First Foundation — Health Charity in Auckland
First Foundation is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $1.6M NZD. Financial data as at September 2025.
Mission: Our vision is an Aotearoa New Zealand where all people can succeed, thrive and lead. We help make this a reality through our mission of strengthening the pathways, opportunities and choices that empower young people.
- Registration Number
- CC25563
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-09
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- Website
- http://www.firstfoundation.org.nz
- first@firstfoundation.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (foundation)
- Data as at
- September 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.9M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 7
- Financial Year End
- 2025-09-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $0.4M |
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $0.2M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $1.0M | $0.8M | $0.3M |
| 2021 | $0.9M | $0.8M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.8M | $0.8M | $0.0M |
| 2019 | $1.0M | $1.1M | $0.0M |
| 2018 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $0.0M |
| 2016 | $0.3M | $0.7M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (6)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Steven Carden | Trustee | 2023-06-07 |
| Sally Paterson | Trustee | 2025-07-11 |
| Michelle Elia-Siloata | Trustee | 2024-09-04 |
| Susan Green | Trustee | 2023-12-06 |
| Gerald MacKenzie | Trustee | 2023-06-07 |
| Michael Harper | Trustee | 2019-08-07 |
Former Officers (23)
- Alan Isaac — Trustee (departed 2013-03-27)
- Cherrie Roache — Trustee (departed 2023-03-05)
- Sarah Coleman — Trustee (departed 2025-03-20)
- Mona-Pauline Mangakāhia — Trustee (departed 2023-06-12)
- Ruth Christie — Trustee (departed 2020-08-27)
- Tuputau Lelaulu — Trustee (departed 2025-07-11)
- Loretta Mamea — Trustee (departed 2024-07-05)
- Agnes Naera — Trustee (departed 2023-01-27)
- Richard Easton — Trustee (departed 2023-08-09)
- Pereri Hathaway — Trustee (departed 2016-05-18)
- Frederick Hathaway — Trustee (departed 2016-05-18)
- Melinda Webber — Trustee (departed 2018-11-07)
- Penelope Peebles — Trustee (departed 2018-03-07)
- Peter Fa'afiu — Trustee (departed 2019-03-07)
- Dallas Seymour — Trustee (departed 2019-05-09)
- Susan Huria — Trustee (departed 2015-11-05)
- Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga — Trustee (departed 2014-01-24)
- Paul Cook — Trustee (departed 2015-12-31)
- Gretchen Young — Trustee (departed 2009-12-14)
- Sean Preston — Trustee (departed 2010-11-25)
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $1,161,600
- New Zealand Community Trust — $440,000
- Foundation North — $235,200
- Foundation North — $200,000
- Foundation North — $172,000
- Foundation North — $100,000
- Simplicity Foundation — $66,000
- Simplicity Foundation — $66,000
- Simplicity Foundation — $44,000
- Foundation North — $40,000
- The Lion Foundation — $10,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $8,250
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $5,000
- Blue Sky Community Trust — $3,678.92
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First Foundation
Financial data as at September 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. The return reports totals but not the program/administration split or the line-item detail our template needs. No red flags were detected in what was filed, and revenue is below the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. A letter grade is withheld rather than assigning one that would be driven by the template-fit, not the charity's operations. The charity's filed figures are shown above, and any structural concerns a donor would want to look at are surfaced separately. (v3.3 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
How ratings work →Reasons to look carefully (1)
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- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 6. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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About
Our vision is an Aotearoa New Zealand where all people can succeed, thrive and lead. We help make this a reality through our mission of strengthening the pathways, opportunities and choices that empower young people.
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Ranked against 67 peers · Health · $1M – $10M
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