We need your help!
By donating, you can help support the Trust continue to carry out its important work supporting our Rainbow Community.
Financial donations to the Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust are fully tax-deductible.
You can make a one-off donation directly to the Trust or set up a monthly automatic payment from your bank account using our donation form.
Wills and How to Make a Bequest
If you consider the work the Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust does important, you can continue to help even once you have gone to the end of the Rainbow! Your Will can easily be made or updated to donate a particular amount of money, or the remaining funds after distributions to other beneficiaries, or any kind of property or asset that could be sold.
You can make a general bequest or you can specify which of the Trust’s Grant programmes you’d like the money to go to (Scholarships, Community or Pride) and we will use your bequest to build our capital base from which we can generate investment income while preserving the original capital you provided.
The following are example clauses for you to consider. They are only a guide, and we recommend that you consult with your lawyer to see if the example clauses work with the wording of your Will. If you would like us to recommend a ‘Rainbow friendly’ lawyer, please contact us.
Example clauses
FIXED SUM
I give to the Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust (registered charity CC36833), the sum of $___________ of my estate absolutely and I direct that this amount be used for the general purposes of the Trust (AND/OR to be used to support the Trust’s ___________________Grant Programme). A receipt signed by a board member of the Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust will be sufficient discharge to my Executors/Trustees.ENTIRE RESIDUE
I give to the Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust (registered charity CC36833), the entire residue of my estate absolutely to be used for the general purposes of the Trust (AND/OR to be used to support the Trust’s ___________________Grant Programme).
A receipt signed by a board member of the Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust will be sufficient discharge to my Executors/Trustees.FIXED PERCENTAGE OF RESIDUE
I give to the Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust (registered charity CC36833), ___% of the residue of my estate absolutely to be used for the general purposes of the Trust (AND/OR to be used to support the Trust’s ___________________Grant Programme).
A receipt signed by a board member of the Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust will be sufficient discharge to my Executors/Trustees.SPECIFIC ITEMS
I give to the Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust (registered charity CC36833), my _____________ to be used or sold, and the proceeds used for the general purposes of the Trust (AND/OR to be used to support the Trust’s ___________________Grant Programme).
A receipt signed by a board member of the Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust will be sufficient discharge to my Executors/Trustees.