Welcome to The Waitakere Fund
Waitakere Fund News
On 16 September a diverse and enthusuastic group of passionate Westies came together at the MacroWest Roadshow with the stated aim of creating a shared strategy for building the Waitakere Fund as a major sustainable resource to support community vitality in the West.
In a day filled with creativity, humour and real engagement the group developed some strong segmented approaches for building the Fund and many volunteered to be members of the Waitakere Fund Development Team.
Watch this space as the creative ideas developed on the day become the tangible fundraising actions for the Waitakere Fund.
Many thanks to Waitakere City Council for their sponsorship, Waitakere Enterprise for free use of their excellent facilities and Community Waitakere for their organisational expertise.
What is the Waitakere Fund?
The Waitakere Fund is a fundraising and grantmaking fund within an independent charitable foundation that supports community led development by linking generous people and companies with causes that really make a difference.
The Waitakere Fund has been established by the founding donations from a group of grassroots donors with a passion for the Waitakere community who are now looking for major (and minor) donations from other passionate “Westies”.
The ultimate role of the Waitakere Fund is to become the trusted vehicle through which local individuals, families, businesses, groups of like minded people and the community invest their philanthropic dollars to build a permanent legacy in Waitakere.
What will it support?
The Waitakere Fund seeks to grow a permanent endowment of locally-held funds to support its community. The funds are dedicated to strengthening community, creating opportunities and tackling issues of disadvantage and exclusion through capacity building initiatives.
What are we aiming to achieve
The success of the Waitakere Fund will be measured not only in terms of the size of its permanent endowment (we are aiming to raise $5m in the next 5 years) and its grantmaking expertise, but also and as importantly, by its ability to build community knowledge, engage with the community and bring people together around issues of common concern and community need.
Waitakere Fund Development Team
We are currently looking for more volunteers and nominees to serve on a Development Team to assist in identifying and raising funding for the Waitakere Fund. It is intended that a full Advisory Board will be established in 2012.
Donations to the Waitakere Fund
Donations can be made at any time. There is no minimum deposit. Donations are tax deductible. Donations can be made by cheque or direct transfer.
To contribute to the Waitakere Fund, donors can:
a) Send a cheque payable to “Auckland Communities Foundation” with “Waitakere Fund” marked clearly on the reverse to Mark Bentley, Chief Executive, Auckland Communities Foundation, PO Box 200-114, Papatoetoe Central, Manukau City 2156, or
b) Transfer funds to 12-3028-0714703-000 with references:
ACF - Waitakere - Your surname or organisation name
c) Donate online by clicking here.
Please note the Foundation is legally the Trustee of the sub-funds so it is to the Foundation that donations are made. Sub-funds of the Foundation have no status in law and any receipt issued for tax deductible donations will be issued in the name of the Foundation and specify its Charities Commission registration number.
Further details
Mark Bentley, Chief Executive, Auckland Communities Foundation
T: 09 277 8832 M: 021 737471 E: m.bentley "at" aucklandcf.org.nz
Pat Watson, Waitakere Fund Steward, Manager, Community Waitakere
T: 09 838 7593 M: 027 683 8958 E: pat "at" communitywaitakere.org.nz