Home Foundation — Community Development Charity in Christchurch
Home Foundation is a registered charity in the Community Development sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. CharityData rates this charity B (75.2/100). Annual revenue: $3.9M NZD. Financial data as at March 2024.
Mission: Home Foundation exists to help end homelessness in Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Registration Number
- CC58355
- Registration Date
- 2020-07-29
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B (75.2/100)
- Sector
- Community Development
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- Website
- https://www.homefoundation.org.nz
- info@homefoundation.org.nz
- Data as at
- March 2024
Beneficiaries: General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $3.9M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $13.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $8.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 6.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 2
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2024-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.9M | $1.7M | $8.1M |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $1.1M | $6.0M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $0.7M | $3.6M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $0.0M | $1.2M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B
- Overall Score
- 75.2/100
- Financial Score
- 79.5
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 85
- Program Spending Ratio
- 0.8%
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Ramonette Gray | Cfo | 2025-10-01 |
| John McDougall | Trustee | 2025-04-01 |
| Lissa Birse | CEO | 2024-09-01 |
| Alice Camaivuna | Trustee | 2023-10-17 |
| Israel Cooper | Trustee | 2020-07-06 |
| Mark Larson | Trustee | 2020-07-06 |
| Robert Reid | Trustee | 2020-07-06 |
| Jessica Cooper | Trustee | 2020-07-06 |
Former Officers (1)
- David Monk — General Manager (departed 2024-08-31)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Key Management Personnel | $183,000 | 2024 |
| Mark Larson | Trustee | $5,000 | 2024 |
Reporting Group Members
Home Foundation files a consolidated Annual Return jointly with 4 sibling charities:
- Te Wawata Kāinga Limited
- Kāinga Maha Limited
- Home Foundation General Partner Limited
- Home Construction Limited
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Home Foundation
Financial data as at March 2024. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (3)
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 registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 8. 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.
- Current annual return overdueThe newest annual return we hold is 30 months old — a more recent return may already be on the Charities Services register
- Shared trustees with reporting-group siblings2 current trustees also serve on the board of another charity in the same Charities Services reporting group (group has 5 member charities filing one consolidated annual return). Group-internal cross-trusteeship can be operationally efficient but should be visible to donors.
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.
$3.9M
$1.7M
$13.1M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2024). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
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About
Home Foundation exists to help end homelessness in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 52 peers · Community Development · $1M – $10M
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Reporting Group — Consolidated Annual Return
Home Foundation is one of 5 charities in a Charities Services reporting group. Members file a single consolidated Annual Return together, so the financial figures on each member’s page reflect the combined group — not standalone operations.
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