Contemporary Art Foundation — Arts & Culture Charity in Auckland
Contemporary Art Foundation is a Charitable Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity B (77.3/100). Annual revenue: $0.8M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The objects of the trust are to promote, encourage and support the arts within Auckland for the benefit and enjoyment of the Auckland community and public at large.
- Registration Number
- CC21811
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-03-13
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B (77.3/100)
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- Website
- https://www.caf.org.nz/
- hiraani@tetuhi.art
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (foundation)
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, Other charities, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, People with disabilities, Religious groups, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.8M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $2.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $4.6M NZD
- Net Assets
- $4.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.4 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.8M | $2.7M | $4.1M |
| 2024 | $0.8M | $1.0M | $6.1M |
| 2023 | $0.7M | $1.0M | $6.3M |
| 2022 | $0.8M | $1.0M | $6.5M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $0.9M | $6.7M |
| 2020 | $0.7M | $0.8M | $5.1M |
| 2019 | $0.7M | $0.8M | $5.3M |
| 2018 | $0.6M | $0.7M | $5.4M |
| 2017 | $0.6M | $0.7M | $5.9M |
| 2016 | $0.7M | $0.8M | $6.0M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B
- Overall Score
- 77.3/100
- Financial Score
- 82.5
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Cotton | Trustee | 2025-06-10 |
| Layne Waerea | Trustee | 2024-07-01 |
| Andrew Clifford | Trustee | 2023-09-25 |
| Vincent Lipanovich | Trustee | 2018-07-01 |
| Nicola Ryan | Trustee | 2017-02-13 |
| Hirani Himona | CEO | 2015-03-02 |
| Bernardine Vester | Trustee | 2014-10-06 |
| Brenda Chappel | Trustee | 2009-01-19 |
Former Officers (9)
- Hamish Coney — Trustee (departed 2024-06-30)
- James Mccarthy — Trustee (departed 2025-05-15)
- Lois Perry — Trustee (departed 2018-06-30)
- Richard Shortland Cooper — Trustee (departed 2014-04-07)
- Noel Frederick Robertson — Trustee (departed 2017-02-13)
- Sondra Wigglesworth — Trustee (departed 2014-04-07)
- Beverley Cheryl Smaill — Trustee (departed 2013-12-02)
- Frank Kingston Brown — Trustee (departed 2010-01-09)
- Alexis Carolynn Whiteman — Trustee (departed 2021-06-30)
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Contemporary Art Foundation
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.
- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 8. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
- Government-funding concentration86% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.
$759.0K
$2.7M
$4.6M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Grant-Making Trust
Special Entity TypeThis trust makes grants to other organizations. It does not deliver programs directly.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
The objects of the trust are to promote, encourage and support the arts within Auckland for the benefit and enjoyment of the Auckland community and public at large.
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