The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust Public Fund Management Committee (the committee) is responsible for the review, acceptance, or refusal of gifts to the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust Public Fund.
If you're considering a gift to the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust, learn how the committee reviews and accepts gifts to ensure they support our purpose and meet ethical and legal standards.
The committee:
- will only accept unconditional gifts of money or property.
- will only accept a gift if it can be used by the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust for its principal purpose as defined in the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW).
- may accept a gift of real property if it can be managed via the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust' Revolving Fund to yield a high value conservation agreement consistent with the organisation's programs and principal purpose.
- may accept a gift of real or personal property even if that property itself cannot be used by the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust for its principal purpose, on the basis that the organisation can liquidate that property, deposit the proceeds into the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust Public Fund, and use the proceeds for its principal purpose.
- may decline to accept or decide to return a gift of real or personal property if it cannot be used by the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust for its principal purpose.
- may decline to accept a gift of real property if it is encumbered in any manner that prevents it being used by the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust for its principal purpose. The committee may seek evidence or make inquiries with the owner of the property or with appropriate regulators to satisfy itself that a proposed gift of property is unencumbered. For example, the committee may decline a proposed gift of property if that property was a contaminated site.
- may decline a gift of money or property valued at less than $10,000.
- may decline a gift of money or property from a prospective donor if the committee believes that accepting any such gift may compromise NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust operations, integrity, or reputation, or constitute a perceived, potential or actual conflict of interest.
- will not accept donations from people or organisations that are, or are likely to be, subject to regulation or inspection by the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust or NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water without adequate alternate and reasonable strategies in place to ensure the organisation can carry out its regulatory function.
- will not accept donations where staff have a reasonable belief the donor is in vulnerable circumstances or lacks capacity to make a decision to donate.
For a complete copy of our Policy on acceptance, management and use of gifts, please download the document linked below.
