Auckland Hospital Foundation

What Auckland Hospital Foundation does

Auckland Hospital Foundation is a New Zealand registered charity (CC55587) established in 2018 as the official fundraising body for Auckland City Hospital's adult health services. Operating from Grafton, Auckland with approximately 18 staff, it raises philanthropic capital to bridge the gap between government healthcare funding and the hospital's operational needs across facilities and technology, workforce development, patient experience, and clinical research.

The foundation operates a multi-channel fundraising platform spanning one-time and recurring individual donations (including the Friends of Auckland City Hospital monthly giving program), corporate partnerships (Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, The Warehouse, Z Energy, Panasonic, Vodafone, Olympus, Johnson & Johnson, Countdown), trust and foundation grants (Lindsay, Todd, Hugh Green, Lion, Bowel Cancer Foundation), legacy giving, and event fundraising. It channels funds into a portfolio of named programs and capital campaigns: the Rise Scholarship Programme for nursing/midwifery students ($100K/year for 30 students), the Manaaki wellness fund for hospital staff ($50K/year), the HOPE Box heart transplant technology, Patient Care Packs ($10 each, 40,000+ annually), the Changing the Game in Stroke Care capital campaign ($7M target by 2027), and the Auckland Hospitals Research and Endowment Fund (AHREF) supporting 229 active research projects, 75 clinical trials, and 759 published articles in collaboration with 97 organisations.

The foundation serves a dual beneficiary profile: end beneficiaries are patients, whānau, and clinical staff at Auckland City Hospital — New Zealand's largest public hospital, sole provider of heart and lung transplants, busiest emergency department (~85,000 patients/year) and maternity ward (~7,000 births/year), and largest clinical research facility — while donors constitute a diversified mix of individuals, corporates, and trusts nationwide. Underlying revenue mechanics are donation-based rather than commercial, with annual giving targets ranging from $50K (Manaaki) to $1.5M (Friends monthly giving) per program, plus multi-year capital campaign inflows.

Name

Auckland Hospital Foundation

Legal name

Auckland Hospital Foundation

Website

https://ahf.org.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Auckland Hospital Foundation is a New Zealand registered charity (est. 2018) that raises philanthropic funds for Auckland City Hospital — the country's largest public hospital and sole heart/lung transplant provider — through individual donations, corporate partnerships, and trust grants across patient care, research, workforce, and capital campaigns.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital Charitable Foundation

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

Keywords

• Healthcare fundraising
• Hospital charity
• Medical research funding
• Patient care programs
• Community health support

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individuals supporting hospital projects, departments, or programs. Donors can give to specific areas or general hospital enhancement.
2. Monthly Giving (Friends of Auckland City Hospital): Recurring monthly donations from a community of supporters called 'Friends of Auckland City Hospital', aiming to build a 5,000-member base raising $1.5M annually.
3. Corporate Partnerships: Financial support from corporations including Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, The Warehouse Ltd, Z Energy NZ, Panasonic New Zealand, Vodafone New Zealand Ltd, Olympus New Zealand, Johnson & Johnson Institute, and others.
4. Trust and Foundation Grants: Donations and grants from charitable trusts and foundations including Bowel Cancer Foundation Trust, Lindsay Foundation, Todd Foundation, The Light House Trust, Hugh Green Foundation, and many others supporting specific hospital projects.
5. Legacy Giving: Bequests and gifts left in wills to support the hospital's future work and endowment fund.
6. Event Fundraising: Fundraising events organized by supporters and corporate partners to raise money for specific hospital projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Auckland Hospital Foundation is the official fundraising charity for Auckland City Hospital, established in 2018. It raises donations, grants, and sponsorships from individuals, trusts, and corporate partners to fund world-class facilities, medical technology, research, workforce training, and patient and whānau (family) experience initiatives across the hospital's clinical departments.

Product overview

Auckland Hospital Foundation operates as a charitable fundraising organisation supporting Auckland City Hospital through a portfolio of programmes spanning donations and fundraising, patient support services, workforce development, research funding, and capital campaigns. The core offering is a donation platform enabling contributions across four focus areas: facilities and technology, research, training, and workforce support. Key products include the HOPE Box for heart transplant technology, the Rise Scholarship Programme for nursing students, the Manaaki wellness fund for health workers, the Changing the Game in Stroke Care capital campaign, and patient experience initiatives. The organisation also channels funds to specialised hospital departments (Cancer Care, Cardiovascular Care, Emergency Department, Surgical Care, Women's Health, Research) and manages the Auckland Hospitals Research and Endowment Fund (AHREF) for grant-making.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Rise Scholarship Programme: Scholarship programme supporting aspiring nurses and midwives
• Manaaki Fund
• HOPE Box
• Patient Care Packs
• Endowment Fund

