Our Trust has joint educational and conservation objectives. It’s taken a while to absorb both expected and unexpected costs associated with our major island restoration project, but we can now expand modestly.
This year (2025) we have given to:
Books in Homes (since 1999)
Forest and Bird
Capital Kiwi
Otari-Wilton’s Bush Trust
Remutaka Forest Restoration Trust
Friends of Baring Head
House of Science
Kids Can
In no particular order. Donees in the educational sphere will have received the donation under our full legal name, The Sue Freitag and Barry Dent Charitable Trust. Conservation donees deal with our “brand” or “trading name” Fauna Recovery New Zealand. They are the same entity.
We don’t solicit donations for our educational giving as that would create a silly money-go-round. We recommend you give directly to any of the above. Donations we receive will be applied to conservation efforts. We strongly prefer that donations are unconditional. Conditions or statements of wishes can create defacto Trusts and restricted funds, which are a nightmare to administer. This is especially important for those leaving bequests, especially if we haven’t heard of your intentions well beforehand. Your lawyer ought to be aware of this trap, and will be able to give proper wording for you to use.
Does your organisation need a donation? Don’t write. We ignore anyone who makes an unsolicited approach.
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