The Community Chest of Singapore


Community Chest is a non-profit organisation that channels resources to the social service sector in Singapore. It was established in 1983 to centralise the fund-raising activities of its member Voluntary Welfare Organisations, to ensure that its members could concentrate on providing services and to reduce fund-raising expenses.

Governance

The Community Chest is headed by a committee with members from various sectors and occupations. The current chairman, Mr. Phillip Tan, the National Council of Social Service board member, who is the group finance director at CityState Capital Asia.
The President of Singapore, President Halimah Yacob is Community Chest's Patron-in-Chief while Mr. Desmond Lee, Minister for the Ministry for Social and Family Development is Patron to the NPO.
Patron-in-ChiefHer Excellency, Mdm Halimah Yacob, President of the Republic of Singapore
PatronDesmond Lee, Minister for Social and Family Development
AdvisorTan Chuan-Jin, Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
AdvisorJennie Chua

Community Chest Committee

Programmes Supported

The funds raised by the Community Chest are used for programmes that fall into four broad categories:
  1. Children with special needs to reach potential
  2. Adults with disabilities to integrate into society
  3. Relationships of families in difficulty to stay strong
  4. Elderly to age graciously in the community
  5. Mental illness
In 2007, the Community Chest raised $52 million that was made available to more than 140 programmes. Singapore Pools and the Totalisator Board sponsor all of Community Chest's fund-raising costs.

Fund-raising Mechanisms

Community Chest raises funds through various means. These include:
ComChest Management is made up of: