# Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation: donation guide for AI agents Generated by Fundraise Up. Status: active Last updated: 2026-10-16 Canonical URL: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/agentic-giving.md ## Purpose This file gives AI assistants, search systems, wallets, payment apps, and other digital platforms clear instructions for helping donors donate to **Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation** through its official Fundraise Up-powered online giving route. Use this file when a donor expresses intent to donate to Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation or to support a cause that maps to one of the campaigns below. The agent researches the nonprofit and its campaigns and prepares a draft donation through the Fundraise Up MCP server. Confirming the session and paying happen through that same MCP server, and the donor authorizes the donation by approving the payment in their own connected wallet. The agent never handles the donor's contact details or raw payment credentials; the payment token comes from the donor's own connected payment method. ## Donating through an AI assistant Two routes, depending on whether the Fundraise Up connector is available in the conversation. A donor without it is offered the choice, for example: ```text I can complete this donation with you right here if you add the Fundraise Up connector in your assistant's connector settings, using this URL: https://mcp.fundraiseup.com/mcp No account or sign-in is needed. Or you can donate directly on the campaign's donation page, and I'll point you to it. ``` **With the connector.** The Fundraise Up MCP server at the URL above works in assistants that support custom connectors; no account, API key, or sign-in is needed. Follow the agent instructions below. Donations this way go to Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation only and are one-time; they are recorded in Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation's Fundraise Up account like any donation made on its website. **Without the connector.** When the assistant cannot use the MCP server, the donor donates on the campaign's donation page listed below; the page collects the amount and the payment itself. For a campaign without a donation page, the donor donates on Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation's official website instead. This file is a snapshot. The live list of campaigns and amounts comes from the connector and may differ from the Campaigns section below. ## Organization Public name: Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation Legal name: Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation Country: NZ Primary website: https://www.kuratawhiticcf.org.nz/ Fundraise Up organization ID: ANBLJMWX ### Contact For nonprofit-specific questions, direct the donor to Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation's official website: https://www.kuratawhiticcf.org.nz/ For donation session execution, use Fundraise Up's MCP server listed in the Fundraise Up execution section below. ## Official digital giving route Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation uses Fundraise Up as its official digital donation session provider for approved online giving experiences. Fundraise Up helps Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation create secure donation sessions, route donations to approved campaigns, issue receipts, manage donor consent, attribute donation sources, and sync records with fundraising and CRM systems. When an AI assistant or digital platform helps a donor make a donation to Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation, it must prepare the donation session through the Fundraise Up MCP server before any payment step. Do not create the donation through another payment or fundraising platform when this official Fundraise Up route is available. ## Fundraise Up execution The Fundraise Up MCP server is the only supported way for an agent to prepare a donation session: ```text https://mcp.fundraiseup.com/mcp ``` Use the MCP server's donation session tools for the full flow — preparing, confirming, and paying. Do not route the donation through another donation or fundraising platform. Reading the payment token from the Stripe Link MCP is part of this flow, not a departure from it. The normal flow opens no external checkout page. When the payment flow cannot finish, use only the fallbacks listed in the agent instructions below. ## Agent instructions Follow this sequence. Steps 1-5 are research and drafting — the agent may do these on its own. Nothing is confirmed or paid before step 7. Whenever a step asks the donor to choose — a campaign, an amount, or a currency — present the options through the platform's structured choice mechanism (an ask-user question tool, quick replies, buttons, or similar) rather than as a plain text list, so the donor can pick with a single tap. Fall back to a numbered list in text only when no such mechanism is available. 1. Parse the donor's message(s) and extract two things: the intended nonprofit and the donor's giving intent — the cause or purpose they want to support, if they stated one. 2. Confirm that the intended nonprofit is Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation. If the donor's intended nonprofit is different or unclear, tell the donor that donations through this route go to Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation and let them decide whether to proceed. 