The City Gallery Wellington Foundation — Arts & Culture Charity in Wellington
The City Gallery Wellington Foundation is a Charitable Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity B+ (83.6/100). Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The Foundation’s purpose is to provide support to City Gallery Wellington by; Encouraging, promoting and supporting the arts in Wellington, New Zealand for the benefit of the public by promoting and supporting the public art gallery known as the City Gallery Wellington both directly and through building business and community support for City Gallery. Providing financial assistance to City Gallery to enable it to develop and present exhibitions which includes bringing exhibitions to New Zealand, and related activities such as curatorial travel, publications and public programming. The financial assistance can take the form of sponsorship of specific exhibitions by the Trust. Providing financial assistance to City Gallery by way of capital grants to support non-building related capital expenditure programmes
- Registration Number
- CC23266
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-04-21
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B+ (83.6/100)
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- citygallery@experiencewellington.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (foundation)
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.6M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.6M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 7.9 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 1
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $1.6M |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.4M | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.4M |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $1.5M |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $1.4M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $1.5M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $1.5M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B+
- Overall Score
- 83.6/100
- Financial Score
- 91.5
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (21)
- Paul Ridley-Smith — Trustee
- Alison Bartley — Trustee
- Toni-Ann Tisdall — Trustee
- Michael Dunlop — Trustee
- David Fear — Trustee
- Danae Mossman — Trustee (departed 2025-07-09)
- Elizabeth Backhouse — Trustee
- Nicola Allen — Trustee
- Judith Cooke — Executive Officer (departed 2025-07-09)
- Jan Kelly — Trustee (departed 2026-03-31)
- Nerissa Barber — Trustee (departed 2019-11-25)
- Sarah Gibbs — Trustee (departed 2016-07-01)
- Sarah Wickens — Trustee (departed 2021-11-19)
- Tony Kerridge — Trustee (departed 2023-08-02)
- Glenn Stewart — Trustee (departed 2016-04-20)
- Sarah Eliott — Trustee (departed 2012-08-09)
- James Hall — Trustee (departed 2012-05-07)
- Alan Judge — Trustee (departed 2019-09-04)
- Lowell Goddard — Trustee (departed 2012-08-13)
- Nigel Williams — Trustee (departed 2015-08-17)
Funding Sources
- Lion Foundation — $10,000
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The City Gallery Wellington Foundation
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 8. 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.
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Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
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Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
The Foundation’s purpose is to provide support to City Gallery Wellington by; Encouraging, promoting and supporting the arts in Wellington, New Zealand for the benefit of the public by promoting and supporting the public art gallery known as the City Gallery Wellington both directly and through building business and community support for City Gallery. Providing financial assistance to City Gallery to enable it to develop and present exhibitions which includes bringing exhibitions to New Zealand, and related activities such as curatorial travel, publications and public programming. The financial assistance can take the form of sponsorship of specific exhibitions by the Trust. Providing financial assistance to City Gallery by way of capital grants to support non-building related capital expenditure programmes
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Ranked against 109 peers · Arts & Culture · $100K – $1M
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