the returns to causes close to their hearts, year after year.

The generosity of our donors at a glance

Thanks to our donors, we have made the following impact to our community since 2003:

10

GIFTED TO OUR COMMUNITY

270

LOCAL CHARITIES SUPPORTED

400

PEOPLE CONNECTED TO CAUSES

Make a gift that keeps on giving

Unlike a one-off donation to a specific charity, gifts given through the Acorn Foundation’s Smarter Giving Model are invested in perpetuity, generating income that is distributed annually to community organisations in the Western Bay of Plenty. This means that a gift from a generous donor will continue to give back to causes close to their heart, for many years to come.

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Your giving. Your way.

Whether you’re an individual, a family, an existing Trust, a business, or a professional advisor, there are so many ways to get involved.

Give for tomorrow

Leave a lasting legacy in our community by creating your own named endowment fund or by donating to an existing Community Group fund. You can give during your lifetime or leave a gift in your Will. You can also transfer an existing Trust to Acorn or set up a Corporate Fund. Find out which option is best for you.

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Give for today

Using our extensive community knowledge, the Acorn team can help facilitate immediate one-off gifts to charities for our individual and corporate donors, so you can see your gift at work in our region.

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Give with others

Join or create a Giving Circle with other like-minded people or set up Workplace Giving in your organisation – and see the impact of your pooled donations in action.

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News and updates

Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund bigger than ever

23 May 2023

Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund bigger than ever

Tauranga and Western Bay community event organisers now have access to more funding than ever before, thanks to a $200,000 boost to the Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund.

2023 winners selected for the Page/Acorn Engineering Scholarship

26 May 2023

2023 winners selected for the Page/Acorn Engineering Scholarship

Every year we look forward to awarding these deserving apprentices this scholarship. Congratulations to the seven recipients from local engineering firms.

The winner of the $64,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction for 2023 has been announced

19 May 2023

The winner of the $64,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction for 2023 has been announced

Congratulations to the winner Catherine Chidgey with her novel The Axeman's Carnival which has been described as a novel that has been clasped to New Zealanders’ hearts.

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