Community Fund - Parish Planning Giving
Reduce the security requirements and logistics of handling cash and implement an electronic planned giving service. It provides parishioners with the ease of set and forget facility. Also provides parish treasurers more certainty with the preparation of budgets to sustain the financial requirements of the parish.
Help your church or organisation grow through AFM Planned Giving, a low cost way to collect offerings automatically by direct debit and credit card, which is fully administered by the friendly staff at AFM.
Benefits to your Anglican Parish
Increased giving through convenience for parishioners. Funds are available in your Monthly Income or Cheque account immediately when they are received. Provides your church with a regular, predictable cashflow. Allows for regular contributions even if church members can’t regularly attend worship. Giving can coincide with donor’s income – fortnightly, monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or annually. Less administration for treasurers. Safety for those handling cash.
Benefits for your Parishioners
How to get started
The plan is fully administered by the friendly staff at AFM, and we can tailor our service to suit the needs of your church and its processes. To establish a planned giving program at your parish:
Once your facility is set up, the staff at AFM will then contact you to arrange for the brochures to be delivered, and you can then launch the program with your parishioners. Parishioners then fill out application forms and can either post them directly to us, or your parish treasurer may like to collect them for internal purposes and then forward them in bulk to AFM.
As completed application forms are received from your parishioners or treasurer:
It is that easy.
Community Fund Forms, Terms & Conditions
Online Access Terms & Conditions
Target Market Determinations for Community Fund
Australia Post Cheque Cashing Facility - Authority Form
AFM has an agreement in place that will allow Parishes to cash cheques at any Australia Post office that provides Bank@Post facilities.
This service assists Parishes and Anglican entities who require cash for petty cash or fundraising days. Simply take your cheque to an Australia Post office who will cash a cheque up to the approved limit nominated by authorised signing authorities.
Please fill in the Australia Post Cheque Cashing Authority to AFM once complete.
The Community Fund offers a simple and convenient loan to assist the smoothing on cash flow of the annual upfront insurance premium.
AFM's Parish Insurance Loans are designed to assist Parishes to manage the yearly insurance invoice, AFM offers a short-term loan at favourable interest rates.