Victoria University of Wellington Foundation — Education Charity in Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington Foundation is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity B (75.5/100). Annual revenue: $21.4M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: Raising funds from external sources for the use of Victoria University of Wellington. The Foundation’s objective is to assist with the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination and maintenance thereof by teaching and research. The Trustees, in their discretion, administer the Trust funds to be applied for the benefit of the University for the purpose of the advancement of knowledge by teaching, research and student scholarships
- Registration Number
- CC10288
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-05-16
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B (75.5/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- vuw-foundation@vuw.ac.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (university_foundation)
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $21.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $8.0M NZD
- Total Assets
- $131.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $119.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 49.8 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $21.4M | $8.0M | $119.3M |
| 2024 | $16.0M | $7.2M | $105.9M |
| 2023 | $21.9M | $0.0M | $83.5M |
| 2022 | $5.3M | $0.4M | $74.6M |
| 2021 | $15.2M | $5.4M | $83.6M |
| 2020 | $13.4M | $6.9M | $73.7M |
| 2019 | $16.4M | $5.0M | $67.2M |
| 2018 | $4.6M | $5.0M | $54.1M |
| 2017 | $11.4M | $4.4M | $54.8M |
| 2016 | $5.9M | $0.0M | $46.5M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B
- Overall Score
- 75.5/100
- Financial Score
- 90
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 4 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 (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Russell Garrett | Trustee | 2026-09-14 |
| Professor Bryony James | Vice-Chancellor | 2026-07-17 |
| Megan Evans | Trustee-Vuw-Council-Appointment | 2026-04-22 |
| Aidan Donoghue | Trustee-Student-Representative | 2026-01-01 |
| John Mccay | Chair | 2025-11-01 |
| Souella Cumming | Trustee | 2021-10-18 |
| Alan Judge | Ex-Officio-Chancellor-Victoria-University-of-Wellington-Council-Appointment | 2021-01-01 |
| Raphael Hilbron | Trustee | 2018-04-30 |
Former Officers (61)
- Pania Gray — Trustee-Vuw-Council-Appointment (departed 2025-12-31)
- Liban Ali — Trustee-Student-Representative (departed 2025-12-31)
- Brooke Roberts — Trustee (departed 2026-06-30)
- Timothy Pankhurst — Trustee (departed 2026-06-30)
- Ruth Harley — Trustee (departed 2025-12-16)
- Nic Smith — Vice-Chancellor (departed 2026-06-12)
- Jennifer Windsor — Trustee-Ex-Officio (departed 2023-01-16)
- Gregor Coster — Trustee (departed 2025-11-17)
- John Allen — Ex-Officio-Chancellor (departed 2025-03-01)
- Christopher Finlayson — Trustee (departed 2024-06-30)
- Patricia Walbridge — Trustee (departed 2026-06-30)
- Bernadette Courtney — Trustee (departed 2023-03-31)
- Gerardine Clifford-Lidstone — Trustee (departed 2019-06-30)
- Neil Paviour-Smith — Chancellor (departed 2021-12-31)
- Richard Christie — Trustee (departed 2021-12-31)
- Bargh Robyn — Trustee (departed 2016-12-31)
- Sir Maarten Weavers — Trustee (departed 2025-06-30)
- Sos Farib — Trustee (departed 2020-12-31)
- Craig Stevens — Trustee (departed 2022-06-30)
- Leo Lonergan — Trustee (departed 2021-06-01)
Disclosed Pay and Fees
| Name | Role | Role type | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Harley | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Raphael Hilbron | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Sir Maarten Wevers | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Jan Tinetti | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Gregor Coster | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Kevin Dew | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Tricia Walbridge | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Ngāi Tahu Wānanga Charitable Trust | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Claire Gummer | Executive Director | Executive role | - | 2021 |
| Nic Smith | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Tricia Walbridge | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Margaret Beetham | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Souella Cumming | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Alan Judge | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| John Allen | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| James Laurenson | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Karen Gough | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Gregor Coster | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Timothy Pankhurst | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Liz Dunn | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| John Allen | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Dame Kerry Prendergast | Chairperson | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Ron Crawford | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Sir Maarten Wevers | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Steven Fyfe | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| David Borrie | Auditor | Role not classified | - | 2024 |
| Marcail Parkinson | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Ralph Zambrano | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Alison Andrew | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Bernadette Courtney | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Susan Corbett | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Margaret Perlmutter | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Anne Glasson | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Raphael Hilbron | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Peter Winder | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Nic Smith | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Richard Moir | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Christopher Finlayson | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Dame Kerry Prendergast | Chairperson | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| David Downs | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Souella Cumming | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Timothy Pankhurst | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Melanie Slade | Deputy Chair | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Jessica Ye | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Paul Jenden | Chair | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Peter Englert | Chair | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Brooke Roberts | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Fiona Murray | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Christopher Finlayson | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Michelle Nees | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| David Shand | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Steven Fyfe | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Jennifer Windsor | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Ruth Harley | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Alan Judge | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
Funding Sources
- New Zealand Community Trust — $100,000
- Lion Foundation — $6,000
Service Providers
- EY
- ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd
- ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd
- Nikko Asset Management Limited
- Chapman Tripp
- Chapman Tripp
- Greenwood Roche
- Greenwood Roche
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Victoria University of Wellington Foundation
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
$21.4M
$8.0M
$131.5M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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
Raising funds from external sources for the use of Victoria University of Wellington. The Foundation’s objective is to assist with the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination and maintenance thereof by teaching and research. The Trustees, in their discretion, administer the Trust funds to be applied for the benefit of the University for the purpose of the advancement of knowledge by teaching, research and student scholarships
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 3 peers · Education · $10M – $50M
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