Inspiring generosity for a better region



Give
where 
you live

Making your
giving go
further

Everlasting 
generosity
made easy

Anyone can give 
and it all makes 
a difference

Your gift
is invested
and grown
and the ongoing
income earned

goes to the local
causes you love

Te Tauihu is a special place

Top of the South Community Foundation was founded to encourage and enable generosity in the top of the South Island for the benefit of our communities.

We help generous people by providing easy and secure options to support the charities and community projects of their choice now and forever.

Our latest news

From the Chair

Since that last newsletter we’ve also added two new endowment funds, to support Life Linc and Nelson City Brass.
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New EO - Nettie Stow 

Personal highlights so far include the allocation of funds from the TOTSCF 2023 grants round. I was impressed by the quality of applications from our community and inspired and humbled by the generosity of our donors who made this possible .
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Thanks to Datacom

Nettie’s induction ran a lot smoother with support from Datacom, who sourced her a brand new Dynabook laptop!
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Gavin Larsen on Community Foundations

Listen as Gavin talks about the wider community foundation model.

Make a lasting difference

Act now to begin building your legacy through Top of the South Community Foundation
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