# The City Gallery Wellington Foundation

**Charities Register number:** CC23266
**Status:** Registered
**Registered since:** 2008-04-21
**Sector:** Arts & Culture
**ICNPO group:** Culture and Recreation
**Region:** Wellington
**NZBN:** 9429042948070
**IRD donee status:** yes — donations may qualify for a tax credit

## Purpose

The Foundation’s purpose is to provide support to City Gallery Wellington by; Encouraging, promoting and supporting the arts in Wellington, New Zealand for the benefit of the public by promoting and supporting the public art gallery known as the City Gallery Wellington both directly and through building business and community support for City Gallery. Providing financial assistance to City Gallery to enable it to develop and present exhibitions which includes bringing exhibitions to New Zealand, and related activities such as curatorial travel, publications and public programming. The financial assistance can take the form of sponsorship of specific exhibitions by the Trust. Providing financial assistance to City Gallery by way of capital grants to support non-building related capital expenditure programmes

## CharityData rating

- **Grade:** B+ (83.6 / 100)
- **Financial health:** 91.5/100
- **Governance:** 65/100
- **Transparency:** 65/100
- **Computed:** 2026-10-01 (methodology 3.11)
- **Flags raised by the methodology:** none

Ratings are an analytical view computed from this charity's own filings to the Charities Register, using a published methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology. They are not advice and not a statement about any individual.

## Latest annual return (year ended 2025-06-30)

- **Total revenue:** NZ$218k
- **Total expenses:** NZ$142k
- **Surplus / deficit:** NZ$75k
- **Total assets:** NZ$1.64M
- **Total liabilities:** NZ$6k
- **Net assets:** NZ$1.63M
- **Cash reserves:** NZ$94k
- **Donations:** NZ$78k
- **Staff costs:** NZ$0
- **Paid staff:** 1
- **Volunteers:** 0
- **Source filing (PDF):** https://register.charities.govt.nz/Document/DownloadPdf?pdfType=AnnualReturnSummary&relatedId=2794cca8-4a56-f011-bb44-0022480ffcd1&isPublic=true

All figures are as filed by the charity with Charities Services, in New Zealand dollars.

## Filing history

| Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Surplus/deficit | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | NZ$218k | NZ$142k | NZ$75k | NZ$1.63M |
| 2024-06-30 | NZ$147k | NZ$141k | NZ$6k | NZ$1.56M |
| 2023-06-30 | NZ$194k | NZ$199k | not disclosed | NZ$1.47M |
| 2022-06-30 | NZ$244k | NZ$366k | not disclosed | NZ$1.43M |
| 2021-06-30 | NZ$183k | NZ$74k | not disclosed | NZ$1.67M |
| 2020-06-30 | NZ$77k | NZ$115k | not disclosed | NZ$1.45M |
| 2019-06-30 | NZ$124k | NZ$184k | not disclosed | NZ$1.45M |
| 2018-06-30 | NZ$133k | NZ$215k | not disclosed | NZ$1.38M |
| 2017-06-30 | NZ$194k | NZ$250k | not disclosed | NZ$1.46M |
| 2016-06-30 | NZ$166k | NZ$185k | not disclosed | NZ$1.51M |

## Governance

- **Officers on the register:** 7 current (21 including former)
- **Chair recorded:** no

Individual officers and trustees are not listed here. Their names are on the public Charities Register (https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC23266) and on the charity's profile page.

## Disclosed funders

- **Lion Foundation** (foundation) — NZ$10k, year ended 2021-12-31

## Data freshness

- Register details: as of 2026-11-01
- Financials: last updated 2026-09-25
- Rating: computed 2026-10-01
- This document generated: 2026-11-13

Figures are as filed. A charity that has filed since the dates above may have newer numbers on the Charities Register.

## More data

- Charity profile: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/the-city-gallery-wellington-foundation
- Structured facts (JSON): https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/the-city-gallery-wellington-foundation/facts.json
- Short summary: https://charitydata.co.nz/api/v1/charities/the-city-gallery-wellington-foundation/summary.md
- Rating methodology: https://charitydata.co.nz/charity-insights/methodology
- Official register entry: https://register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=CC23266

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Published by [CharityData NZ](https://charitydata.co.nz). Canonical: https://charitydata.co.nz/charities/the-city-gallery-wellington-foundation. Primary source: Charities Services (Ngā Rātonga Kaupapa Atawhai), Department of Internal Affairs. Analytical scores are CharityData's own, computed under a published methodology, and are not advice. Generated 2026-11-13T05:01:21.980Z.