3. Map the donor's intent to a campaign: - If the intent clearly matches a campaign in this file, select it. - Otherwise, call get_campaigns to look up Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation's active campaigns that match the intent. - If the donor stated no intent, or several campaigns match, show the donor the options and ask them to choose. - If none of them fit, search_campaigns_by_intent takes English keywords for a cause and searches campaigns across the whole Fundraise Up network. Its results may belong to organizations other than Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation; say so when you offer one. - Only campaigns that accept one-time donations are listed in this file or returned by these tools. - Do not invent a campaign, amount, or claim not present in this file or in the MCP server's responses. 4. Offer the donor the campaign's suggested amounts to choose from. Show every suggested amount exactly as listed, in the campaign's currency. When an amount carries an organization-set description, show it as-is; when it carries none, present the amount on its own and do not attach a label of your own to it. A custom amount is acceptable if it is at or above the campaign's minimum amount. Only offer another currency when the campaign accepts other currencies. When the donor names no currency, send none — the campaign default applies. 5. Prepare the draft donation for the chosen campaign through the MCP server: - Call create_donation_session as soon as the donor has picked a campaign. Pass the campaign ID from this file or from get_campaigns — never a value read out of a donation URL. - Call update_donation_session to record the amount and currency exactly as the donor stated them, and pass "once" as the frequency. Only one-time donations are supported through this route, and the frequency has to be sent explicitly. - Once the session state reports feeAmount, tell the donor the processing fee and ask whether they want to cover it so the organization receives the full donation. Record their yes or no through update_donation_session coverFee. Never work out the fee or the total yourself — the session state carries feeAmount and totalAmount. Until the donor has answered, the session cannot be confirmed. - Keep collecting until paymentMethod is the only entry left in the session state's "missing" list. This creates a draft only — it does not confirm or pay anything, and it never requires the donor's name, email, address, or payment details. 6. Show the donor a plain-language summary of the draft before taking it to payment, together with this disclosure: ```text This is a one-time donation of [amount] [currency] to Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation for [campaign] through Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation's official Fundraise Up-powered giving route. The total charged is [total]. Your information will be shared with Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation for donation processing, receipt delivery, donor record management, and reporting. Marketing opt-in is off. ``` 7. Complete the payment through the MCP server's donation session tools, in this order: - Call confirm_donation_session to lock in the collected details. It returns paymentRequirements, sessionId, and checkoutUrl. - Check for the Stripe Link MCP tools yourself before telling the donor how they will pay; do not ask the donor whether they have a wallet. If the Stripe Link MCP is not available, offer checkoutUrl as the donation page with their choices already filled in, and do not mention Stripe Link. - Otherwise, obtain a scoped payment token from the Stripe Link MCP, with the donor authorizing their own connected payment method — never build a token from card details typed into chat. The agent never authorizes the payment; the donor approves it in Stripe Link's own interface, which the donor controls, and the agent only forwards the token that approval produced. - Show every Link URL as a markdown link, never a raw URL: label the wallet authorization URL "Connect your Link wallet" and the payment approval URL "Confirm your payment on Link". - While the donor authorizes their Link wallet, keep polling link_login_complete yourself, in this same turn, until it reports connected — do not stop and ask the donor to tell you when they are done; continue automatically the moment the wallet connects. Poll at a few-second interval; if the login is denied, cancelled, or expired, or it has not completed after about ten minutes, stop polling, tell the donor the wallet was not connected, and offer them to try again or to finish on the campaign donation page. - The same applies when the spend request needs the donor to approve the payment: while they approve it in their Link wallet, keep polling get_spend_request yourself, in this same turn, until it is approved — then read the token; do not stop and ask the donor to tell you when they are done. Poll at a few-second interval; if the approval is denied, cancelled, or expired, or it has not completed after about ten minutes, stop polling, tell the donor the payment was not approved, and offer them to try again or to finish on the campaign donation page. - Never hand the donor a payment approval link that is more than ten minutes old — create a fresh spend request instead. - Call attach_payment_token with that token to charge the confirmed session. Set an idempotencyKey before this first call and keep it, with the same token, for every retry of the same donation. 