Acorn Foundation has been working in the Western Bay of Plenty region since 2003 connecting generous people who care with causes that matter. Building a charitable fund that will cater for the current and future needs of the region. Has given away over $8.3M since 2003 to local community organisations. gifts to community organisations via the Acorn Foundation using Smarter Giving Model are invested in perpetuity. Once a fund reaches $50,000 distributions threshold, the investment income is used to make annual distributions to those community organisations, forever.