Brainwave Trust Aotearoa — Health Charity in Auckland
Brainwave Trust Aotearoa is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $1.0M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: Whakamana i te tamaiti. Brainwave’s vision is that all tamariki in Aotearoa are valued and nurtured in order to reach their full potential. We share knowledge about the critical importance of the first thousand days of life. We make research understandable and accessible to everyone who influences the lives of pēpi, tamariki and taiohi.
- Registration Number
- CC40312
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- info@brainwave.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (trust)
- Data as at
- March 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Other charities, Voluntary bodies other than charities, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.0M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.0M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.7M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 11
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.0M | $1.0M | $0.4M |
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $0.5M |
| 2023 | $1.0M | $1.0M | $0.5M |
| 2022 | $0.9M | $0.9M | $0.5M |
| 2021 | $0.9M | $0.8M | $0.5M |
| 2020 | $0.8M | $0.9M | $0.4M |
| 2019 | $1.0M | $1.0M | $0.4M |
| 2018 | $1.0M | $1.0M | $0.4M |
| 2017 | $0.9M | $0.9M | $0.4M |
| 2016 | $0.8M | $0.7M | $0.4M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (3)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Germaine Phillipsen | Trustee | 2026-03-25 |
| Leanne Otene | Trustee | 2026-02-11 |
| Alex Greaves | Trustee | 2025-11-19 |
Former Officers (17)
- Darren Folau — Trustee,-Co-Chair
- Natasha Flavell — Trustee
- Marama Stewart — Trustee
- Josh Tiro — Trustee
- Pimento Fata — Trustee (departed 2025-01-22)
- Judy Bailey — Founder Patron (departed 2026-05-11)
- Emma Wehipeihana — Trustee (departed 2025-09-17)
- Julie Wharewera-Mika — Trustee (departed 2026-02-11)
- Johan Morreau — Trustee (departed 2023-08-05)
- Apaula Ioane — Trustee (departed 2025-03-19)
- Jeanine Tamati-Elliffe — Co-Chair-of-Trustees (departed 2025-11-19)
- Nathan Mikaere — Trustee (departed 2015-05-11)
- Anthea Springford — Trustee, Treasurer (departed 2025-11-19)
- Susan Younger — Trustee (departed 2022-06-30)
- Casey Plunket — Trustee (departed 2023-12-31)
- Penelope Ginnen — Trustee (departed 2019-06-30)
- Simon Rowley — Trustee (departed 2023-07-31)
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $100,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $90,000
- Foundation North — $30,000
- Foundation North — $25,000
- Foundation North — $25,000
- Foundation North — $25,000
- Foundation North — $25,000
- Lion Foundation — $5,000
- The Lion Foundation — $4,319
- One Foundation — $4,000
- Lion Foundation — $2,772
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $2,000
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Brainwave Trust Aotearoa
Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. The return reports totals but not the program/administration split or the line-item detail our template needs. No red flags were detected in what was filed, and revenue is below the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. A letter grade is withheld rather than assigning one that would be driven by the template-fit, not the charity's operations. The charity's filed figures are shown above, and any structural concerns a donor would want to look at are surfaced separately. (v3.3 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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About
Whakamana i te tamaiti. Brainwave’s vision is that all tamariki in Aotearoa are valued and nurtured in order to reach their full potential. We share knowledge about the critical importance of the first thousand days of life. We make research understandable and accessible to everyone who influences the lives of pēpi, tamariki and taiohi.
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