Highlights from the Impact100 Canterbury Grant Award Breakfast

February 2026 Storm Severe weather has affected communities across Aotearoa this year, but some have been hit far harder than others. The February storm was a stark reminder of how sudden and devastating these events can be, causing widespread damage across the motu. Close to home, torrential rain triggered flash flooding and landslides across Banks Peninsula and parts of Christchurch City. In just 48 hours, the Peninsula received nearly six times its average monthly rainfall

A trust transfer to your local community foundation allows your society or trust to wind up its structure while keeping its name, purpose, and story alive.

Featured in Business Canterbury's Bold Company series: How our renewed strategy, endowment-focused model and partnership programmes are working to build long-term community resilience.

Craigs Investment Partners has delivered again this holiday season, with their Workplace Giving programme supporting three more local charities through Kura Tāwhiti – Canterbury Community Foundation. The yearly initiative redirects traditional Christmas gifting toward meaningful community support, contributing more than $7,500 to charitable organisations in the Canterbury region in 2025. Craigs' Workplace Giving allows employees to donate a portion of their monthly pay t

Read the latest news from the Christchurch Foundation.

Lymphoedema is often called "the hidden disease" – and for good reason.

“Barbara has always been quietly generous. She’s thoughtful, progressive, and always thinking about how to help others – even after she’s gone.”

Youth Hub Christchurch is going from strength to strength since opening in November 2024.

The Christchurch Foundation has successfully secured new funding from the Christchurch City Council.

Making a bequest is a meaningful way to leave a lasting legacy in your community

Doing good is just part of who we are. Underneath that, there's something interesting to be uncovered about our tax incentives for giving.

To coincide with PRIDE 2021, The Christchurch Foundation has launched the PRIDE Endowment Fund.

We are tremendously proud that the first gift through The Christchurch Foundation is to Tūranga.