Border Trust Community Foundation
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Border Trust Community Foundation
Border Trust is a company limited by guarantee, which is a charitable organisation. It is the Trustee of a charitable trust (known as a public fund). Donations to the public fund are tax deductible. Our communities have needs that are not able to be met by traditional funding sources. The Border Trust encourages individuals, families, businesses and other organisations to make donations to meet these needs, now and in the future. These donations are retained as capital by the Border Trust to build a perpetual and substantial fund for philanthropic purposes.
The raised funds are then directed to community projects selected from applications through a community grants program, and money is distributed to local causes.
Bequests and ‘named funds’ can also be established via Border Trust and are normally held in trust as capital, with the trustees investing these funds and distributing the interest regularly to community groups and initiatives of their choice.