DUNCAN FOUNDATION
Funding care, research, and support for New Zealanders with neuromuscular conditions.
Founded in 1946, the Duncan Foundation has a long history of supporting New Zealanders living with neuromuscular conditions.
Today, we provide funding to organisations delivering care and support that helps people live well, stay connected and access the services they need. We also invest in neuromuscular research with the potential to improve quality of life and contribute to better care and outcomes.
Since 2017, we have granted more than $4 million to care, support and research for New Zealanders living with neuromuscular conditions.
Our Mission
That the Sir Thomas & Lady Duncan Trust becomes a potent philanthropic organisation in the field of neuro-muscular disorders by providing funding to:
Assist and relieve persons in New Zealand suffering from neuro-muscular disorders and from the after affects of such disorders
Maintain hospitals, clinics, homes and equipment where persons suffering from neuro-muscular disorders may obtain treatment for their disorder
Assist the work of any institution, society or body of persons in New Zealand engaged in the investigation of neuro-muscular disorders and associated treatments
Contribute towards training persons to undertake the treatment of persons suffering from neuromuscular disorders
OUR HISTORY
A legacy of funding care across generations
Since 1946, our founders' legacy has supported generations of New Zealanders living with neuromuscular conditions. Discover the story behind our foundation — from the polio epidemic that inspired it, to the work we fund today.