WE'RE HERE FOR GOOD

The Lion Foundation is one of New Zealand's oldest and most respected Charitable Trusts. In the past 26 years, we've returned over $590 million back to the community, supporting thousands of good causes right around New Zealand.

Last year The Lion Foundation merged with another leading Charitable Trust, the Perry Foundation.  This merger resulted in more funding for New Zealand communities. 

The Lion Foundation internal philosophy is 'make a difference' and we do. We have many Lion Foundation venues and gaming machines across the country and we consistently return millions of dollars into the community. Last year that equated to over $53 million.

11 good causes a day

Last year, we approved 4,175 grants for community-based organisations across New Zealand. That's 11 good causes a day. Causes as diverse as the people who live in those communities: from Cape Reinga to Bluff, east coast to west, rural to urban.  In fact, there are few Kiwis whose lives haven't been touched by a Lion Foundation grant. Check out who we've helped in your area.

In 2008, The Lion Foundation established a new sister trust called The Lion Foundation 2008.  This new trust has the same Board of Trustees and operates under the same Management, Funding policy and stringent processes as the original Lion Foundation Trust. 

This website represents The Lion Foundation and The Lion Foundation 2008.

"We are grateful to the Lion Foundation for its outstanding support over a number of years. Recently this funding has helped us to put new vehicles on the roads and made critical new equipment available - consequently making our vital work more possible" St John Chief Executive Jaimes Wood