History
ShareGift Australia was established in 2004, however we did not perform our first pilot until 2007 which occurred with National Australia Bank. Since that time, we have achieved the following milestones on our journey:
- Jul 2007: Pilot launched with NAB shareholder letter
- Nov 2007: Melbourne launch, NAB
- 4Q 2007: first distribution: $11,500 to 17 charities
- 26 Aug 2008: Sydney launch, ASX
- Sept 2008: ASX Ltd shareholder letter
- 4Q 2011: at a total of $250,500 to over 150 charities.
ShareGift Australia is based on the successful UK charity ShareGift and has received considerable support from them in its establishment.
- ShareGift UK was Established in 1996
- Has generated over £10 million in ten years and supported more than 1,000 different UK registered charities
- Works with all the UK Registrars and has been utilised by 50% of the FTSE 100
- More information on ShareGift can be found at www.sharegift.org
- A similar organisation also exists in the US at www.sharegiftusa.org
ShareGift Australia wishes to express its gratitude to Claire Mackintosh for generously contributing her time and advice in the formation and operation of ShareGift Australia.
Claire Mackintosh, Viscountess Mackintosh of Halifax - Global Patron
Lady Mackintosh has had 16 years' experience in the City of London before establishing ShareGift in the UK. She specialized in UK Equities as an investment manager of pension funds, and then set up an East European private equity fund and worked in the Korean stock market for institutional fund management clients before founding the highly successful share donation charity, ShareGift, in 1996 and becoming its Chief Executive.