Who funds us

The White Room Creative Space is a division of disability services NGO SkillWise (SPAN Charitable Trust), a registered charity #CC26575.

SkillWise funds a portion of our operating costs, with grant funding required to cover the majority of our costs. We were fortunate to have the support of local funders, Rātā Foundation, and the David Ellison Charitable Trust in 2024.

We would also like to thank the Ministry of Social Development (Innovation Grant) and the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, whose support enabled The White Room to establish at the Climate Action Campus.

Art sales and fundraising make up the rest of our funding, and this is an area of income generation that we are working to develop in support of our economic sustainability.

Our funding is spent on wages, studio rent and maintenance, art materials, exhibition fees, art production costs, and marketing.