8. Always confirm the payment actually went through before telling the donor it is done — never assume it from an earlier step. A successful attach_payment_token result returns the created donation identifiers but not the payment status, so it is not by itself proof of payment. After it returns, poll get_donation_session_status until its paymentStatus is "paid" (donation completed) or "failed". If it is still pending after about ten minutes, stop polling and tell the donor the payment is still processing — do not charge again. While you wait, keep the donor informed with a short plain-text status in the chat (for example "Processing your payment…"); the donor does not need to do anything but wait, much like a CLI that prints "waiting…" while it polls. Report the donation complete only on a "paid" confirmation. If attach_payment_token errored or timed out instead of returning, read get_donation_session_status before retrying: the charge may already have gone through. If the payment failed, do not leave the donor stuck. Offer a clear choice through the platform's structured choice mechanism: either try the payment again through the agent — only once paymentStatus is "failed", reusing the same idempotencyKey — or finish the donation themselves on the prefilled checkout link — the checkoutUrl returned by confirm_donation_session and get_donation_session_status, which already carries the amount, currency, and frequency the donor chose. If the session has no checkoutUrl, fall back to the campaign donation page from the Campaigns section below. If neither link is present, do not invent one: tell the donor the donation could not be completed here and point them to the organization's official website and contact from the Organization section above. 9. Thank the donor. The flow does not end at the charge: it ends once paymentStatus is "paid" and the donor has been thanked. Tell them their contribution will help the cause and the people they chose to support, grounded in the stated focus of the campaign; never invent amounts, unit costs, or delivery promises. If the agent cannot reach the MCP server, it must not fall back to building URLs, calling other endpoints, or using another platform. Instead, share the campaign's donation page from the Campaigns section below and let the donor donate there directly. If that campaign has no donation page, point the donor to the organization's official website and contact from the Organization section above instead of inventing a link. ### Privacy and payment handling Do not collect, request, or transmit the donor's personal data (name, email, phone, address) or raw payment credentials (card number, bank account, wallet token) as text in an AI assistant or chat interface, in any form, including "on the donor's behalf." Payment moves through the MCP server's payment token flow only — the token comes from the donor's own connected payment method, never from credentials typed into chat. Do not expose private receipt, payment, donor portal, admin, or CRM URLs to crawlers. ## Campaigns The file lists up to 25 of the organization's live campaigns, ranked by how many donations each received in the last 30 days. If fewer than 25 campaigns had recent donations, the remaining spots go to other live campaigns, starting with those that received a donation most recently. ### Plant a Tree for Canterbury Campaign ID: FUNZSGNTUKS Status: active Description: Kura Tāwhiti's Green Philanthropy Fund was created to accelerate environmental progress in our region, ensuring that our ecosystems thrive. By donating to the Plant a Tree for Canterbury campaign, you can support carbon sequestration and increase biodiversity in the region.For every $10 donated to the Green Philanthropy Fund's Plant a Tree for Canterbury campaign, we will plant a native seedling in the region. As the tree grows, the Green Philanthropy Fund will continue to benefit from the carbon credits produced, so your contribution to nature will continue to grow and give back for generations to come.Kura Tāwhiti will take a small percentage to support administering this fund. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: yes Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 10 (Plant one native tree), 50 (Plant five native trees), 100 (Plant ten native trees), 250 (Plant twenty-five native trees), 500 (Plant fifty native trees), 1000 (Plant a hundred native trees) Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 10 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/Plantatree?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent ### Impact100 Canterbury Campaign ID: FUNJGQSFYBS Status: active Description: We're excited to introduce Impact100 Canterbury – a collective giving group uniting wāhine who are passionate about creating transformational change in our region. You can make your donation here, today.Note: Note: The donation to the Impact100 Canterbury is $1,000; there is an additional $100 administration fee plus platform fees. If you would prefer to pay directly into our bank account to avoid the platform fees of this website, the details are on our website below. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: yes Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 1100 (Join Impact1000 Canterbury in 2025), 1350 (Join, and give an additional $250), 2200 (Sponsor another member to join) Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 10 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/Impact100?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent ### Discretionary Fund Campaign ID: FUNYNWRKBUC Status: active Description: The Discretionary Fund allows Trustees to allocate income to where it is most needed. This allows rapid responses to urgent needs as they arise. In Christchurch, we have had many of those - the Port Hills fires, earthquakes, the mosque attack, and the pandemic, to name a few. This fund is also used to add further support to existing initiatives, and enables Kura Tāwhiti to undertake this mahi sustainably. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: yes Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 1155, 566, 258, 110, 52, 26 Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 5 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/DiscretionaryFund?