Products and services

• Donations and Fundraising Platform Core fundraising mechanism accepting one-time and recurring gifts from individuals, trusts, and corporate partners to support Auckland City Hospital's programs and departments.
• HOPE Box for Hearts A funded initiative supporting the deployment of the HOPE Box microplegia device used during open-heart surgery to improve patient outcomes.
• Patient Care Packs A $10 micro-donation program that funds care packs provided to patients during their hospital stay.
• Rise Scholarship Programme Scholarship funding program supporting healthcare workforce development and training at Auckland City Hospital.
• Manaaki – Wellness and Welfare Fund A fund supporting the wellness and welfare of hospital staff, helping them recharge and recover during demanding periods.
• Changing the Game in Stroke Care A capital campaign funding the PREP2 algorithm, ECMO support, and advanced stroke recovery technology and equipment.
• Hospital Artwork Programme Program funding art installations and visual enhancements across Auckland City Hospital to improve the healing environment.
• Cancer Care Giving Designated giving channel directing donations to the hospital's Cancer Care department and patient services.
• Cardiovascular and Respiratory Care Giving Designated giving channel directing donations to the hospital's Cardiovascular and Respiratory Care department.
• Emergency Department Giving Designated giving channel directing donations to Auckland City Hospital's Emergency Department.
• Surgical Care Giving Designated giving channel directing donations to the hospital's Surgical Care department, including surgical simulation equipment like Eyesi and birthing simulators.
• Women's Health Giving Designated giving channel directing donations to the hospital's Women's Health department and programs.
• Research Program Giving Designated giving channel funding medical research opportunities and clinical research at Auckland City Hospital.
• Auckland Hospital Research and Endowment Fund (AHREF) An endowment fund providing long-term, sustainable financial support for medical research initiatives at Auckland City Hospital.
• Friends of Auckland City Hospital (Monthly Giving) Recurring monthly donation program for individual supporters providing ongoing operational funding for hospital initiatives.
• Accelerating World-Class Facilities and Technology One of four strategic fundraising focus areas, funding state-of-the-art hospital facilities and medical technology upgrades.
• Advancing the Healthcare Workforce Strategic fundraising focus area supporting training, scholarships, and professional development for the hospital's healthcare workforce.
• Enhancing the Patient and Whānau Experience Strategic fundraising focus area funding programs and amenities that improve the care experience for patients and their families (whānau).
• Increasing World-Class Research Opportunities Strategic fundraising focus area expanding clinical and medical research capacity at Auckland City Hospital.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• University of AucklandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary research partner with 68 collaborations across various clinical research projects. Hospital researchers hold academic appointments and supervise PhD students.

Scale indicators22 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Heart Foundation NZ: Heart Foundation NZ is a national health charity funding cardiovascular research and education. Comparable as a NZ health charity with overlapping cardiovascular and research funding interests to AHF's Cardiovascular Care and HOPE Box programmes.
• Cure Kids: Cure Kids is a NZ charity funding child health research, including at Auckland's Starship and Auckland City Hospital. Comparable as a NZ health-research-focused funder that overlaps with AHF's research grantmaking activity, though focused on child health rather than a single hospital.

Direct peers

• Starship Foundation: Starship Foundation is the official fundraising charity for Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland. It is the most direct peer to AHF — same nonprofit fundraising model, same geography, same hospital-affiliated mandate, with similar recurring giving, corporate partnership, and capital campaign structures.
• Wellington Hospitals Foundation: Wellington Hospitals Foundation is the official charity supporting Wellington Regional Hospital, including the neonatal intensive care unit and children's hospital. Directly comparable as a regional NZ hospital fundraising charity with similar donor, corporate, and trust-based revenue mix.
• Canterbury Charity Hospital Trust: Canterbury Charity Hospital Trust provides charitable healthcare services in the South Island. Comparable as a NZ health-focused nonprofit, though it operates a service-delivery model rather than purely fundraising — making it a partial direct peer.

Others

• New Zealand Lottery Grants Board / Te Puna Tahua: Lottery Grants Board distributes Lotto NZ proceeds to community and health causes including hospital and research grants. Comparable as an adjacent NZ funding body that competes for the same grant applications and complements AHF's research and capital funding activities.

Broad incumbents

• Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation (Royal Melbourne Hospital): Royal Melbourne Hospital's fundraising arm is a major Australian tertiary hospital foundation. Comparable as a broader incumbent hospital fundraising charity with similar recurring giving, research funding, and capital campaign programmes, but operating at a larger scale and in a different country.
• Brigham Health Foundation (Mass General Brigham): Brigham Health is the fundraising entity for Brigham and Women's Hospital, a major US academic medical centre. Comparable as a research-intensive, hospital-affiliated charity at much greater scale, useful for understanding AHF's upside trajectory in research funding and capital campaigns.
• Guy's & St Thomas' Charity: Guy's & St Thomas' Charity is a UK-based hospital-affiliated grantmaking charity supporting two major London teaching hospitals. Comparable as a larger, more mature hospital-aligned charity with research grantmaking and capital programmes — a useful benchmark for AHF's potential trajectory.

Regional players

• Waikato Hospital Foundation / Te Kōhao Health: Waikato-based hospital-affiliated health charity operating in NZ's Waikato region. Comparable regional peer supporting a major tertiary hospital with similar fundraising, donor, and capital-campaign activities, but serving a different catchment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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