The Public Art Foundation — Arts & Culture Charity in Auckland

The Public Art Foundation is a Unincorporated Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. CharityData rates this charity C+ (65.5/100). Annual revenue: $0.0M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: Supporting the creation of, and education about, public art projects including commissioning work and supporting conferences and seminars

Registration Number
CC52333
Charity Type
Unincorporated Trust
Registration Date
2023-04-02
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
C+ (65.5/100)
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
Auckland, Auckland
Email
somcon@xtra.co.nz
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: General public

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.0M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.0M NZD
Total Assets
$0.0M NZD
Net Assets
$0.0M NZD
Reserve Months
76.7 months of operating expenses
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.0M$0.0M$0.0M
2024$0.0M-$0.0M
2019$0.0M$0.0M$0.0M
2018$0.0M-$0.0M
2017$0.0M$0.0M-
2016$0.2M$0.1M-

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
C+
Overall Score
65.5/100
Financial Score
70
Governance Score
55
Transparency Score
65

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (3)

NameRoleAppointed
John MacCormackTrustee2019-04-01
jenny HuTrustee2019-04-01
William SomervilleTrustee2015-06-25

Former Officers (3)

  • Jenny Dixon — Trustee (departed 2019-03-31)
  • Dayle Mace — Trustee (departed 2019-12-01)
  • Jin Jiangbo — Trustee (departed 2019-03-31)

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The Public Art Foundation

CC52333Auckland, AucklandRegistered 2 Apr 2023
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating3d ago

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

C+
66/100
Financial
70
Governance
55
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 3. 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

$7.2K

Expenses

$4.0K

Assets

$25.7K

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

Endowment Foundation

Special Entity Type

This is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.

Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.

About

Mission

Supporting the creation of, and education about, public art projects including commissioning work and supporting conferences and seminars

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
General public

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$7.2K
Total Expenses
$4.0K
Net Assets
$22.4K
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (6 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

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
76.7mo
Could operate 76.7 months with zero revenue
Over-capitalized
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

8
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,214
High Concentration: 96% of revenue from Donations
Donations95.9%
Investment Income4.1%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 350 peers · Arts & Culture · Under $100K

Rating Score
66
#52/351
Revenue
$7K
#259/351
Reserve Months
76.7
#1/351
Surplus
$3K
#111/351
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/351

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

Rating

C+
Score: 65.5/100
Financial
70
Governance
55
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 70 × 40% + Governance 55 × 60% = 61 → C+.
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Latest Audit

FY2016
Clean

Contact Details

Address
Auckland, Auckland

Registration

Registration NumberCC52333
Entity TypeUnincorporated Trust
Registered2 Apr 2023
StatusRegistered

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Arts & Culture
Activities
Makes grants / loans to individualsMakes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities)

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: 4 October 2026.