Helping the community after you’re gone

There’s a new way to give to charity that’s gaining popularity, one that sets money aside especially for your community.

Community foundations have been around in cities all over the world for years but it’s only in the last decade or so they’ve taken off here.

In Tauranga alone, there’s a foundation that has $150 million coming to it – gifted from local people’s Wills.

Radio NZ  spoke to the man behind that foundation, local lawyer Bill Holland.

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