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The Boring Fund Aotearoa

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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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+ 9
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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+ 14
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

Latest activity by

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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+ 4

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

1
Sarah Maguire, Austen Advisory

$1,000 NZD since Jul 2026

2
Ken Solly

$500 NZD since Jul 2026

3
Kate Frykberg

$500 NZD since Jul 2026

4
Dave Booth

$500 NZD since Aug 2026

5
Herman

$250 NZD since Jul 2026

6
Andy

$250 NZD since Jul 2026

7
Jemma

$150 NZD since Jul 2026

8
Hilary

$108 NZD since Jul 2026

9
Jenni

$105 NZD since Jul 2026

10
Melissa Gibson

$90 NZD since Jul 2026

11
Helen Anderson

$50 NZD since Jun 2026

12
Olga Smith

$50 NZD since Jul 2026

13
Sue McCabe

$50 NZD since Jul 2026

14
Gail

$50 NZD since Jul 2026

15
Sarah

$50 NZD since Jul 2026

16
Gemma Rose

$50 NZD since Jul 2026

17
Linn Araboglos

$50 NZD since Jul 2026

18
David Morrison

$50 NZD since Jul 2026

19
Jan Hinde

$50 NZD since Jul 2026

20
Trish Given

$50 NZD since Jul 2026

The Boring Fund Aotearoa is all of us

Our contributors 51

Thank you for supporting The Boring Fund Aotearoa.

Helen Anderson

Admin

$50 NZD

The most important currency is trust.

Jackson Lacy

Admin

Rochelle Stew...

Admin

Sarah Maguire...

The Whole Boring Thing

$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

Herman

The Admin Hour

$250 NZD

Andy

The Admin Hour

$250 NZD

Jemma

The Web Host

$150 NZD

Hilary

The Web Host

$108 NZD

Jenni

Monthly Backer

$105 NZD

Budget

Transparent and open finances.

Financial contribution to The Boring Fund Aotearoa (Koha)

Credit from Cornelia to The Boring Fund Aotearoa •

+$20.00NZD
Completed
Contribution #977056
Monthly financial contribution to The Boring Fund Aotearo...

Credit from Hilary to The Boring Fund Aotearoa •

+$20.00NZD
Completed
Contribution #969600
Monthly financial contribution to The Boring Fund Aotearo...

Credit from Oliver Lineham to The Boring Fund Aotearoa •

+$10.00NZD
Completed
Contribution #967983
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Today’s balance

$4,266.03 NZD

Total raised

$4,266.03 NZD

Total disbursed

--.-- NZD

Estimated annual budget

$5,937.65 NZD

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News from The Boring Fund Aotearoa

Updates on our activities and progress.

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...
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Published on August 23, 2026 by Helen Anderson

Boring Updates for our Boring Donors #002

(Image of a sheep with the statement: Who’s my favour...
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Published on August 2, 2026 by Helen Anderson

Boring Updates for our Boring Donors #001

Kia ora koutou, And welcome to your first official BORING DONOR UPDATE. We have to start with the obvious - a genuine and heartfelt thanks to ewe beautiful humans - all your donations, big and small, one-off and recurring mean the...
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Published on July 14, 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

Helen Anderson

Admin
The most important currency is trust.

Jackson Lacy

Admin

Rochelle Stew...

Admin