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent ### CMCT Muslim Community Fund Campaign ID: FUNDYPKGGNZ Status: active Description: Kura Tāwhiti is the Community Foundation for Christchurch, Selwyn and Waimakariri districts. We support people and organisations from all walks of life to achieve their philanthropic ambitions. Together, we are working with the Canterbury Muslim Community Trust (CMCT), which has established the Muslim Community Fund.The Muslim Community Fund provides scholarships for the Muslim community in Christchurch, and supports the Muslim community in times of need, as required.Founded in 2025, the Muslim Community Fund draws its inspiration from Aotearoa New Zealand’s collective spirit of unity, compassion, and commitment to peace, diversity, and inclusion. The fund strives to create a lasting impact within the community by building on CMCT’s grassroots approach to supporting education, wellbeing, and cultural initiatives since 2014.Powered by generosity and driven by compassion, this fund seeks to inspire the next generation of leaders and innovators within the Muslim community.CMCT welcomes donations to enable the Fund to expand and deepen the impact of this scholarship today and for future generations. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: yes Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, 25 Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 5 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/MCF?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent ### Protect the legacy of Riccarton House and Bush Campaign ID: FUNGHPWFLTJ Status: active Description: Entrusted to the people of Canterbury by the Deans family in 1914, Riccarton House and Bush Pūtaringamotu is a living gift: home to 600-year-old trees, diverse native wildlife, and one of the oldest dwellings in the region. Protecting this place for the next hundred years requires ongoing support from local people who love it. Donate to the Riccarton House and Bush Capital Improvement Fund to help preserve and enhance Riccarton House and Bush Pūtaringamotu for everyone to enjoy. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: no Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 1250, 570, 265, 110, 52, 27 Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 10 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/riccarton-house-and-bush?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent ### Repair and protect the tracks you love Campaign ID: FUNTFESFLDV Status: active Description: The February 2026 storm caused more than $500,000 worth of damage across Banks Peninsula in just 48 hours. For the local community organisations that help maintain the public trail network, costs of this magnitude are nearly impossible to absorb. Your donation to the Banks Peninsula Storm Resilience Fund helps restore damaged tracks today while protecting the landscape, native taonga, and outdoor recreation spaces for future generations. Kura Tāwhiti Foundation retains a small percentage to support administration. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: yes Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 1250, 570, 265, 110, 52, 27 Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 10 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/storm-damage-repair-fund?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent ### Youth Hub Campaign ID: FUNALZTNHXN Status: active Description: As the first of its kind in New Zealand, Youth Hub Christchurch is the turning point in the lives of young people aged 10-25. Based in the heart of Christchurch, our goal is to create a communal space focused on growth and wellbeing, providing opportunities for all young people.​​​ We are committed to providing a youth-centric and accessible environment where young people feel accepted and supported.Donate to the Youth Hub today through Kura Tāwhiti. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: yes Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 1231, 600, 278, 110, 53, 22 Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 5 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/YouthHub?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent ### The Green Philanthropy Fund Campaign ID: FUNWYPWVLJU Status: active Description: The Green Philanthropy Fund was created to accelerate environmental progress in our region, ensuring that our ecosystems thrive for generations to come. This fund is dedicated to supporting projects that protect our whenua (land), awa (water), and rerenga rauropi (biodiversity), addressing the urgent need for environmental stewardship in the Ōtautahi Christchurch region and beyond.Established with seed funding from Environment Canterbury, the Green Philanthropy Fund invites those who are passionate about the environment to contribute to this vital cause. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: yes Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 1139, 583, 277, 113, 59, 23 Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 5 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/GPF?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent ### The Life Fulfilled Fund Campaign ID: FUNADAQAUEV Status: active Description: ​Established by one brave Canterbury mother in 2026, this endowment fund will support charities working across the wider Christchurch region to strengthen whānau wellbeing, combat addiction, champion mental health awareness, and prevent suicide. By donating, you will help weave a stronger safety net for our most vulnerable, creating pathways from despair to hope, from isolation to connection, and from crisis to recovery. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: yes Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, 25 Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 10 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/life-fulfilled-fund?