Benefits of a Community Foundation

• We take care of compliance, administrative matters, investment and governance. 
  You can be as involved as you want to be, with many donors enjoying focusing on giving and the benefits their gift will bring rather than the (often unwanted) details of governance and administration matters.
• It's an easier alternative to setting up your own charitable trust whilst still being flexible enough to meet your personal, and sometimes specific, philanthropic aspirations.
• We have very close connections with local charities and causes. 
  As a result, we are in a unique position to facilitate effective giving locally.  
• We deliver economies of scale and maximise returns to communities.
  In addition to minimising costs, we are also able to resettle small local trust funds into our care (to date, over $40m is existing charitable trusts have been resettled into the long-term care of New Zealand's Community Foundations).
• We are a not-for-profit entity.
  Momentum is built around a lean, transparent and cost recovery model so as to maximise the impact of every dollar given. 
• We are proven performers.
  Community Foundations across New Zealand collectively have $200m in funds under management and a conservatively estimated $400m bequest pipeline, which is steadily growing as New Zealanders discover this form of giving and its benefits - not only for donors, but for communities as a whole.

SOURCE; DENTONS KENSINGTON SWAN Community Foundations - a new way of thinking about charity, philanthropy and working with clients.