100% to Charity
Our operating expenses are covered by Simplicity Foundation. That’s how every cent of every dollar you donate can make its way to the charities that you choose to support.
Simplicity Foundation sits alongside the not-for-profit KiwiSaver and investment fund provider, Simplicity. The Foundation receives 15% of the fees charged on Simplicity’s KiwiSaver and Investment Fund accounts. These funds are distributed to charities throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. Based on priorities identified from Simplicity member feedback, the Foundation provides charitable funding to four core sectors:
- The environment
- Youth development
- Education
- Homelessness and hunger
Most of Simplicity Foundation's giving is directed through medium and long-term charity partners, with the rest allocated to smaller, one-off grants. What started with a few thousand dollars and has grown to millions. Whether it's redistributing food destined for landfill, planting native trees, or supporting career aspirations and education pathways for our young people, Simplicity Foundation aims to support charities having real impact in our communities.
Pro-bono supporters
Kindly supporting us behind the scenes are these wonderful businesses.
1000 minds
1000minds have donated their developer Julian's time and talent to build a brand new integrated database system for us that works with the many cloud based apps we use. They're also the brains behind our interactive multi-charity signup form for donors, and our behind-the-scenes admin software for us not-so-technical folk to track and keep in touch with over 650 Collective members. They seriously live up to their model of making thousands of people work together better with software.
Klim Type Foundry
The Klim Type Foundry (Klim) was founded in 2005 by type designer Kris Sowersby. Klim sells its typefaces directly through klim.co.nz and is based in Wellington, New Zealand. We have the pleasure of using Klim fonts throughout the design of our website and comms.
PaySauce
PaySauce love backing community organisations and provide PaySauce free to many not-for-profit groups across the country, helping make their payroll easy! We have been lucky enough to have their support for 7+ years, legends!
We wouldn’t be where we are now without those that got us here.
From the beginning, the Founding 40 helped us avoid charging fees, so charities get 100% of donations. This group of 40 friends and family each gave $20 weekly for a year to cover our costs. As expenses grew, the group expanded to 50, then 70 generous everyday Kiwis who supported our work.
Businesses did their bit through sponsorship, too. Thank you to FNZ, Supergood. Klim Type Foundry, 1000minds, The Original Cocoa Traders, Sam Newble, Real Steel, PaySauce, Wellington Hospitality Group (Now StarSocial), Trade Me, and Flick Electric.
We're also grateful for grants we received over the years from Tai Shan Foundation, Namaste Foundation, The Puffin Charitable Trust and more.
And lastly, Friends of the Collective – donors who provided a bridge to our current financial sustainability by allocating a % of their regular donations towards our operating costs.