First Foundation — Education Charity in Auckland
First Foundation is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $1.6M NZD. Financial data as at September 2025.
Mission: Our vision is an Aotearoa New Zealand where all people can succeed, thrive and lead. We help make this a reality through our mission of strengthening the pathways, opportunities and choices that empower young people.
- Registration Number
- CC25563
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-09
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- Website
- http://www.firstfoundation.org.nz
- first@firstfoundation.org.nz
- Data as at
- September 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.9M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 7
- Financial Year End
- 2025-09-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $0.4M |
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $0.2M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $1.0M | $0.8M | $0.3M |
| 2021 | $0.9M | $0.8M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.8M | $0.8M | $0.0M |
| 2019 | $1.0M | $1.1M | $0.0M |
| 2018 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $0.0M |
| 2016 | $0.3M | $0.7M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (6)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Steven Carden | Trustee | 2023-06-07 |
| Sally Paterson | Trustee | 2025-07-11 |
| Michelle Elia-Siloata | Trustee | 2024-09-04 |
| Susan Green | Trustee | 2023-12-06 |
| Gerald MacKenzie | Trustee | 2023-06-07 |
| Michael Harper | Chair | 2019-08-07 |
Former Officers (23)
- Alan Isaac — Trustee (departed 2013-03-27)
- Cherrie Roache — Trustee (departed 2023-03-05)
- Sarah Coleman — Trustee (departed 2025-03-20)
- Mona-Pauline Mangakāhia — Trustee (departed 2023-06-12)
- Ruth Christie — Trustee (departed 2020-08-27)
- Tuputau Lelaulu — Trustee (departed 2025-07-11)
- Loretta Mamea — Trustee (departed 2024-07-05)
- Agnes Naera — Trustee (departed 2023-01-27)
- Richard Easton — Trustee (departed 2023-08-09)
- Pereri Hathaway — Trustee (departed 2016-05-18)
- Frederick Hathaway — Trustee (departed 2016-05-18)
- Melinda Webber — Trustee (departed 2018-11-07)
- Penelope Peebles — Trustee (departed 2018-03-07)
- Peter Fa'afiu — Trustee (departed 2019-03-07)
- Dallas Seymour — Trustee (departed 2019-05-09)
- Susan Huria — Trustee (departed 2015-11-05)
- Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga — Trustee (departed 2014-01-24)
- Paul Cook — Trustee (departed 2015-12-31)
- Gretchen Young — Trustee (departed 2009-12-14)
- Sean Preston — Trustee (departed 2010-11-25)
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $235,200
- Foundation North — $200,000
- Foundation North — $193,600
- Foundation North — $172,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $110,000
- Foundation North — $100,000
- Simplicity Foundation — $66,000
- Simplicity Foundation — $66,000
- Simplicity Foundation — $44,000
- Foundation North — $40,000
- Lion Foundation — $10,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $8,250
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $5,000
Funders named by First Foundation — amounts not disclosed
224 funders listed in the First Foundation partner directory (source, read 2026-10-01). No dollar amounts are published for these, so they are not included in any total.
- ABE's Bagel Bakery (Business/Corporate) — since 2013
- Acland Holdings Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2007
- ACP Media (Business/Corporate) — since 2002
- AIA NZ (Business/Corporate) — since 2000
- Airways New Zealand (Business/Corporate) — since 2014
- Alcatel-Lucent (Business/Corporate) — since 2009
- AMP Financial Services (Business/Corporate) — since 2014
- Anthony Harper (Business/Coporate) — since 2024
- ANZ Banking Group (NZ) Limited (Business/Corporate)
- Architectus (Business/Corporate) — since 2010
- ASB (Business/Corporate) — since 2001
- AsureQuality Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2014
- Auckland City Mission (Business/Corporate) — since 2009
- Auckland DHB Charitable Trust (Trust/Foundation) — since 2015
- Auckland Foundation (Trust/Foundation) — since 2015
- Auckland Transport (Business/Corporate) — since 2017
- Aurecon Group (Business/Corporate) — since 2016
- Avon Insurance Brokers (Business/Corporate) — since 2014
- Barfoot & Thompson Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2018
- Beate Schuler (Philantropist) — since 2016
- BECA (Business/Corporate) — since 2008
- Bell Gully (Business/Corporate) — since 2011
- Bendon (Business/Corporate) — since 2004
- Blue Star Print Group (Business/Corporate) — since 2004
- BNZ (Business/Corporate) — since 2018
- BRANZ (Business/Corporate) — since 2010
- Breakthrough Leaders – Global Women (Community Group) — since 2021
- Brian Perry Charitable Trust (Trust/Foundation) — since 2012
- Briscoe Group (Business/Corporate) — since 2013
- C & M Hutchison (Business/Corporate)
- CADPRO New Zealand Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2021
- Callaghan Innovation Research Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2012
- Cameron Partners (Business/Corporate) — since 2020
- Cariad Charitable Trust (Trust/Foundation) — since 2019
- Carters (Business/Corporate) — since 1999
- Chapman Tripp (Business/Corporate) — since 2014
- Chevpac Machinery Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2006
- Chorus (Business/Corporate) — since 2012
- Chris and Judy James (Philanthropist) — since 2021
- Chung Cheng Trust (Trust/Foundation) — since 2023
- Cisco Systems (Business/Corporate) — since 2010
- Coca-Cola Amatil NZ Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 1998
- Contact Energy (Business/Corporate) — since 2023
