Arts Foundation of New Zealand — Health Charity in Christchurch

Arts Foundation of New Zealand is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity B+ (82.5/100). Annual revenue: $5.3M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: Vision: Artists are valued as great New Zealanders Unique Value Proposition: We support artists through private benefaction Mission: To grow a culture of arts philanthropy in New Zealand

Registration Number
CC24256
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-05-12
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
B+ (82.5/100)
Sector
Health
Location
Christchurch, Christchurch
Email
hello@thearts.co.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (foundation)
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: General public, Other charities, Other - All

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$5.3M NZD
Total Expenses
$4.3M NZD
Total Assets
$10.1M NZD
Net Assets
$8.9M NZD
Reserve Months
24.9 months of operating expenses
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$5.3M$4.3M$8.9M
2024$4.5M$4.1M$8.0M
2023$3.3M$3.4M$7.6M
2022$2.7M$3.4M$7.7M
2021$3.6M$3.0M$8.5M
2020$3.0M$3.3M$8.0M
2019$2.2M$1.9M$8.3M
2018$2.3M$2.2M$8.0M
2017$3.1M$2.6M$8.0M
2016$3.4M$2.3M$7.6M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
B+
Overall Score
82.5/100
Financial Score
90
Governance Score
65
Transparency Score
65

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (0)

NameRoleAppointed

Former Officers (38)

  • Bentley de Beyer — Trustee
  • Timothy Clarke — Trustee
  • Chelsea Winstanley — Trustee
  • Anne Noble — Trustee
  • Rachel Qi — Trustee (departed 2025-12-02)
  • Tanea Heke — Trustee
  • Lewis Sanson — Trustee (departed 2025-12-02)
  • Miriama Kamo — Trustee (departed 2023-12-05)
  • Hall Cannon — Trustee
  • Desna Whaanga-Schollum — Trustee (departed 2021-10-19)
  • Andrea Hammond — Trustee
  • Kent Gardner — Trustee
  • Hamish Edgar — Trustee
  • Ainsley Walter — Trustee (departed 2022-06-14)
  • John Gow — Trustee (departed 2019-03-26)
  • Meng Fon — Trustee (departed 2023-12-05)
  • Warwick Freeman — Trustee (departed 2022-12-14)
  • Peter Biggs — Trustee (departed 2020-02-18)
  • Amelia (Aimee) McCammon — Trustee (departed 2019-12-04)
  • Derek Lardelli — Trustee (departed 2018-12-19)

Service Providers

  • Crowe

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Arts Foundation of New Zealand

CC24256Christchurch, ChristchurchRegistered 12 May 2008
Data updated: 23 Sept 2026
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating4d ago

Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.

B+
83/100
Financial
90
Governance
65
Transparency
65

Reasons to look carefully (1)

These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.

  • No chair recorded on the register
    No chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 9. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.

Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.

Revenue

$5.3M

Expenses

$4.3M

Assets

$10.1M

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

Grant-Making Trust

Special Entity Type

This trust makes grants to other organizations. It does not deliver programs directly.

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
Arts & Culture
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Nationwide

About

Mission

Vision: Artists are valued as great New Zealanders Unique Value Proposition: We support artists through private benefaction Mission: To grow a culture of arts philanthropy in New Zealand

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
General publicOther charitiesOther - All

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$5.3M
Total Expenses
$4.3M
Net Assets
$8.9M

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 Years)

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
0mo
Could operate 0 months with zero revenue
Critical
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology

Revenue Diversification

0
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 10,000
High Concentration: 100% of revenue from Other
Other100.0%

HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 67 peers · Health · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
83
#11/68
Revenue
$5.3M
#11/68
Reserve Months
24.9
#1/68
Surplus
$999K
#16/68
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/68

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating

B+
Score: 82.5/100
Financial
90
Governance
65
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 90 × 40% + Governance 65 × 60% = 75 → B+.
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Latest Audit

FY2025
Clean
Auditor
Crowe
10 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Christchurch, Christchurch

Registration

Registration NumberCC24256
Entity TypeTrust
Registered12 May 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated8 Oct 1998
Registered office
Level 3, 45 Tory Street, Te Aro, Wellington
Differs from Charities Register address (c/- Brown Bread, 2 Worcester Bvld, Christchurch Central, Christchurch, 8140, Christchurch, Christchurch). May be stale on either register — verify with the charity if material.

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Health
Activities
Acts as an umbrella / resource bodyMakes grants / loans to individualsMakes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities)Provides advice / information / advocacyProvides other finance (e.g. investment funds)Sponsors / undertakes research

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 30 September 2026.