Healthy Communities Fund Appeal

Using the rental income from a previously owned property, QAHC initiated the Healthy Communities Fund to award small grants for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community projects across Queensland, but the Fund is now running low and in danger of running out of money. Closing the Fund would mean a step backwards for Queensland's LGBT community and is an option we don't want to consider, but we need your support to keep this vital source of LGBT project funding open.

The Fund has awarded over $100,000 and helped many varied LGBT groups across the state and has assisted groups such as Open Doors Youth Service, Australian Transgender Support Association Queensland, QAHC's Lesbian Health Action Group and Aqualicious to name just a few. Through assisting these groups by providing small grants, QAHC can also reach out to communities to better promote our health and wellbeing messages and help build the capacity of the community. The projects that the Fund supports help to connect LGBT people to their communities and this can lead to a number of positive benefits for their health and wellbeing.

For more information on the Healthy Communities Fund (including latest round announcments) visit www.qahc.org.au/fund.

You can donate now securely using the button below and be satisfied in the knowledge that 100% of your donation will go to the Healthy Communities Fund. All donations $2 and over are tax deductible. Thank you for your support, a receipt will be sent to you shortly.

You can also support the Healthy Communities Fund by purchasing an Entertainment Book and save yourself thousands of dollars while enjoying discounted accommodation, fine & casual dining, fast food, theme parks, car hire and more...

For more information, call Fundraising Coordinator, Jason Russo on 07 3017 1728. 

Contents

Make a General Donation

Make a Bequest

Tax Deductible Gifts to QAHC

Community Fundraising

Purchase Entertainment Books

Make a General Donation

Your donation can make a difference. The Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC) relies on donations from individuals and businesses to support much of our work. All donations over $2 to QAHC are tax deductible and a receipt will be provided. QAHC is a Health Promotion Charity and a deductible gift recipient (DGR).  See below for further info on tax deductibility.

You can tell us how you would like your donation to be used:

1. General Use - your donation will be used to support the work of the organisation as a whole.
2. Healthy Community Fund – your donation will help provide funding to small LGBT community groups and projects across the state.
3. Hope Fund - your donation will help provide goods and services for people living with HIV in Queensland who are in need. (Please note the Hope Fund in administered by Queensland Positive People).
4. Resource Centre - your donation will help cover the running costs of the LGBT Resource Centre, enabling free access to the centre for LGBT and HIV groups.

Donors names will be listed (by consent) on the QAHC website and in the annual report. If you are a business we will also display your logo on the ‘sponsors’ section of our website and in the next edition of our newsletter.

You can make a donation online through PayPal using the 'Donate' button on the left of the screen.

Make a Bequest

QAHC can also receive bequests. A bequest is simply a gift made in your will of part or all of your estate. How much you decide to leave as a bequest depends on your own circumstances. It's your personal decision - whatever you can afford will help.

For information on making a will and how to include QAHC open the Writing Your Will booklet or call Fundraising Coordinator, Jason Russo on 07 3017 1728 or 1800 177 434.

Tax Deductible Gifts to QAHC

QAHC, as a registered Health Promotion Charity is a Deductible Gift Recipient (DRG) organisation. This means that individual donors and companies can claim a tax deduction through their tax return for ‘gifts’ made to QAHC. Gifts include money and property (goods) that meet one of the following conditions:

• $2 or more (money), or
• property purchased during the 12 months before the gift is made, or
• property valued over $5,000, or
• trading stock.

Gifts do not include raffle tickets, purchases of fundraising items (e.g. chocolates), membership fees or supply of a service.

The donor can claim the full amount of any money gifted to QAHC.

For property, the value of the gift for the purposes of claiming a deduction is the lesser of either the market value of the gift on the day the gift was made or the amount paid for the gift.  (Note: gifts of property over $5000 require formal valuation – please see the Tax Office for more info).

The gift deduction can be spread over a period of up to 5 years.

The donor should keep a record of any gifts made, including:

• date gift made
• name of organisation given to
• amount of the gift/or description of gift if property
• decisions to spread the deduction
• receipt from organisation (QAHC will automatically provide receipt for money and on request for property ).

Contributions made under a will are generally not tax deductible.

Contributions made by individuals to fundraising events such as balls, gala shows, dinners and charity auctions may be tax deductible, if the following conditions are met:

• contribution is paid to QAHC for attendance at a fundraising event or purchase of goods as a successful bidder at an auction, and
• the value of the contribution is more than $150, and
• the market value of the right/good received (inc. GST) does not exceed the lesser of $150 or 20% of the value of the contribution.

The deduction is limited to the part of the contribution above the market value of the right/good.

Example: You pay $500 to attend a fundraising dinner.  The market value of the diner (all costs) is $50.  You can claim a deduction of $450.
Example: You bid for a painting at auction for $1000.  The market value of the painting is $100.  You can claim a deduction of $900.