trust waikato
milestones
• Trust Bank Waikato
Community Trust
established 30 May 1988
• Founding Chair David
Braithwaite
1988
• Value of
Trust assets
$21.3million
• Annual donations
$380,670
• Donations
administered by
Bank staff
1989
1994
1996
1998
1999
2000
1997
• Trust sells 15% of shares
in Trust Bank NZ for
approx. $17million
• $1.1 million donated to
2,202 community groups
• Exited banking business,
remaining Trust Bank NZ
shares sold
• Trust fund valued at
$169.8millon
• Trust staff now
recommending donations
to the Board
• Umbrella Trust: First
donation to Sport
Waikato
• Renamed The Waikato
Community Trust Incorporated
• Frank Russell Company (now
Russell Investments) appointed
as investment advisors
• Chair Jim Grace
• Total donations since
inception $19,688,575
• Trust assets valued at
$205,485,000
• $7.9million donated to
Waikato Stadium
(1998 – 2001)
• Trust Waikato branding
and logo released
• Trust House and Trust Cottage,
2 London St, Hamilton, purchased
• First artworks purchased in Trust
Waikato Art and Taonga Collection
• Sponsorships established:
Netball Waikato, Trust
Waikato Symphony
Orchestra, Surf Lifesaving
Clubs, Trust Waikato
Contemporary Art Awards
Celebrating 25 years
10 years
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