The New Zealand Drug Foundation — Health Charity in Wellington
The New Zealand Drug Foundation is a Charitable Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. CharityData rates this charity C (62.9/100). Annual revenue: $4.9M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The Drug Foundation is committed to reducing and preventing the harms caused by drugs in New Zealand. We have a primary focus on illicit drugs, such as cannabis.
- Registration Number
- CC27025
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C (62.9/100)
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- Website
- http://www.drugfoundation.org.nz
- admin@drugfoundation.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, Other charities, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $4.9M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $5.0M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 2.3 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 38
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.9M | $5.0M | $0.5M |
| 2024 | $5.2M | $5.2M | $0.6M |
| 2023 | $4.5M | $4.4M | $0.6M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.9M | $0.6M |
| 2021 | $3.0M | $2.8M | $0.8M |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $3.8M | $0.6M |
| 2019 | $2.0M | $1.8M | $1.6M |
| 2018 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $1.4M |
| 2017 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.2M |
| 2016 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.0M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C
- Overall Score
- 62.9/100
- Financial Score
- 57.7
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (31)
- Jai Whelan — Trustee
- Jeff Sissons — Trustee
- Laura Nolan — Trustee
- Ganesh Nana — Trustee
- Terina Moke — Trustee
- Anake Goodall — Trustee
- Patricia Walsh — Trustee
- Tuari Potiki — Chair
- Michael Baker — Trustee
- Tangi Noomotu — Trustee
- Sarah Helm — Executive Director
- Julia Whaipooti — Trustee (departed 2023-12-30)
- Michael Munro — Trustee (departed 2024-08-16)
- Elizabeth Marvelly — Trustee (departed 2020-08-25)
- Khylee Quince — Trustee (departed 2024-12-06)
- Anna-Jane Edwards — Trustee (departed 2024-05-24)
- Linda Clark — Trustee (departed 2015-11-27)
- James Matheson — Trustee (departed 2023-08-25)
- Deborah Fraser — Trustee (departed 2020-12-04)
- Matthew Allen — Trustee (departed 2020-12-04)
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Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
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.
- Government-funding concentration99% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
- Same audit firm for many yearsSame audit firm (Bakertilly Staples Rodway) for 6 consecutive years — best practice rotates audit firms periodically to refresh independent oversight
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.
$4.9M
$5.0M
$1.4M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
The Drug Foundation is committed to reducing and preventing the harms caused by drugs in New Zealand. We have a primary focus on illicit drugs, such as cannabis.
Who We Serve
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Ranked against 111 peers · Health · $1M – $10M
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