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent ### Koed Lymphoedema Treatment and Research Support Fund Campaign ID: FUNQHSCMHJX Status: active Description: The Koed Lymphoedema Treatment and Research Support Fund will support local lymphoedema treatment services, assist patients who might otherwise struggle to access care, and fund much-needed research into a condition often poorly understood by the medical community. It is a practical solution to a real need, and we welcome your contribution, which will address the crucial gap in accessible treatment options for many women in the wider Christchurch community. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: yes Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, 25 Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 5 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/Koed?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent ### Foundation Fund Campaign ID: FUNHMEHYJYU Status: active Description: Kura Tāwhiti is the Community Foundation for Christchurch, Selwyn and Waimakariri districts. We support people and organisations from all walks of life to achieve their philanthropic ambitions. Together, we are building stronger communities that can create intergenerational impact.When you give to a fund with Kura Tāwhiti, your gift, no matter the size can be invested and grown into an ongoing source of funding. Whether it be a gift today, or a bequest in your will in the future, you are leaving a lasting legacy that will help your community for many years to come.We need your support to make this happen. Kura Tāwhiti is a registered charity and relies on the generosity of people and organisations to support the efficient running of our operations and build for a more sustainable future. If you share our vision and would like to help us realise this opportunity, please make a donation to support us. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: yes Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 1250, 570, 265, 110, 52, 27 Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 5 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/general?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent ### The Kate Sheppard Women's Fund Campaign ID: FUNBPRLZMCT Status: active Description: ​​In 1893 Kate Sheppard and her peers gathered the signatures of nearly 32,000 New Zealand women to demonstrate the groundswell of support for their cause to give women the vote.To play our part in ensuring this proud legacy of changemakers continues, we’ve created the Kate Sheppard Women’s Fund. Donating to the Kate Sheppard Women’s Fund will ensure the voices and actions of wāhine are treasured, amplified and supported for generations to come. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: yes Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 1250, 673, 235, 110, 61, 34 Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 5 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/KateSheppard?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent ### The PRIDE Endowment Fund Campaign ID: FUNHJKFLQBG Status: active Description: The PRIDE Endowment Fund was established after our research identified that residents of greater Ōtautahi Christchurch want to ensure everyone in our city feels welcome. This fund will support initiatives that celebrate diversity, provide support to at-risk individuals, and showcase our region as a place where the rainbow community is embraced and celebrated. Donations to this fund will be invested in perpetuity, with the returns being used to support the rainbow community. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: yes Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 550, 279, 115, 76, 33, 10 Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 5 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/Pride?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent ### The CV Gallagher Trust Scholarship Programme Campaign ID: FUNQCXVRNQL Status: active Description: Established in 1957 and named after Shirley Boys’ High School’s visionary founding Headmaster, ​The CV Gallagher Trust Scholarship Programme has always been committed to supporting educational opportunities and transforming the lives of students with remarkable potential through scholarships.​​​​​You can donate today to provide talented students with the resources and opportunities they need to thrive. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: yes Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 1300, 650, 275, 100, 55, 25 Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 5 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/CVGallagher?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent ### Mayoral Emergency Fund Campaign ID: FUNZLYAJYEW Status: active Description: Kura Tāwhiti - Canterbury Community Foundation is the Community Foundation for Christchurch, Selwyn and Waimakariri districts. We support people and organisations from all walks of life to achieve their philanthropic ambitions. Together, we are building stronger communities that can create intergenerational impact.As at [DATE], we have opened the Mayoral Emergency Fund for [INSERT EMERGENCY HERE]. [INSERT DETAILS ABOUT HOW MONEY WILL BE SPENT - IS IT ALL GOING TO BE PASSED ON TO ANOTHER CHARITY? ETC]The Christchurch Foundation is a registered charity. Thank you for your support at this critical time. Default currency: NZD Other currencies accepted: yes Allowed frequencies: once Suggested once amounts: 1150, 600, 275, 120, 65, 30 Custom amount: yes Minimum amount: 5 Donation page: https://kuratawhiti.donorsupport.co/page/Mayoral?recurring=once¤cy=NZD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent