Leave a lasting legacy in your will
Leaving a gift in your will to a local community foundation, like Nikau, is a powerful, practical way to give back to our communities and a great way to ensure the causes closest to your heart continue to be supported long into the future.
Once you have made provision for your loved ones, a gift in your will can be the perfect way to make a difference, without impacting on your current financial needs.
The gift that grows beyond a lifetime.
Nikau understands that healthy, happy, thriving communities require long-term, sustainable support and resources. Through our model, your gift will be invested and grown so it continues to create meaningful change for our communities and the causes you love. We exist in perpetuity so, even in 50, 100 or 150 years, your gift will continue to make an impact. It quite literally is the gift that keeps on giving!
Want to see an example?
Click below to read more about the journey of the Sia Bloggs Fund below.
What are the options?
When giving through Nikau Foundation, we have two main options (as shown below). We welcome you to get in touch with us via info@nikaufoundation.nz to discuss what option may be most suitable for you. You can find out more about these options by clicking here.
Establishing your own endowment fund.
When you establish your own endowment fund through a gift in your will, you can make sure the organisations and causes you love are supported for generations to come.
Leaving a gift to an existing endowment fund.
You can also leave a gift an existing endowment fund, which has been established to benefit the causes or organisations you love.
Make sure the causes you love are supported, forever.
We understand that giving is really personal. Find out more about the generous individuals are making sure the causes they hold near and dear get the support and funding they need for generations to come.
Futureproofed funding to support social change.
From her time facilitating in-prison public speaking programmes; first at Rimutaka and then at Arohata, Margaret Nixon is very aware of the extreme inequities that face many in our communities. It was this knowledge along with a lack of wrap-around services to support positive reintegration that encouraged Margaret to establish the Reintegration on Leaving Prison Fund, which will be bolstered by a gift in her will.
Everlasting support for the places Gwenda loved.
The late Gwenda Martin will be remembered for many things. For her passion for the outdoors, her many creative pursuits and political activism and hands-on teaching style. For Taihoa; the Orongorongo Valley hut she built from scratch with her Onslow College students over 50 years ago, and the Gwenda Martin Fund, which will give back to the places she loved, forever.
An enduring gift to the city Mark helped to build.
“I made my money in Wellington, and I plan to leave it here when I go,” says Wellington philanthropist Sir Mark Dunajtschik. We are delighted to announce that Nikau Foundation will be the guardian of Mark’s bequest; a gift set to make a transformational difference in the lives of those living with disability.
Got any questions?
For any questions on leaving a gift in your will, how we work alongside you to shape your endowment fund or how to make your giving go further, we welcome you to get in touch with us via info@nikaufoundation.nz or visit our FAQ’s page here.
We have also put together a helpful Wills Information pack to provide an overview on leaving a gift to charity in your will. To download, please click here.
