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Collier Charitable Fund

The Collier Charitable Fund (the Fund) (ABN: 23 957 575 189) was established on under the wills of three sisters, the Misses Annette, Alice and Edith Collier who died respectively on 22 November 1947, 6 September 1950 and 22 February 1954. The sisters were the daughters of Mr. Jenkin Collier a grazier and contractor who was born in Wales in 1829 and migrated to Victoria in 1852. He died in 1921.

The Fund is a Public charitable trust administered by four Trustees being Mr. Chris Beeny (Chairman), Mr. Peter Kelly, Mr. Matt Walsh and Mr. Michael Kingston and a Secretary Mr. Geoff Linton.

Distributions of income are made each year at the discretion of the Trustees. At 30 June 2009 the amount distributed will be over $57,372,000.

The Distributions are divided into fourteen equal parts, follows:

1. as to three parts for "Public Benevolent Asylums or Institutions in the State of Victoria".
2. as to two parts for "Public Hospitals in the State of Victoria".
3. as to one part for "the Lord Mayor's Charitable Fund" (Melbourne).
4. as to two parts for "Public Educational Purposes in the Commonwealth of Australia".
5. as to two parts for "Religious Purposes in the Commonwealth of Australia".
6. as to one part for "the Lord Mayor's Charitable Fund with power in the Trustees to designate any hospital or charity as the recipients" (Melbourne). and
7. as to three parts for "the Relief of Poverty in Australia, the Australian Red Cross, the Education of children of deceased or incapacitated Sailors, Soldiers or Airmen or for any other charitable purposes not (otherwise) provided for".

At 30 June 2008 the Corpus of the Fund was over $76,965,996 at market value. The assets of the Fund are held via a Trustee controlled entity, being Collier Charitable Fund Custodian Corporation (ABN 33 182 798 985).

If you believe you would qualify for a Distribution of income please refer to the Guideline section of this website or have any query in relation to the operations of the Fund please refer to the Contact Us section. Our Annual report for the year ended 30 June 2008 can be found in the Annual Report section. Details of the recipients of the 30 June 2008 Distribution of income are also detailed in the Annual Report section.