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Local charitable organisations who work in the environmental sector can now apply for grants of between $5,000 - $10,000 to support their work, with the first funding round of the Love Wānaka and Love Queenstown Community Funds now open.

$5000 from the first round of the Wakatipu Youth Golf Development Fund has been granted to 13 local junior golfers.

Craigs Investment Partners invites spectators to participate in ‘Closest to the Pin’ charity fundraiser at New Zealand Open

After six years of dedicated leadership at the helm of the Wakatipu Community Foundation (WCF), Chair Raymond Key has announced his decision to step down from his role.

A fund has been created to remember Flynn Dawson who passed away suddenly at the age of 17 years

Thanks to the generosity of the Wakatipu Junior Golf Club and the Wombles Golfing Society young golfers will be able to access a new fund to boost junior golf.

Local artist and craftsman Ed Cruikshank has created a new fund to support the creative arts in the Whakatipu

CEO Jennifer Belmont, along with a group of NZ and Australian Community Foundation staff, attended global philanthropy conference #Shift the Power

Closing out its fifth year, the Community Foundation has a very big goal for the next thirty.

Bringing together stories from community groups, donors, and volunteers this video celebrates five years of the Wakatipu Community Foundation, and the generous people who have contributed time, talent and treasure over those years.

Community Foundation Awards High Achievers with Scholarships

Craigs Partnership with NZ Golf Open raises $5000 for the Wakatipu Community Foundation

On Sunday we joined the Arrowtown Volunteer Fire Brigade to welcome their new 4WD First Responder Vehicle

KiwiHarvest and The Lakes District Museum recieve $100,000 each from Impact100

Senior members of St John, volunteer drivers and Impact100 members gathered yesterday to bless the new wheelchair accessible heath shuttle with the Rev Robyn McPhail

Queenstown Airport Announces a new Partnership with Wakatipu Community Foundation

We are thrilled to welcome Paul Rea as a new volunteer trustee for the Wakatipu Community Foundation. Paul is a born and bred Southerner

An innovative new tourism fund was launched today in Queenstown as a partnership between Lake Wanaka Tourism, Destination Queenstown and the Wakatipu Community Foundation

The Wakatipu Community Foundation is thrilled to announce that Stephen Brent has rejoined the Foundation as a trustee.

Why are Community Foundations the fastest form of philanthropy globally? This white paper provides the answers why Community Foundations are not just growing globally but locally as well.