- Counties Energy (Business/Corporate) — since 2018
- Crane Distribution NZ Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2012
- Custom Fleet (Business/Corporate) — since 2020
- Cyclone Computer LTD (Business/Corporate) — since 2023
- Danusia Wypych (Philantropist) — since 2018
- Darby Family Trust (Trust/Foundation) — since 2021
- Datacom Systems Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2021
- Datamars Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2016
- Dave Dyer (Philanthropist) — since 2023
- David Lewis (Philantropist) — since 2018
- Dick and Diana Hubbard Foundation (Trust/Foundation) — since 2014
- Dines Family Charitable Trust (Trust/Foundation) — since 2021
- DLA Phillips Fox (Business/Corporate) — since 2007
- Douglas Pharmaceuticals Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2011
- Downer NZ (Business/Corporate) — since 2015
- Ecolab (Business/Corporate) — since 2013
- Entain NZ (Business/Corporate) — since 2017
- Ernst & Young (Business/Corporate) — since 2005
- Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Foundation (Trust/Foundation) — since 2021
- Fisher Funds (Business/Corporate)
- Fishpond (Business/Corporate) — since 2012
- Fletcher Building Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 1998
- Fliway Group (Business/Corporate) — since 2005
- Fonterra Co-operative Group (Business/Corporate) — since 2003
- Foodstuffs (Wellington) Co-operative Society Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2009
- Foodstuffs North Island Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2016
- Foodstuffs South Island Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2015
- Ford New Zealand (Business/Corporate) — since 1999
- Frank Accounting Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2020
- Front Steps Trust (Trust/Foundation)
- Fulton Hogan Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2007
- Gawith Deans Family Trust (Trust/Foundation) — since 2014
- Genesis Energy Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2008
- Gibson Sheat (Business/Corporate) — since 2005
- Gilmour Family (Trust/Foundation) — since 2020
- Glenn Family Foundation (Business/Corporate) — since 2013
- GNS Science (Business/Corporate) — since 2012
- Gray Family Trust (Trust/Foundation) — since 2019
- Greenlea Foundation Trust (Trust/Foundation) — since 2013
- Griffins Foods Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2006
- Hall's Group Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2015
- HEB Construction Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2022
- Heidrick & Struggles (Business/Corporate) — since 2004
- Helena Bay Holdings Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2023
- Heritage Lifecare (Business/Corporate) — since 2021
- Hibiscus Solutions (Business/Corporate) — since 2021
- Hortus Ltd (Business/Corporate)
- House of Travel (Business/Corporate) — since 2005
- HP Business Consulting (Business/Corporate) — since 2004
- Hubbard Foods (Business/Corporate) — since 1999
- Hutt City Council (Business/Corporate) — since 2007
- Hynds Education Fund (Business/Corporate) — since 2016
- IBM New Zealand (Business/Corporate) — since 2006
- Indicator (Business/Corporate) — since 2024
- Indigenous Growth Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2020
- INFINZ (Trust/Foundation) — since 2022
- ING (NZ) Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2003
- ION Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2003
- ISS Facility Services, Inc. (Business/Corporate) — since 2022
- James Hardie New Zealand (Business/Corporate)
- John Peebles Associates (Business/Corporate) — since 2011
- Johnson Family (Philanthropist) — since 2022
- Kathmandu (Business/Corporate) — since 2008
- Kelliher Charitable Trust (Trust/Foundation) — since 2014
- Kiwi Wealth (Business/Corporate) — since 2016
- Kiwibank (Business/Corporate) — since 2020
- KiwiRail (Business/Corporate) — since 2007
- KPMG (Business/Corporate) — since 2011
- L'Oreal New Zealand (Business/Corporate) — since 2023
- Landcare Research (Business/Corporate) — since 2012
- Les Mills International Ltd (Business/Corporate)
- Lutra (Business/Corporate)
- Madison Recruitment Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2016
- Manaia Health PHO (Business/Corporate) — since 2009
- Manchester Charitable Trust (Trust/Foundation) — since 2014
- Manukau Beautification Charitable Trust (Trust/Foundation) — since 2016
- Mark Hargreaves (Business/Corporate) — since 2018
- Marley by Aliaxis (Business/Corporate) — since 2020
- Martinus (Business/Corporate) — since 2022
- McSyth Charitable Foundation (Trust/Foundation) — since 2016
- Mercury Energy (Business/Corporate) — since 2007
- Mercy Hospital Dunedin Ltd (Trust/Foundation)
- Meredith Connell (Business/Corporate) — since 2010
- Methanex New Zealand Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2022
- Mike Ross (Philantropist) — since 2013
- Mind & Meals Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2023
- Mitre 10 New Zealand Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2022
- Morphum Environmental Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2016
- New Zealand Post (Business/Corporate) — since 2009
- New Zealand Steel Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2014
- New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (Business/Corporate) — since 2006
- North Shore City Council (Business/Corporate) — since 2006
- Northland Regional Council (Business/Corporate) — since 2012
- Northpower (Business/Corporate) — since 2016
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- Number One Shoes (Business/Corporate) — since 2011
- NZ Private Capital (Business/Corporate) — since 2024
