The Ottomin Foundation’s charitable activities are guided by its Charity Committee, which meets regularly to review giving strategies, assess impact, and ensure meaningful involvement across all philanthropic initiatives.
The Ottomin Foundation is driven by a set of core principles that shape its philanthropic approach and ensure meaningful, long-term impact:
Partnership: We prioritise active engagement with our charitable partners. By understanding their services, challenges, and goals, we foster enduring relationships that typically evolve into multi-year funding partnerships. The Ottomin Foundation tends to avoid one-off donations.
Impact: Our focus is on delivering tangible, measurable outcomes. We support targeted programs that provide immediate and lasting benefits to the communities and causes we serve.
Leverage: Where possible, we amplify our contributions through strategic partnerships, such as matching donations, to maximise the reach and effectiveness of our support.
Collaboration: We bring together like-minded community and business groups to broaden the visibility of our partners, enhance fundraising capabilities, and expand service delivery.
Sustainability: We work with our partners to strengthen their market presence, improve fundraising capacity, and ensure continued service provision beyond our direct support.
Accountability: We seek relationships with charities that demonstrate strong governance, transparency, and alignment with our values. Annual acquittal reports and a culture of openness are essential.
Involvement: We value hands-on engagement. Our Charity Committee members often participate directly in volunteer opportunities, deepening our connection with the causes we support.
Leadership: We back visionary management teams and are comfortable taking a leadership role in piloting innovative charitable projects, especially in their early stages.
Since its inception, the Ottomin Foundation has built a strong track record of supporting pilot projects in their formative stages. By identifying promising initiatives early, the Foundation helps catalyse long-term sustainability—often enabling projects to attract recurring government or private donor support once proven. A notable example is the Foundation’s nine-year commitment to the Chronic Illness Peer Support (CHiP) Program at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, which, following extensive research into the benefits of peer support, now receives ongoing government funding.
