Giving is Broken…And We’re Here to Fix it

  • Invest2Donate is a non-profit charity built for one purpose: to help donors.

  • We believe donors face an uphill battle, with little support in making smart, easy giving choices.

  • And since charity starts with donors, it’s time they had a better way to give.

  • We make giving easier by helping donors:
    •     Find high-impact charities through independent research;
    •     Set up secure, recurring donations they control.
  • Our approach means fewer costly fundraising campaigns — and more money going where it matters.
  • We’re privately funded, so we work for donors, not donations.

Why Giving Needs to Change

  • Australia has 60,000+ registered charities — too many for donors to navigate alone.
  • There’s little independent guidance to help donors choose.
  • That confusion leads to inaction — which leads to constant fundraising.
  • Fundraising campaigns are expensive and often annoying.
  • Most donations are one-offs (Giving Australia Report 2016), so charities keep re-asking.

Our Solution:

We’re building a platform to:

    •     Educate donors on smarter giving.
    •     Offer independent research on effective charities.
    •     Promote donor-driven recurring donations.

Stay tuned for further updates as we look to create a new and better way for donors to engage with giving.

If you would like to learn more, please contact us here info@invest2donate.org.au

 

 

 

 

Details of Invest2Donate’s board and corporate structure are set out below:

Invest2Donate is a public company limited by guarantee.

It is a registered charity established to operate as a non-profit for the purpose of improving the Giving Environment for donors and charities.

The Directors and Members of Invest2Donate are:

John Joseph Wakim
Founding Director and CEO

John started his career in law, but it was in financial advising that he made his biggest impact.

In a 25 year career with one of Australia’s major financial services success stories, ipac, John was one of its most successful Certified Financial Planners, and a Director of ipac.

INVEST2DONATE is where John’s considerable financial planning expertise crossover with his desire to build a sustainable not-for-profit, that makes it easy for donors to access a new and better way of giving. And one that can deliver leveraged benefits to the community.

Ronald Sean Rahilly
Director

Sean is an experienced senior executive with 20 years’ experience in managing risks, controls and governance in investment banking, equities derivatives and wealth management. His focus has been on delivering practical and workable solutions to business partners to minimise inherent operational and reputational risks.

Sean started his career at Price Waterhouse in Sydney and London. He then worked for HSBC in Sydney and then for Hambros Australia Ltd, Hambros’ local subsidiary. After Societe Generale acquired Hambros, Sean became the Asian Head of Compliance for the Investment Banking Division of Societe Generale, spending his later years in the Hong Kong office before returning to Australia in 2013.

Michael John Swinsburg
Director

With a diverse 25 year career across financial services and executive search, Michael brings a wealth of experience from management roles within major Global and Australian financial services firms from 1984 through to establishing and leading his own executive search practice in 1997.

As Managing Partner of global executive search firm, Alexander Hughes International, Michael runs an Asia Pac firm across financial services, natural resources and energy together with his north Asian colleagues based Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Prior to that, Michael worked with leading financial services groups Macquarie Investment Management Ltd, Prudential Fund Managers and Citigroup, where he led State and national sales teams servicing the financial advisory channel, and developed and marketed a range of retail and institutional investment funds across a broad range of asset classes.