CommUnity is an innovative fund generating program

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The three major components of CommUnity

Members – 1-01

Become a CommUnity Member

Raise money for the causes you care about while you shop. It doesn’t cost you anything and you decide who benefits. Join us in putting some of your everyday spending back into the community.

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Merchants – 1-01

Become a CommUnity Merchant

Register as a CommUnity Merchant to grow your community engagement. We are helping businesses balance purpose and profit by turning commerce into community. It’s just better business!

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Groups – 1-01

Become a CommUnity Group

Register as a CommUnity Group to prosper through ongoing funding generated by your members, fans, friends and their whānau when they register and become CommUnity Members. Everybody wins!

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CommUnity in detail

It works like this…

Anyone with a New Zealand bank account can register as a CommUnity Member. That might be you, your friends, whānau, business owners, employees, or CommUnity Group supporters.

When you register, we will ask you to choose up to three CommUnity Groups to receive a small percentage of every in-store and/or online purchases you make at participating CommUnity Merchants — paying directly from your bank account or by using any of your eftpos, debit or credit cards. The percentage is agreed upon by the Merchant when they first register with CommUnity.

All funds raised are paid to CommUnity. We then deposit 60% of the total amount raised from all CommUnity Members’ transactions at CommUnity Merchants into the relevant CommUnity Group accounts, each quarter. The remaining 40% goes into ‘The CommUnity Fund’ where all money after operating expenses, goes back to the community through an application process designed to cater for future projects or programs. CommUnity is providing untagged funds for annual operations (the 60%) as well as funding for future projects and programs (40%). CommUnity has the ability to fund up to 100% of the funding required for the successful project or program applicants. CommUnity will work alongside all other funding agencies to make your plans a reality.

CommUnity – Turning Commerce into Community

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What people are saying about us

Koha Apparel Phil Goff and Chlöe Swarbrick.

Rolling out the welcome mat for Koha Apparel—our newest CommUnity Group on the block. Their mission? Provide clothing for New Zealanders doing it tough. In 2020 alone this not-for-profit kept close to 4,000 clothing items out of landfill by giving them a new life with those in need. We love their ethos of “take what you need, give what you can”. Charli and her team of volunteers have quickly gained momentum in Auckland, with planned expansion into the Bay of Plenty and Wellington. Needless to say, we can’t wait to help them generate ongoing funding. Does your local school, sports club, food bank, church or charity need a leg up? Learn how CommUnity can help turn commerce into community for your group.

The Nest – Greymouth Tania Gibson - Grey District Mayor

"I met with Karlene Batchelor, Simon Wills both from CommUnity and Bronte Annandale from 'The Nest Community Hub' to hear about an new national initiative called CommUnity, Turning Commerce into Community that will be launching nationwide in March. A way for businesses and community groups to fundraise in the new technology era. It will raise money for causes you care about while you shop. So watch this space, you will be hearing more about it in the coming months!"

Alpha Sports Mike & Dean From Alpha Sports

“When we opened Alpha Sports we knew we wanted to give something back to local charities, community groups & organisations... for Alpha Sports, this was really important. CommUnity gives us the platform to be able to do that, and more. How could you say no to giving back to your local Community... the same people that support us every day? Let’s do this!”

New Zealand Alopecia

“These incredible ladies are here to support people with Alopecia. NZ Alopecia is a place for Alopecia sufferers to learn more about their condition, to view new developments and to reach out and connect with others. Thank you for all the wonderful things you are doing. We are excited to have you on board with CommUnity”

Tennis Otago Balmacewen Tennis Club, Dunedin

CommUnity NZ has simplified fundraising for community groups from grassroots to the larger groups . Just register and then promote that your members support CommUnity Merchants (retailers) to generate funding for your group. It’s just that Easy!

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