Every year at Auckland City Hospital, thanks to generous donations, the Endowment Fund provides grants to advance hospital services and fund world-class research. Together, with our donors, we support projects that advance healthcare at Auckland City Hospital and its associated sites.

The Endowment Fund, called the Auckland Hospitals Research and Endowment Fund (AHREF), complements the Auckland Hospital Foundation by managing endowment funds for specific purposes in specific areas across the hospital, and it invests those funds to increase their impact for future generations.

This “bank” of endowments is the result of generous donations and bequests to individual hospital services.

The endowment funds are granted to clinical research, fellowships, student internships, and specified projects, according to donors’ wishes and intentions.

In 2022, with help from the Endowment Fund, 44 research grants were awarded and 759 original research articles were published. Learn more about our Research team here.

In 2023 at Auckland City Hospital, 75 new clinical trials got underway, involving 22 medical specialties. Oncology has the largest trial enterprise with 15 new trials underway, reflecting the significant philanthropic interest in advancing cancer care.

Thanks to the generosity of donors, the Endowment Fund has helped enable these clinical trials, some of which have the potential to change the face of healthcare as we know it.

From clinical trials to research papers, your donations empower our people to complete high-integrity studies that are published in top health journals; informing peers and influencing healthcare for the benefit of everyone.

To support the team, select ‘Research’ on our donation page then specify your chosen healthcare area in the comment field, or contact us to discuss how you can best support our world-class researchers.

For more information, view our Research page here.