We’re here to make it easy for our business community to give back and be part of the collective effort to protect and regenerate our rohe (region) – ensuring the impact of your giving goes further for you and the environment at the heart of our home.
Sign up to Love Wānaka’s Impact Partner Programme, committing just 1% of your business’ annual proceeds to support grassroots environmental action. It’s simple, convenient, and most importantly, impactful.
By consolidating your giving and embedding your commitment into your everyday, you maximise your impact on the environment, and your business.
Here’s How it Works
Our Impact Partners donate 1% of their proceeds (calculated as 1% of EBIT – earnings before interest and tax) to Love Wānaka each year.
These funds are pooled for collective impact, before being on-allocated to registered charitable entities via our Annual Impact Grants. These Grants support an array of grassroots efforts to protect and regenerate our environment (think native revegetation, biodiversity and pest controls, or waterway health and waste minimisation programmes) and are allocated with the expert guidance of our independent distribution committee.
20% of everything we raise is invested in a local endowment fund. This fund will grow over time, enabling long-term, substantial funding opportunities to support this mahi (work) long into the future.
You can pay annually or via automated monthly contributions – and yes, your donations are eligible for charitable tax benefit!
Larger businesses can join the Impact Partner Programme with a donation of $10,000 or more per year.
What’s in it For Your Business
Our Impact Partners are first on the list for Love Wānaka’s annual events and volunteer opportunities; are recognised in our Annual Impact reports, key marketing channels, and on our website; receive custom supporter assets for use onsite and online; and get special voting rights in our Annual Grants rounds.
Be one of Love Wānaka’s first Impact Partners and be known from here on out as a member of the Love Wānaka Founding 50, solidifying your reputation as a business who goes above and beyond for our environment.
1. We’re in it for the collective good
We pool our funds for collective impact, so no matter the size of your business or your contribution, your support drives meaningful mahi (work) that will make a real difference to this place, now and into the future.
2. It’s all about the impact
Every dollar you give is destined for big things, with 100% of our funding going direct to impact. Thanks to the generous support of our delivery partners, everything we raise is on-allocated to those who need it most, whether we’re supporting immediate environmental needs through our Annual Impact Grants or growing the Endowment Fund to benefit this place long into the future.
3. It’s not just for us, its for our kids, and their kids, too.
20% of the funds we raise are invested into an endowment fund with the support of our friends at the Wakatipu Community Foundation. This fund will grow over time, allowing for substantial, long-term funding opportunities for generations to come.
4. We’re proudly local
Love Wānaka is all about channeling the love we have for this place into meaningful action. Our funding is exclusively allocated within the Wānaka region, so you know you’re making a difference to the place you love.
5. We’re backed by the experts
Each year, we allocate funds to local organisations who operate in the climate, conservation, and biodiversity space, all under the guidance of our independent Distribution Committee. This Committee is made up of experts in the field, meaning the hard decisions are left up to those in the know.
Bonus tip – it’s easy!
You can give on an annual basis, or sign-up for automated monthly contributions. If your situation changes, no stress. You can change or cancel at any time.
Ready to level-up your commitment to this incredible place of ours? Click the button below to reach out to our team and join our community of change-makers today.
He waka eke noa – we’re all in this together.
