Heart Foundation

The Heart Foundation is New Zealand’s heart charity, leading the fight against our country’s single biggest killer – heart disease.

Nationwide

The Heart Foundation is New Zealand’s heart charity, leading the fight against our country’s single biggest killer – heart disease. We provide nationwide programmes, support, and resources to individuals and families in every community across New Zealand. As a registered charity, we rely on the generosity of people throughout New Zealand to support our vital work.

Our vision:

Hearts fit for life.

Our purpose:

To stop all people in New Zealand dying prematurely from heart disease and enable people with heart disease to live full lives.

More about us

We fund over $2.6million of research projects and fellowships every year. Much of this research informs our work in the community where we work with schools and early-childhood centres, educating our children about the importance of good nutrition and physical activity. We also support those living with heart disease and their families.

On average, fundraisers pay just 2% to use Givealittle. This is one of the lowest effective fees in New Zealand fundraising. We charge a 5% platform fee to cover the cost of running the platform. Because most donors choose to top up their donation to cover this fee, the effective cost paid by fundraisers is about 2%. That means around 98 cents of every dollar raised goes to the cause. Learn More