- NZCT (New Zealand Community Trust) (Trust/Foundation) — since 2008
- NZI (Business/Corporate) — since 2008
- NZX (Business/Corporate) — since 2016
- Ockham Collective (Trust/Foundation) — since 2014
- OCS Group NZ (Business/Corporate) — since 2013
- Oji Fibre Solutions (Business/Corporate) — since 2020
- Otorohanga Charitable Trust (Trust/Foundation) — since 2023
- Pacific Retail Group (Business/Corporate) — since 2000
- Pamela Jeanette Nash (Philanthropist) — since 2024
- Pāmu Farms of New Zealand (Business/Corporate) — since 2014
- Partnership Alliance (Community Group) — since 2022
- Perpetual Guardian (Business/Corporate) — since 2014
- PGG Wrightson (Business/Corporate) — since 2012
- Philips New Zealand Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2006
- Pillars Ka Pou Whakahou (Trust/Foundation)
- Pitney Bowes New Zealand Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2011
- Port of Auckland (Business/Corporate) — since 2024
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- RPV Rawa (Business/Corporate) — since 2017
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- SAP New Zealand Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2006
- Schneider Electric (Business/Corporate) — since 2013
- Share My Super (Trust/Foundation) — since 2020
- Shephard Dunphy (Business/Corporate) — since 2011
- Siemens (NZ) Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2010
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- Soltius New Zealand Limited (Business/Corporate) — since 2006
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- Spark New Zealand (Business/Corporate) — since 2001
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- Summerset Holdings Ltd (Business/Corporate) — since 2019
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- Withiel Fund Charitable Trust (Trust/Foundation) — since 2020
- Woolworths (Progressive Enterprises) (Business/Corporate) — since 1999
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- Wyniss Armour (Philanthropist) — since 2012
- Z Energy (Business/Corporate) — since 2016
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EducationCharitable Trust
First Foundation
CC25563Auckland, AucklandRegistered 9 Jun 2008
Data updated: 1 Nov 2026
Financials30 Sept 2025Rating1mo ago
Financial data as at September 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade
XRB Tier 3 lets smaller charities (total expenses of $5M or less; $2M for periods ending before 28 March 2024) file a simple-format performance report instead of full PBE standards. The return reports totals but not the program/administration split or the line-item detail our template needs. No red flags were detected in what was filed, and revenue is below our $2M rating threshold. (Whether the accounts must be audited is a separate Charities Act test: audit from $1.1M of operating expenditure, review from $550K.) A letter grade is withheld rather than assigning one that would be driven by the template-fit, not the charity's operations. The charity's filed figures are shown above, and any structural concerns a donor would want to look at are surfaced separately. (v3.3 — set at the pre-2024 Tier 3 ceiling; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
How ratings work →Revenue
$1.6M
Expenses
$1.4M
Assets
$886.7K
Staff
7
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Funded By
Registered charities that have funded this organisation.
Foundation North Grants Limited
FY 2021
$235,200
Foundation North Grants Limited
FY 2026
$200,000
Foundation North Grants Limited
FY 2024
$193,600
Foundation North Grants Limited
FY 2022
$172,000
Foundation North Grants Limited
FY 2025
$100,000
Simplicity Foundation
FY 2025
$66,000
Simplicity Foundation
FY 2024
$66,000
Simplicity Foundation
FY 2023
$44,000
Foundation North Grants Limited
FY 2020
$40,000
About
Mission
Our vision is an Aotearoa New Zealand where all people can succeed, thrive and lead. We help make this a reality through our mission of strengthening the pathways, opportunities and choices that empower young people.
Who We Serve
Beneficiaries
Children / young people
Key Statistics
Annual Revenue
$1.6M
Total Expenses
$1.4M
Net Assets
$391.0K
Staff
7
employees
Financial Trends
Financial Trends (18 Years)
Revenue Breakdown
Expense Breakdown
API DataBased on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.
Financial Health Dashboard
Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
2.5mo
Could operate 2.5 months with zero revenue
Critical
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data
Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology
Revenue Diversification
38
Score /100
Concentrated
HHI: 6,222
Donations76.9%
Other16.1%
Investment Income7.0%
HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.
Peer Comparison
Ranked against 49 peers · Education · $1M – $10M
Rating Score
0
Revenue
$1.6M
Reserve Months
0.0
Surplus
$219K
Staff Cost %
54%
Top Peers in Group
Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.
Rating History
NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 30 | Transparency: 65
CurrentF
2024
Score: 37.1
Financial: 54 | Governance: 65 | Transparency: 65
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FY2025Contact Details
Registration
Registration NumberCC25563
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Registered9 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered
Companies Office
StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated24 Jun 1998
Registered office
2Nd Floor, Greenlane, Auckland
Sector & Activities
Primary Sector
EducationActivities
Other - Acts an Umbrella body
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