Leave a lasting legacy in your will

Leaving a gift in your will to a local community foundation, like the Eastern Bay Community Foundation, is a powerful, practical way to give back to our communities and a great way to ensure the causes closest to your heart continue to be supported long into the future.

Once you have made provision for your loved ones, a gift in your will can be the perfect way to make a difference, without impacting on your current financial needs.

The gift that grows beyond a lifetime.

The Eastern Bay Community Foundation understands that healthy, happy, thriving communities require long-term, sustainable support and resources. Through our model, your gift will be invested and grown so it continues to create meaningful change for our communities and the causes you love. We exist in perpetuity so, even in 50, 100 or 150 years, your gift will continue to make an impact. It quite literally is the gift that keeps on giving!

What are the options?

When giving through the Eastern Bay Community Foundation, we have two main options (as shown below). We welcome you to get in touch with us via admin@easternbaycommunityfoundation.nz to discuss what option may be most suitable for you.

Establishing your own endowment fund.

When you establish your own endowment fund through a gift in your will, you can make sure the organisations and causes you love are supported for generations to come.

Leaving a gift to an existing endowment fund.

You can also leave a gift an existing endowment fund, which has been established to benefit the causes or organisations you love.

Make sure the causes you love are supported, forever.

We understand that giving is really personal.

For any questions on leaving a gift in your will, how we work alongside you to shape your endowment fund or how to make your giving go further, we welcome you to get in touch with us via admin@easternbaycommunityfoundation.nz 

We have also put together a helpful Wills Information pack to provide an overview on leaving a gift to charity in your will. To download, please click here.