Press Release Auckland Communities Foundation

With the end of the personal financial tax year looming, and personal tax credits available, Auckland Communities Foundation is reflecting on a year of giving through their individual donors. The Foundation is a donor services organisation, which March is the time for giving in New Zealand
With the end of the personal financial tax year looming, and personal tax credits available, Auckland Communities Foundation is reflecting on a year of giving through their individual donors.

The Foundation is a ‘donor services organisation’, which helps caring and generous donors give their charitable funds away for the best results in the community. They are place-based rather than cause based which means the Foundation facilitates giving for any charitable purpose or cause within the greater Auckland region.

Although still a relatively new model to the Auckland region (in the US a community foundation isn’t considered to be maturing until it’s at least 20 years old), ACF is seeing a greater uptake of its services as people start to seek advice on how best they can help the causes they care about, and know that their donation will be making a difference.

Over the past 12 months there has been an increase in funds being established with ACF and in individual gifts passing through the organisation. And at the end of the last year we saw increased activity in people making donations into their Funds to benefit from the end of the financial year Aucklanders are starting to get the idea!”

New Zealanders are notoriously generous and during March it’s the time to remember that generosity can get a give-back by way of a tax refund, as well as the get-back people get through giving.

Tuesday, March 31st is the last day to benefit your community and yourself through a donation to your favourite cause.

ENDS

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