Making your charitable giving have a bigger impact in our region

The Acorn Foundation enables generous people to make a bigger impact in their communities, by investing donations and distributing the returns to causes close to their hearts, year after year.

Make a gift that keeps on giving

Unlike a one-off donation to a specific charity, gifts given through the Acorn Foundation’s Smarter Giving Model are invested in perpetuity, generating income that is distributed annually to community organisations in the Western Bay of Plenty. This means that a gift from a generous donor will continue to give back to causes close to their heart, for many years to come.

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News and updates

NZ School of Dance student selected as one of the 2024 Emerging Practitioner Award recipients

21 Nov 2024

NZ School of Dance student selected as one of the 2024 Emerging Practitioner Award recipients

Dancer and educator Aylish Marshall is this year’s recipient from the New Zealand School of Dance.

2024 Emerging Practitioner Award recipient at the University of Otago

06 Nov 2024

2024 Emerging Practitioner Award recipient at the University of Otago

Viola performer, composer, and musicologist Grace Shaw is this year’s recipient from the University of Otago.

First FAME Year 13 Performing Arts Scholarship Recipient Selected

24 Oct 2024

First FAME Year 13 Performing Arts Scholarship Recipient Selected

Congratulations to Michael van Lieshout, head prefect at Tauranga Boys’ College and talented guitarist.

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