Secure your organisation’s
future
Setting up a Community Group Fund with the Acorn Foundation will ensure that your organisation receives a continuous income stream in the future. It’s free to set up and your supporters can donate any amount to your fund, at any time during their lifetime or in their will.
Your fund begins generating investment returns immediately, which are re-invested to help your fund grow. Once your fund reaches the $50,000 distribution threshold, a portion of the returns are paid out to your organisation every year.
Because the capital in your fund is preserved, this means you can rely on a sustainable, passive, annual income stream - forever!
We’re here to help
Adding a Community Group Fund with Acorn to your fundraising strategy is a smart way to maximise your income. You can offer your supporters the option of leaving a gift in their Will to your fund. Donations made through bequests consistently represent a large piece of the giving pie.
We can help you formulate and implement an effective bequest strategy to grow your Community Group Fund.
“To meet our mission of “Saving Lives At Sea”, we have a need to increase our sustainable income. We envisage that our Acorn Foundation endowment fund will play a significant part in achieving this.”
– Dane Robertson, Operations Manager, Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard
“Our Community Group Endowment Fund supports the refuge to tell our story to potential benefactors, so that we can receive help to provide a safe place to grieve, heal and plan for the future. Some families have bequested gifts to us and might have left us $10,000, and we’re just like, WOW!”
– Hazel Hape, Manager of Tauranga Women’s Refuge
Join us
Join over 45 charitable organisations and set up your Community Group Fund for free today.
Simply complete the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) below and return it to us. Alternatively, we’d love to discuss further the benefits of setting up a Community Group Fund with Acorn.
See a full list of charities with Community Group Funds here.