The Boring Fund Aotearoa

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Fiscal Host: Gift Collective

Money for the boring stuff that keeps communities running. Click the about button to learn more about this kaupapa. If donating through here is a FAFF email us at [email protected] and we can give you a bank account number to make it easier.

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Financial Contributions

One-time contribution

Koha

Name your koha. Every dollar helps fund a boring but essential cost for a grassroots organisation.

Starts at

$1 NZD

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+ 14

One-time contribution

The Domain Name

Keeps a community group's website address alive for another year. Not exciting. Very useful.

$25 NZD

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+ 3

One-time contribution

The Web Host

Helps cover the annual cost of keeping a website online. Deeply unglamorous. Completely vital.

$50 NZD

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+ 15

One-time contribution

The Admin Hour

Pays for the behind-the-scenes mahi that keeps the lights on, the accounts balanced, and the forms submitted.

$250 NZD

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One-time contribution

The Whole Boring Thing

Funds one complete microgrant. One boring worry lifted off one organisation's plate.

$500 NZD

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Recurring contribution

Monthly Backer

A little every month keeps boring things funded all year round. Ngā mihi for going the distance.

Starts at

$10 NZD / month

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+ 8

Projects

Support the following initiatives from The Boring Fund Aotearoa.

Project

The Even More Boring Fund

The boring but essential costs behind the boring but essential costs.

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Top financial contributors

Individuals

Sarah Maguire, Austen Advisory

$2,000 NZD since Jul 2026

Jerome

$1,215 NZD since Sep 2026

Ken Solly

$500 NZD since Jul 2026

Kate Frykberg

$500 NZD since Jul 2026

Dave Booth

$500 NZD since Aug 2026

Rochelle Stewart-Allen

$489.05 NZD since Jun 2026

Hilary

$303 NZD since Jul 2026

Herman

$250 NZD since Jul 2026

Andy

$250 NZD since Jul 2026

Jemma

$150 NZD since Jul 2026

Jenni

$140 NZD since Jul 2026

Incognito

$120 NZD since Sep 2026

Andrew Weaver

$100 NZD since Oct 2026

Melissa Gibson

$90 NZD since Jul 2026

Kate Thomas

$70 NZD since Aug 2026

Organizations

Simplicity Foundation

$5,000 NZD since Oct 2026

Te Muka Rau

$1,000 NZD since Sep 2026

The Boring Fund Aotearoa is all of us

Our contributors 59

Thank you for supporting The Boring Fund Aotearoa.

Rochelle Stew...

Admin

$489 NZD

Helen Anderson

Admin

$50 NZD

The most important currency is trust.

Jackson Lacy

Admin

Simplicity Fo...

$5,000 NZD

Sarah Maguire...

The Whole Boring Thing

$2,000 NZD

Jerome

Koha

$1,215 NZD

Te Muka Rau

Koha

$1,000 NZD

Ken Solly

The Whole Boring Thing

$500 NZD

Kate Frykberg

The Whole Boring Thing

$500 NZD

Dave Booth

The Whole Boring Thing

$500 NZD

Hilary

The Web Host

$303 NZD

Herman

The Admin Hour

$250 NZD

Andy

The Admin Hour

$250 NZD

Jemma

The Web Host

$150 NZD

Budget

Transparent and open finances.

Monthly financial contribution to The Boring Fund Aotearo...

Credit from Andrew Weaver to The Boring Fund Aotearoa • October 16, 2026

+$100.00NZD

Completed

Contribution #988451

Grant from The Boring Fund Aotearoa

Debit from The Boring Fund Aotearoa to Ōpāwaho Heathcote River Network • October 14, 2026

-$500.00NZD

Paid

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x-gc-batched-20261015

Grant from The Boring Fund Aotearoa

from Kumutoto Restoration Project to The Boring Fund Aotearoa • October 13, 2026

-$500.00 NZD

Pending

Today’s balance

$759.89 NZD

Total raised

$13,795.77 NZD

Total disbursed

$13,035.88 NZD

Estimated annual budget

$16,686.70 NZD

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News from The Boring Fund Aotearoa

Updates on our activities and progress.

Boring Updates for our Boring Donors #005 - Watch the draw! See who you funded!

Kia ora koutou boring donors, Grab a cup of tea and settle in to watch Cheryl and Sheryl draw the first ever Boring Fund gr...

Published on October 9, 2026 by Helen Anderson

Boring Updates for our Boring Donors #004

Kia ora koutou fine supporters of the Boring Fund. The gates are open for applications and they're flocking in! Send your small charity friends our way to apply and help us be overwhelmed even more by the need we already kn...

Published on September 3, 2026 by Helen Anderson

Boring Updates for our Boring Donors #003 OMG we are pulling off a comedy fundraiser!

OMG we are actually doing this. We are pulling off a comedy fundraiser. I mean hi, and welcome to another Boring Donor update. The thing is though... it isn't boring to announce that we are doing a Boring Fund Comedy Fundra...

Published on August 23, 2026 by Helen Anderson

About

The Boring Fund Aotearoa is a community-led microgrant fund for the unglamorous costs that keep grassroots organisations running: web hosting, accounting, the few admin hours that stop everything falling over. Many funders back projects and programmes, but the everyday costs of running an organisation are too often overlooked.

How it works: people give koha into the fund. Small organisations apply with a short, plain-language form. Eligible applications go into a random draw, grants are paid out, and there are no reports to file afterwards. We start by trusting that you know what your organisation needs.

Where your koha goes: most of what we raise goes straight back out as grants, with admin kept low. Every koha covers a real boring thing for a real community group somewhere in Aotearoa. Gift Collective have an admin fee of 8% on all funds that come in, the benefit of being fundheld by the Gift Collective is that you can get a donation receipt and claim 33% back.

If donating through here is a FAFF email us at [email protected] and we can give you a bank account number to make it easier.

Who we are: The Boring Fund Aotearoa was started by three people who have spent years in the not-for-profit sector. It is a project under Gift Collective, the fundholding service of The Gift Trust, a registered charitable trust. Your koha is eligible for a New Zealand donation tax credit, and the money is held and paid out transparently through this page.

Learn more about The Boring Fund Aotearoa kaupapa at theboringfund.nz

Adapted with aroha from The Boring Fund, created in the UK by Christina Poulton.

Our team

Rochelle Stew...

Admin

Helen Anderson

Admin

The most important currency is trust.

Jackson Lacy

Admin