Raising funds and creating awareness for the under priveledged citizens in the Eastern Cape Province.
The Community Chest was established in 1952 and is one of the oldest organizations of its kind in South Africa.
When it was established it had become part of the fabric of society, encouraging philanthropy and working to restore hope to the vulnerable and marginalize the community. Today they still continues to facilitate social change, providing a range of sources which serve to non-governmental organizations. These include:
• Financial grants
• In kind donations
• Training
• Give as you earn (GAYE)
• Community engagement and working with business to make social investment effective.
The affairs of the Community Chest of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan are in the hands of the Board constituted by donor members. The Mayor on the Nelson Mandela Bay is a Patron for the Community Chest, Municipality representative and Business representative.
The daily running of the Community Chest is entrusted to the Chief Executive Officer and her staff.
To improve lives by mobilizing caring power of community to advance common good.
Non- Profit: means neither commercial nor purely governmental enterprise but independent community organization that operates without intent to make a profit. All the revenue is used to accomplish the organization’s mission except for what is needed to find reasonable administration.
Community Chest works to create strategies to improve lives in both the long and short term, an example among many would be putting a significant effort into feeding families today, and also improving the conditions that cause poverty and hunger. This is the kind of short/long term strategies the Community Chest undergoes to ensure the change necessary so that there are less hungry families in the future.
