Wellington Hospitals Foundation

What Wellington Hospitals Foundation does

Wellington Hospitals Foundation is a New Zealand registered charity (CC22921) founded on 10 November 2005 by Bill Day MNZM, operating as the official fundraising and volunteer partner for Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora – Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley. The foundation channels community donations to support five healthcare facilities: Wellington Regional Hospital, Kenepuru Hospital, Hutt Hospital, Te Wao Nui Children's Hospital, and Kāpiti Health Centre, serving central New Zealand from Gisborne to Nelson, with current Chief Executive Guy Ryan leading a staff team of approximately 19 reporting to a Board of Trustees chaired by Day.

The foundation's principal activities include funding medical equipment (MRI scanners, 3D mammography machines, flight transport incubators, therapeutic cooling systems, simulation mannequins), underwriting clinical training and innovation programmes (simulation suites, 3D printing applications, an air ambulance flight simulator), enhancing patient experience (care packs, angel booties for bereaved families, patient record books, music therapy, pet therapy), and executing capital projects such as the $110 million Te Wao Nui Regional Children's Hospital opened in September 2022. A volunteer workforce of 590+ individuals delivers 53,000+ hours annually across the emergency department, ICU, NICU, hospital guides, knitting, and music roles.

Revenue is generated entirely through donations and fundraising: individual giving (regular and one-time), face-to-face door-knocking campaigns across Wellington suburbs, community events (Jumbo Tennis, Quiz Nights, Street Appeals), corporate partnerships (Buddle Findlay Child Health Foundation, Grant Thornton, World Marudao Karate), retail through a charity gift shop at Wellington Regional Hospital, major philanthropic gifts (notably NZD 50 million from Sir Mark Dunajtschik and Dame Dorothy Spotswood), and grants. The foundation has no proprietary technology products; distribution is via a digital donation portal, social media, email newsletter, events, and a physical retail storefront. All contributions are voluntary, with no pricing model.

Name

Wellington Hospitals Foundation

Legal name

Wellington Hospitals Foundation

Website

https://whf.org.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wellington Hospitals Foundation is a New Zealand registered charity serving as the official fundraising and volunteer partner for Health New Zealand's Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley hospitals, channeling community donations into medical equipment, volunteer programmes, and hospital facility projects since 2005.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Charity & Hospital Fundraising Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

Keywords

• Healthcare fundraising services
• Hospital charity support
• Community health donations
• Hospital volunteer programs
• Hospital retail operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Wellington

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: The foundation generates revenue primarily through charitable donations from individuals, community fundraising events (Jumbo Tennis, Quiz Nights, Street Appeals), face-to-face fundraising campaigns, corporate partnerships, and regular giving programs. The organization also operates a gift shop where proceeds support hospital projects.
2. Corporate Partnerships: Multi-year partnerships with corporate entities like Buddle Findlay Child Health Foundation and World Marudao Karate Organisation provide both financial support and pro-bono services.
3. Retail Operations: The foundation operates a gift shop at Wellington Regional Hospital selling items including Kaitiaki merchandise, with proceeds supporting child health services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Wellington Hospitals Foundation is a New Zealand-based charitable foundation that raises funds and provides volunteer and community support services for the public hospitals in the Wellington region. As the official charity partner for Health NZ in the Wellington region, it supports Wellington Regional Hospital, Hutt Hospital, Kenepuru Community Hospital, and Te Wao Nui Children's Hospital through donations, community fundraising events, a hospital-based gift shop, and corporate partnership programs. Since 2005, the Foundation reports raising more than $160 million for hospital equipment, patient-comfort initiatives, and facility enhancements, delivered through a team of 28 staff and more than 590 volunteers.

Product overview

Wellington Hospitals Foundation operates as a charitable organization rather than a commercial product company. Its offerings consist of hospital support programs including medical equipment funding (MRI scanners, 3D mammograms, incubators, simulators), volunteer coordination services across 11+ hospital departments, transformational projects like Te Wao Nui Children's Hospital, and patient comfort initiatives including care packs, record books, and volunteer-crafted items. The Foundation partners with corporations for specialized equipment and manages community fundraising campaigns. No commercial software products, platforms, or APIs are offered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hospital Charitable Fundraising Program Donation and fundraising program through which individuals, community groups, and corporate supporters contribute funds that are directed to equipment, patient-comfort items, and facility enhancements at Wellington Regional, Hutt, Kenepuru, and Te Wao Nui Children's Hospitals. For individual donors, community members, and corporate partners in the Wellington region.
• Hospital Gift Shop (Retail Operations) Hospital-based retail store located at Wellington Regional Hospital, selling gifts, flowers, and convenience items to patients, visitors, and staff, with proceeds directed to the Foundation's hospital support programs. For patients, visitors, and hospital staff.
• Hospital Volunteer Program Structured volunteer engagement program that recruits, trains, and coordinates more than 590 community volunteers to deliver non-clinical support services across the four partner hospitals. For community members wishing to contribute time and for hospital staff who direct volunteer placements.
• Corporate Partnership and Sponsorship Program Structured corporate partnership program offering Wellington-region businesses sponsorship of specific hospital projects, named giving opportunities, event sponsorship, and workplace giving arrangements, with measurable community-impact reporting. For local and regional businesses seeking charity partnerships.
• Community Fundraising Events Ticketed and participation-based community fundraising events and appeals organised by the Foundation to engage individual supporters and raise money for hospital equipment and patient-experience projects. For individual community members, families, and event sponsors.

