The Canterbury Historical Foundation has:

• Established the annual Canterbury Community Historian grant, worth $12,000
• Supported the on-line Christchurch history database
• Made grants to local historians for pre-publication expenses
• Presented the A C Rhodes Memorial Medal for exceptional service in promoting history in the community
• Enlarged a scholarship fund to assist post-graduate study overseas
• Hosted the annual free Jim Gardner Lectures which honour this noted local historian
• Held public lectures to mark historic events
• Financed a cd-rom to supply archived illustrations for school history projects
• Provided prize money for secondary school history competitions
• Supported oral history through the Origins of New Zealand English project
• Organised social events as an enjoyable way to bring together members and others interested in history