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.