Partner With Us

Partnership Benefits:

Payton financial management expertise
Access to Charity Partners and Payton Endorsed Charities
Portfolio giving via Health, Housing and Education
Opportunities to connect directly with charities
Opportunities to engage beyond giving
Regular updates and reporting
Brand your own Donor Advised Giving fund
Leave the admin and governance to us

Develop a Giving Strategy

Everyone’s giving strategy is different. We invite the opportunity to discuss your giving strategy and offer a unique way to invest a portion of your investment returns in improving the lives of the world’s most vulnerable.

We’re here to assist you in identifying key needs and connecting with charities and programs that are making a real impact.

Considering which causes to support is a great way to involve children and grand-children. You could have regular meetings to decide how to make allocations. We can help facilitate this.

Donor-advised giving allows individuals to contribute to a dedicated fund, receive an immediate tax benefit, and support charities over time.

We can help you to:

1. Set-up a Giving Fund:

A Giving Fund is a sub-fund, within our ACNC registered Public Ancillary Fund which allows you to participate in where the funds are distributed, without the governance headaches. You decide what the fund is called and it can be promoted to your networks.

2. Establish a Corpus:

You get an immediate tax deduction for any money you put in the Giving Fund but it can be released over time. We will invest the funds, in accordance with our Investment Policy and then make donations from the income. We need to distribute at least 4% of the corpus each year. If the income is greater than that we can give more away or let the corpus build up for greater impact in the future. If appropriate, the corpus can also be reduced over time, bringing forward the impact of your giving.

3. Advise the trustees how to Distribute.

It is the responsibility of the trustees to determine how to distribute gifts from the Foundation including any giving funds. This is to ensure that recipients meet appropriate governance and outcome objectives. The trustees will seek your advice on how you would like your giving fund allocated. Distributions will be made to:

Our Charity Partners or Endorsed Charities
Any ACNC registered charity with DGR Item 1 status.

4. Get the family involved.

Have you thought about how the nest generation will carry on your philanthropy? We can help you to hold family meetings to consider which charities to support. And we can facilitate engagement opportunities directly with the charities you are helping, including immersion trips overseas.

Fees & Reporting

We provide quarterly updates on what your giving fund has supported, how much is left to give and how much it’s earning.

We do not charge fees. All our overheads are covered, so every dollar donated can go where it’s needed most.

We do however ask that you consider allocating some of your giving to Seeding Hope Ltd, our charity supporting vulnerable people experiencing poverty, homelessness and distress in Australia and around the world.

Go Beyond Giving

See firsthand

Nothing beats seeing the need and meeting the people face to face. We regularly visit our charity partners in Australia, Asia and Africa and we love taking friends with us.

Our immersion trips are a great way to expand your horizons and see the impact of your work firsthand – You won’t come back the same.

To find out how you can join an upcoming trip email foundation@payton.com.au

Philippines – March 2025
Africa – Uganda and Kenya – June 2025
NT – August 2025
Thailand – 2025

Use Your Influence

You probably take it for granted that you have the ability to influence people in your networks. This influence can be leveraged to help others.

What doors are you able to open for charities that they can’t?

Make an introduction to the right person,
Negotiate a better deal on behalf of a charity,
Promote a charity fundraiser from your platform,
Add credibility to an application,
Ask suppliers to donate goods

These actions would cost you nothing but may be priceless to the charity.

Lend Your Expertise

Charities struggle to get skilled professionals to advise without having to pay them. Typical professions needed include:

Legal
Accounting/bookkeeping
Medical practitioners (for health related charities)
Marketing
Social Media
HR
Policy writing
Compliance
IT specialists
Project management

Volunteer Your Time

Your time is precious and can be precious to those you give it too. You can volunteer in your area of expertise or step out and learn a new skill from them.

Board roles
Pro bono advisory
Regular roster
Occasional events
Corporate days
Hold a fundraiser

Use Your Resources

Do you have an asset that you could allow a charity to use?

Office space, meeting rooms, hot desk or storage facilities
Event spaces
Host a fundraiser on your boat
Provide a rental property at half rent
Transport
IT infrastructure
Surplus furniture

Housing Projects

At the Payton Foundation, we recognize the shortage of suitable housing, and we are dedicated to increasing social housing stock and supporting scalable housing solutions.

Learn more

Due Diligence Process

Charity Partners and Payton Endorsed Charities represent two distinct relationships with the Payton Foundation.

A Charity Partner has undergone in-depth due diligence and receives ongoing support and commitment from the Payton Foundation. These partnerships involve direct collaboration, with the Foundation actively engaging in projects, providing ongoing seed funding and promotion to our network of Giving Partners. We are dedicated to this partnership, attending events and offering expertise to strengthen their efforts. This relationship emphasises long-term commitments to mutual goals. Additionally, we provide Giving Partners with opportunities to visit, volunteer and connect with these charities, fostering meaningful relationships and engagement. This collaboration not only enhances the charity’s capacity to make a difference but also amplifies the effectiveness of your contributions.

Payton Endorsed Charities have undergone a due diligence process to ensure alignment with our values, including a commitment to community impact, sustainability, and integrity. Each endorsed charity demonstrates the capacity to empower individuals and deliver meaningful outcomes through their work. Support for these charities comes from our Giving Partners.

If you would like to give to a charity not on the endorsed list, but you want to make sure they are well managed, we can do the due diligence review for you, for donations exceeding $30,000 pa.

How can we help?

Everyone’s giving strategy is different. Talk to us about what you’d like to do and we’ll connect you with a charity who needs you.

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