In addition to rewarding beneficiaries, the Wi Pere Trust provides educational scholarships to whānau to develop future leaders for the next generation.
The Douglas Charitable Trust usually donates between $1m and $4m a year to medical research and training charities and causes benefitting West Auckland.
Scott O’Donnell says: ‘For us, the focus really isn’t on wealth. The focus is always on running a good business and profit is simply the measurement device.’
‘Neither of us came from backgrounds that would suggest we would take an interest in business or be any good at it,’ Peter Hutson says.
Sir Colin and Lady Jennifer Giltrap sponsor many worthy causes including the Starship Foundation, NZ Breast Cancer Foundation, and the SPCA.
He's a supporter of the Sir John Kirwan Foundation and the Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy as well as a two-decade funds campaigner for the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust.
The Bayley Group has signed up as a founding partner of the Live Ocean charitable trust set up by Peter Burling and Blair Tuke to support ocean protection, restoration, and research.
Chris and Michaela Meehan’s political donations are nothing new: ‘We’ve always given to both Act and National.’
Greg Tomlinson was inducted into the NZ Business Hall of Fame in 2022 in recognition of 30 years spent building businesses ‘that add value to New Zealand’.
The Tindall Foundation supports more than 600 organisations and bumped up its annual donations to $15m in 2022.