Quantifiable outcome

• $160+ million invested in critical hospital projects since 2005
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Buddle Findlay Child Health FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Multi-year partnership formalised in 2021 (renewed for another three years) providing both financial support and pro-bono legal services. Has equipped paediatric services with surgical microscope for ENT Service, specialised breastfeeding chairs in NICU, phototherapy system for jaundice treatment, BuzzyBee4Shots units for pain reduction, and high-definition paediatric gastroscope.
• World Marudao Karate OrganisationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLong-standing charity partner for nearly a decade, hosting annual Quiz Night that has raised over $142,000. Funding helped purchase Premature Anne (neonatal simulator) and Comfortline2 chairs for chemotherapy patients. Also organizes Christmas toy drives for children's hospital.
• Rotary Club of WellingtoncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerProudly hosts the annual Jumbo Tennis event since 2017, a high-energy sporting fundraiser with oversized rackets and table tennis rules. This corporate team-building event has become a firm favourite with local businesses.
• Wellington District PolicecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLong-time supporters of Te Wao Nui Children's Hospital collecting hundreds of warm pyjamas annually for Jammies for June. At Christmas, police teams return with gifts, often joined by Dive Squad, AOS, dog handlers and specialist teams. Tradition inspired by late Senior Constable Dean Gifford.
• Grant ThorntoncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate supporter through annual golf day fundraising. Funds have equipped Child Health Team with Airvo3 Junior devices for humidified high-flow nasal oxygen, Astral ventilators for community respiratory support, and portable ultrasound machine upgrade for bedside cardiac assessment.
• Hutt Valley High SchoolminorGTM or Marketing PartnerStudents created colouring books and pencil packs for children staying at Te Wao Nui Children's Hospital as part of their Pages for Patients project.
• Capital City MotorsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate supporter through Charity Golf Day, raising $12,000 to support vital hospital care through ongoing community support.
• The WarehouseminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate supporter contributing to hospital fundraising efforts.
• Countdown Kids Hospital AppealminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnual appeal supporting children's hospital services.
• Wellington Lions Rugby TeamminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCharity rugby shirt initiative supporting Wellington Children's Hospital.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Royal Children's Hospital Foundation (Melbourne): Fundraising foundation for the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Directly comparable paediatric hospital charity with capital campaigns, equipment funding, and family support programs of similar structure.
• Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation: Fundraising foundation for Sydney Children's Hospitals Network. Comparable Australian children's-hospital charity with similar capital-campaign structure (equipment, research, patient experience), corporate partnerships, and volunteer base.
• Auckland Health Foundation: Official charity partner for Auckland City Hospital and the Auckland District Health Board. Directly comparable in mission, donor-base structure, and capital-campaign profile for major metropolitan public hospitals in New Zealand.
• Maia Health Foundation (Canterbury): Charitable foundation supporting Canterbury DHB hospitals (Christchurch Hospital and associated facilities). Regional hospital-foundation peer with overlapping equipment-funding and community-giving programs.
• Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation: Fundraising arm of one of Australia's largest tertiary public hospitals. Comparable scale of operations, multi-million-dollar capital campaigns, and dedicated giving society model for major donors.
• Cure Kids: New Zealand's largest child-health research charity. Comparable in donor scale, child-health mission, and corporate-partnership fundraising model, though Cure Kids focuses on research funding rather than hospital equipment.
• Starship Foundation: The official charitable foundation supporting Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland. Closest comparable peer: same hospital-foundation model, paediatric focus, community fundraising across New Zealand, and similar volunteer and corporate-partnership programs.

Regional players

• Wellington Free Ambulance: Wellington-based healthcare charity partially funded by community donations. Comparable NZ charity model, regional Wellington donor base, and volunteer-driven culture, though operating in emergency services rather than hospitals.

Broad incumbents

• Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity: UK children's hospital charity with an established national brand and major-gift pipeline. Larger scale but directly comparable mission of funding paediatric equipment, research, and family-whānau services at a flagship children's hospital.

Emerging players

• Children's Medical Research Foundation (Australia): Australian charity funding paediatric medical research and equipment. Adjacent comparator with overlapping donor demographics and paediatric hospital-equipment funding programs, though more research-oriented.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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