The Catalytic Foundation's Sustainable Living Campaign

As temperatures drop, we focus on creating sustainable living environments through initiatives like collecting new warm clothing and bedding for our charity partners, establishing community gardens, and volunteering to improve the health of our natural environment.

You can help us by making a quick donation towards warm clothing and blankets or by organising a corporate volunteering day for your team!

We support community charities

We find out what communities need to thriveThrough our annual community needs survey we learn what needs charties are seeing in their community.
We help community charities provide supportWe provide funds, necessary goods, and mentoring services for community charities to help them thrive.
We help businesses meet corporate social responsibility targetsWe work with businesses to help them identify and meet their corporate social responsibility targets.

About the catalytic foundation

The Catalytic Foundation is dedicated to helping to create thriving communities throughout New Zealand. We support small community charities that aid in the well-being of New Zealand, particularly families and individuals in hardship.

In 2024, community organisations are facing unprecedented demand for services to support young people, individuals and families affected by the cost-of-living crisis. The time, money, and resources that our donors provide are highly valued by the community sector.

Over the last 46 years we have established a large network of community charities nationwide and are active in the community, providing mentoring and volunteering services, community campaigns, and financial grants to over 110 community charities per year.



Thanks to the wonderful support we receive from donors, we have been able to start to change this statistic across Aotearoa.

In March 2024, we awarded $513,393 in grant funding to 113 community charities and in 2023 we provided almost 3,000 Christmas Shoebox Project gifts and hundreds of backpacks filled with school supplies to kiwi kids living in hardship via our community charity network.



Our story at a glance

If you are keen to learn more about the Catalytic Foundation, please watch this short video.

Latest news

Sustainable Living Campaign now live

Sustainable Living Campaign now live

As temperatures drop, the Catalytic Foundation is focusing on creating sustainable living environments through initiatives like collecting new warm clothing and bedding for our charity partners, estab...
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The 2024 Community Needs Survey

The 2024 Community Needs Survey

Charities: The 2024 Community Needs Survey is now closed and we thank you for your responses! In August September 2024, we invited New Zealand-based charities and community organisations to be part of...
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