Join Kotahi: Our Giving Collective

Visual arts, literature, music, theatre, film, dance, photography. We celebrate New Zealand’s most outstanding artists – whether they live in Aotearoa or abroad. Join Kotahi, our giving collective, and be part of a community across the country, having refreshing conversations, learning about the arts, and meeting exceptionally talented creatives shaping Aotearoa today.

Back the Arts

1/ Member

$500+ (From $42 a month)
Become a Kotahi Member and you’ll receive:
- Two tickets to our Laureate Awards
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
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2/ Arts Backer

$1,500+
Step up your giving game – deepen your impact and you'll receive:
- A double invite to the famous Queenstown Garden Party presented by Russell McVeagh
- Be a part of a community of arts philanthropists
- Two tickets to our Laureate Awards
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
Back the Arts
3/ Mark Maker

$5,000+ (Kotahi Premium)
Kotahi Premium is a small, committed group of arts philanthropists – an invitation to:
- A double invite to the Icon Whakamana Hiranga Awards hosted by the Governor General in Te Wanganui-a-Tara Wellington
- A double invite to In the Making a special event behind the scenes in an artist’s home, studio or archive on the eve of the Laureate Awards
- A double invite to the famous Queenstown Garden Party presented by Russell McVeagh
- Two tickets to our Laureate Awards
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
Make Your Mark
4/ Arts Champion

$10,000+
Become a champion of the arts – join a radical collective of givers and enable us to fund more artists directly and recieve:
- An annual sit down with one of our awarded artists (of your choice) over lunch
- A double invite to the Icon Whakamana Hiranga Awards hosted by the Governor General in Te Wanganui-a-Tara Wellington
- A double invite to In the Making a special event behind the scenes in an artist’s home, studio or archive on the eve of the Laureate Awards
- A double invite to the famous Queenstown Garden Party presented by Russell McVeagh
- Two tickets to our Laureate Awards
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
Champion the Arts
5/ Major Giver

$25,000+
Shape the nation’s art landscape – Major Givers are a small group of philanthropic leaders creating opportunities by directly funding artists and our cause in a big way. Your benefits include:
- Naming rights are available for Awards and project specific giving
- An annual sit down with one of our awarded artists (of your choice) over lunch
- A double invite to the Icon Whakamana Hiranga Awards hosted by the Governor General in Te Wanganui-a-Tara Wellington
- A double invite to In the Making a special event behind the scenes in an artist’s home, studio or archive on the eve of the Laureate Awards
- A double invite to the famous Queenstown Garden Party presented by Russell McVeagh
- Two tickets to our Laureate Awards Party
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
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A Gift in Your Will & In Memoriam Gifts

A gift in your will is one of the most powerful ways to ensure you leave the arts better than you found them. Help future generations of outstanding New Zealand artists thrive, no matter how large or small, every bequest makes a difference.

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Tax Effective Giving

The first $500 of all Kotahi giving levels is treated as an annual membership subscription fee, in return providing benefits.

For Kotahi gifts greater than $500 you will receive a receipt for the donation portion above $500 for your records. In New Zealand, individuals can claim 1/3 of the value of eligible donations over $5, up to their taxable income.

This satisfies the IRD guidelines requiring charitable donations to be free of benefits in order for donations to be tax deductible.

If you would like to give to the Arts Foundation from the UK or USA, please contact us directly for tax effective options.

Where Your Giving Goes

The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi is 100% powered by generous givers across Aotearoa New Zealand. So where does your money actually go?

We're a not-for-profit charity; so it's your generosity that enables us to continue backing the arts and creativity for the benefit of all New Zealanders.

Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi General Manager / Kaiwhakahaere Jessica Palalagi, Phillida Perry, 2019 Laureate Pietra Brettkelly, and Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Lead Jo Blair at Kotahi drinks in Tauranga.

Together, We Can:

Award outstanding artists across the country with financial gifts and recognition.
Raise the profile of the arts on the national agenda (so that our artists are celebrated like our sports stars!).
Connect early-career artists with senior artist mentors
Teach creatives and creative organisations how to raise funds for their work
Energise more people across the regions to talk about the impact of creativity
Get the arts in the news
Be one united voice for the arts

Be Part of the Movement

Check out who is already part of Kotahi, our giving collective.

Meet Them
Let Us Help You Get Closer to the Arts

You’ll find us popping up across the country all year round, with special moments gathering our Kotahi community, along with several of our outstanding awarded artists

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