Charitable Foundation

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About Us

In 1995 the Australian Medical Association (NSW) established the AMA (NSW) Charitable Foundation to harness the goodwill and charitable spirit of the medical profession to provide funding for projects that promote health and well-being.

The Foundation has a commitment to addressing the physical, social and emotional needs of all Australians, particularly those disadvantaged in our society. It also seeks to develop partnerships with government, business and community groups to work together and fund projects where a real and immediate difference can be made to people in need.

Role of the Advisory Board

The Foundation is managed by a trustee-appointed Advisory Board which meets three to four times a year. The Board comprises members of the medical and legal professions and has representation from Parliament, AMA (NSW) and the media. Its role is to:

• Monitor the proper and efficient performance of the AMA Charitable Foundation.
• Make recommendations to the trustee for the disbursement of funds held by the Foundation.
• Make representation on behalf of the AMA Charitable Foundation to the medical profession, corporations and the wider community in order to obtain funding support.

Advisory Board members of the AMA (NSW) Charitable Foundation

• A/Prof John Gullotta, Chairman and General Practitioner
• Mr Scott Chapman, Senior Partner, TressCox Lawyers
• Ms Fiona Davies, CEO, AMA (NSW)
• Dr Elizabeth Feeney, Anaesthetist and Honorary Treasurer AMA (NSW)
• Mr Ron Heinrich, Senior Partner, TressCox Lawyers
• Dr Brian Morton, General Practitioner and President AMA (NSW)
• Dr Michael Steiner, Ophthalmologist and Vice President AMA (NSW)
• Mr David Taylor, Consultant, TressCox Lawyers
• Ms Sophie Scott, ABC TV Reporter
• The Patron is Her Excellency, Professor Marie Bashir AC, Governor of New South Wales.

Fundraising Events

The AMA Charitable Foundation is a funding body focusing on the collection and disbursement of funds for projects which meet its stated objectives and, where there is a specific need, initiating projects in partnership with other organisations.

Its fundraising relies on:

• An annual Black Tie Dinner
• An annual Charity Golf Classic.
• Direct mail appeals twice-a-year.
• Contributions from Visiting Medical Officers of 0.25 per cent of their VMO income.
• Other special events as held from time-to-time.

Previous Grants

Since being established the Foundation has donated more than $900,000 to many organisations:

• The Fred Hollows Foundation ($60,000) – for a diode laser unit to treat eye disease in Aboriginal communities.
• Community Drug Education Project ($30,000).
• School Drug Education programs ($204,000) – CD-rom development.
• The Multiple Sclerosis Society of NSW ($39,750) – special shower commodes, specialised mobile showering trolleys and reconditioned wheelchairs.
• Bear Cottage ($30,000) – for equipment for the new children’s hospice.
• House with No Steps ($9,000) – for sensory room and exercise equipment.
• Muscular Dystrophy Assoc ($20,000) - for electric wheelchairs.
• Royal Flying Doctor Service ($15,000) – for five intravenous pump sets for use in rural areas and $28,480 for purchase of ventilator.
• The Exodus Foundation ($60,000) – for purchase of 22-seater bus for disadvantaged students.
• Careflight ($65,000) – for three mobile intensive care stretcher bridges.
• Red Cross ($10,000) – for Asian Quake and Tsunami disaster.
• Vision Australia ($35,000) – for purchase of Braille typewriters and reading materials.
• Lifeline NSW ($50,000) – for development of suicide intervention/prevention programs.
• Royal Hospital for Women ($20,000) – for the establishment of a database on osteoporosis prevalence in Aboriginal communities.
• Aussie Helpers ($75,000) – for purchase of a truck to assist people struggling in the bush.
• Wheelchair Sports NSW ($20,000) – for five wheelchairs for use in their sports rehabilitation program.
• Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre ($120,000) – for a synergy machine and purchase of cochlear implants for three disadvantage persons who are hearing impaired.
• Bobby Goldsmith Foundation ($12,000) – for purchase of three mobility scooters.

Application for Funding

The trustee applies the whole or part of the Foundation’s net income to or for the benefit of eligible charities.

An eligible charity is a benevolent public institution or a fund authority or institution which is charitable at law and is referred to in any of the items in the tables in sections 78(4) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

Eligible charities which desire to receive funding from the Foundation should complete this application form and address it to The Secretary, AMA (NSW) Charitable Foundation.

Download an Application for Funding form (PDF) (30 Kb).

Contact

AMA (NSW) Charitable Foundation

PO Box 121, St Leonards NSW 1590

Phone: 02 9439 8822

Fax: 02 9438 3760

Email: charitable@amansw.com.au

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