The Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū Foundation — Arts & Culture Charity in Christchurch
The Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū Foundation is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity D+ (50.3/100). Annual revenue: $2.5M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2024.
Mission: The Christchurch Art Gallery Foundation Te Puna o Waiwhetū Foundation (CAGF) exists to foster and encourage interest in Art through providing support to the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū.
- Registration Number
- CC28925
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- D+ (50.3/100)
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (foundation)
- Data as at
- March 2024
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $2.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $12.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $12.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 10.8 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 9
- Financial Year End
- 2024-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $0.4M | $12.0M |
| 2023 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $9.9M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $0.3M | $9.9M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $0.5M | $7.9M |
| 2020 | $1.0M | $0.5M | $7.0M |
| 2019 | $2.0M | $1.6M | $6.5M |
| 2018 | $1.8M | $0.8M | $6.1M |
| 2017 | $1.5M | $0.5M | $5.1M |
| 2016 | $1.5M | $0.5M | $4.1M |
| 2015 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $3.1M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- D+
- Overall Score
- 50.3/100
- Financial Score
- 72.5
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 3 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 (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah Attwood | Trustee | 2026-08-25 |
| Tamsin Chittock | Trustee | 2025-10-23 |
| Eliza Turnbull | Trustee | 2023-07-04 |
| Grant Anderson | Trustee | 2021-10-19 |
| Christopher Anderson | Trustee | 2021-10-19 |
| James Borthwick | Trustee | 2019-07-23 |
| Blair Jackson | Trustee | 2018-04-03 |
| Brent Williams | Trustee | 2015-06-30 |
| Charlotte Gray | Trustee | 2014-12-09 |
Former Officers (15)
- Alison O'Connell — Trustee (departed 2023-02-24)
- Rosa Carter — Trustee (departed 2026-08-25)
- Penelope Gough — Trustee (departed 2025-10-28)
- Renee Walker — Trustee (departed 2019-02-26)
- Garth Gallaway — Trustee (departed 2019-02-26)
- Bruce Irvine — Trustee (departed 2015-02-24)
- Rosalind Burdon — Trustee (departed 2009-06-30)
- Jenny Harper — Trustee (departed 2018-03-29)
- Michael Stenhouse — Trustee (departed 2022-07-05)
- Alexandra Stewart — Trustee (departed 2014-06-23)
- Monica Ryan — Trustee (departed 2021-12-14)
- Guy Pask — Trustee (departed 2014-06-23)
- Gabrielle Tasman — Trustee (departed 2022-07-05)
- Stephen Montgomery — Trustee (departed 2019-07-23)
- Christopher Brocket — Trustee (departed 2014-06-23)
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The Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū Foundation
Financial data as at March 2024. 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 9. 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.
- Current annual return overdueThe newest annual return we hold is 29 months old — a more recent return may already be on the Charities Services 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.
$2.5M
$408.1K
$12.1M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2024). 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 Christchurch Art Gallery Foundation Te Puna o Waiwhetū Foundation (CAGF) exists to foster and encourage interest in Art through providing support to the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū.
Key Statistics
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Financial Trends (16 Years)
Revenue Breakdown
Expense Breakdown
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Financial Health Dashboard
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Revenue Diversification
HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.
Peer Comparison
Ranked against 39 peers · Arts & Culture · $1M – $10M
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