The Western Australian Community Foundation was established to create and nurture philanthropic partnerships, by helping to build, grow and distribute endowed funds for WA communities. WACF serves as an umbrella organisation, providing the necessary financial and legal frameworks – as well as support services – that enables communities (metropolitan and regional) to raise funds and generate income for them in perpetuity. The foundation’s financial model is also a vehicle through which businesses, individuals and other groups can direct their giving to communities around the state that produces sustainable and long-term outcomes. Board: Chair - Frank Cooper, Deputy chair - Dr Neale Fong, Director - Tony Howarth AO, Ian Carter, Jane Mouritz, Howard Read, Katrina Banks-Smith, David Beurle, Company secretary - Michael Anderson