NZ Bridge Foundation

Message from the Trustees of the NZ Bridge Foundation

The NZ Bridge Foundation was created in 2009 to further bridge in NZ with a special focus on supporting youth bridge and helping clubs, especially those with very limited resources, to enhance bridge in their community. The Foundation is keen to make bridge players aware of our purpose and to gain greater support from amongst the wider bridge community.

With our 5 volunteer trustees and the NZ Bridge Secretary, we dispense grants from a small fund each quarter that comes from interest earned and our annual NZ wide bridge tournament. The current trustees are Dwayne Crombie (Akarana), Liz Rowe (Otago), Denis McKinlay (Wellington), Richard Solomon (Te Aroha), Jonathan Westoby (Auckland).

Understandably we don’t have the funds to support routine club maintenance costs but can help on special occasions. Examples of grants include the national youth bridge weekend, support for youth players to the National Congress and sending youth teams to Canberra for the ABF youth events. In the last year, we have also made partial grants to support the Marton Bridge Club, Wellington Bridge Club, Waitemata Bridge Club, Palmerston North Bridge Club, Motueka Bridge Club, Karori Bridge Club and the Feilding Bridge Club.

As a registered charity, all donations meet the IRD’s rules for a tax complying donation.

More information about the Foundation, how to apply for funds that meet our priorities, and our grant cycle can be found by searching for the NZ Bridge site - Foundation page. We are happy to give feedback about the suitability of an application.