Steadfast NZ Foundation — Community Development Charity in Auckland
Steadfast NZ Foundation is a Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity D (45.5/100). Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The objects and Purpose of the Trust are set out in section 3 of the attached Deed.
- Registration Number
- CC60411
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2022-08-16
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- D (45.5/100)
- Sector
- Community Development
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- neilc@steadfastnz.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (foundation)
- Data as at
- June 2025
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 2722.0 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
| 2024 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2023 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.0M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- D
- Overall Score
- 45.5/100
- Financial Score
- 70
- Governance Score
- 55
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (4)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Cook | Trustee | 2024-07-01 |
| Neil Cousins | Trustee | 2022-08-01 |
| Maree Hammersley-Myers | Trustee | 2021-01-01 |
| Andrew Kerr | Trustee | 2018-03-13 |
Former Officers (2)
- Samantha Hollman — Trustee (departed 2024-07-01)
- allan reynolds — Trustee (departed 2023-08-31)
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Steadfast NZ Foundation
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (1)
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 designatedBoard of 4 with no chair designated on the register
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.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
This rating may reflect incomplete data
This charity's grade of D is based on limited data from the NZ Charities Register, which does not provide detailed expense breakdowns. Without verified program vs admin spending, efficiency scoring is unavailable and the financial score relies on health metrics only. This charity's actual performance may differ from what the available data suggests.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
The objects and Purpose of the Trust are set out in section 3 of the attached Deed.
Key Statistics
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Revenue Breakdown
Expense Breakdown
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Revenue Diversification
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 128 peers · Community Development · $100K – $1M
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