Research and policy

Research and evaluation are essential tools that guide the Trust with its decision making,  ensuring our communities are getting the maximum benefit from funding. 

 

The Trust has been looking at where and to who funding has gone in the past as it tries to anticipate the needs of Auckland now and in the future. To help us achieve this, we are developing a research programme that will underpin our grant-making, inform policy and guide decisions. 

Where we can, we aim to work in partnership and collaborate with key stakeholders in our region to achieve the widest possible impact.

A good model of this is when ASB Community Trust partnered with Creative New Zealand and Auckland City Council on a major research project into Asian Aucklanders and the arts. This was a truly collaborative project involving a unique partnership of a philianthropic trust working alongside local and central government.

In the words of Aristotle: “Anyone can give money away or spend it, but to do all this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time for the right reason and in the right way, is no longer something easy that anyone can do. It is for this reason that good conduct [in such matters] is rare, praiseworthy and noble.”