The Frank Bunce Foundation spent $24,336 on the fundraising events and gave out $15,865 in donations. It paid a $40,000 salary to general manager Greg McCalman, who organised events.
A tribute dinner for Sir Colin Meads in September 2010 was a black tie event with a three-course meal, fine wines and a chance to "rub shoulders with some of the greatest players in the history of modern rugby".
Nearly 800 guests paid up to $5744 a table at SkyCity but minutes of a foundation board meeting noted the $30,000 initially anticipated ended up being $15,000.
A charity golf day lost money, Frank Bunce said last year as the trust was wound up, when he postponed the initial date for a trip overseas.
The board last July voted to wind up the trust and give any remaining funds to another charity.
Trustee Vaughan Couillault wrote to the Charities Commission to voluntarily deregister. "For a number of reasons, including Frank's other commitments, response from donors and the current economic climate, there was a motion passed to discontinue the Frank Bunce Foundation Charitable Trust."
Mr Couillault told the commission that $12,625 in cash assets would be donated to Youthline Auckland, which confirmed the gift had been received.
Documents obtained under the Official Information Act show the Charities Commission investigated the trust after the Herald revealed a South Auckland rugby club gave an interest-free $30,000 loan to the former All Black to help buy his house.
Bunce played for the Manukau Rovers and is now the coach, but the club was not involved in the trust.
"The commission is satisfied that the actions and management of the trust have not amounted to serious wrongdoing ... the trust openly admits they have let themselves down with the management style, however maintain that their intentions were well meaning," the investigation summary said.
