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What is a Voluntary Welfare Organisation (VWO)
An organization that provides welfare services and/or services that benefit the community at large and is not profit-making. There is no legal definition of a VWO, but VWOs are typically registered with the Societies Act or as a trust (under a trust deed).
How do I register as a Society?
VWOs that want to be registered as a Society should register with:
Registry of Societies (ROS)
Singapore Immigration & Registration
SIR Building
10 Kallang Road #06-00
Singapore (208718)
For more information and to download application form,please visit this website:
www2.mha.gov.sg/mha/ibrowse.jsp?type=12&root=0&parent=0&cat=90
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What is a charity
A charity is an organisation / trust / foundation set up exclusively for charitable purposes. It carries out activities to achieve these purposes.
Charitable purposes can be classified into the following four main categories:
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the relief of poverty |
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the advancement of education |
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the advancement of religion |
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other charitable purposes which help and benefit the community |
How do I register as a charity?
VWOs that want to register as a charity needs to be first formerly registered with the ROS, the RCB, or be established under any written law before they can register as a charity. VWOs that want to register as a charity needs to be successfully registered under the Charities Act with:
Commisioner of Charities (COC)
55 Newton Road
Revenue House
Singapore 307987
Tel: 63512875
Fax:63512888
All Charities set up in Singapore must apply for registration under the Charities Act within 3 months of its set up.
For registration, more information on guidelines for governing instruments, charity trustees, their responsibilities and duties, annual reports, permits, tax aspects of charities, please visit the following website: www.iras.gov.sg/ESVPortal/others/charities/index.asp
I want the list of registered charities in Singapore. Please visit this website:
www.iras.gov.sg/esvportal/others/charities/charity/charitylist.asp
What is an Institution of Public Character (IPC) status?
An agency with IPC status can issue tax exemption receipts to its donors.
To know more about IPC status.
How do I apply for IPC status?
www.iras.gov.sg/ESVPortal/others/charities/index.asp
I want the list of agencies with IPC status in Singapore. Please visit this website:
www.iras.gov.sg/esvportal/others/charities/charity/ipcList.asp
I want to know the best practices for fund-raising.
www.ncss.org.sg/ncss/donate/tipsongiving_main.html
Fund-raising license for local charitable causes:
For local fund-raising activities, you need to apply for a House-to-House and Street Collection license from:
Police Licensing Division
Police Cantonment Complex
391 New Bridge Road
#02-701
Singapore 088762
Tel. 65575825
Fax: 62262254
What is it?
It is a license issued by the police to legitimize collection of funds from strangers for a purpose that is approved by the Licensing officer.
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No license is required for solicitation of funds from friends, relatives and well wishers and through appeal letters and the media |
For more information, please visit this website:www.spf.gov.sg/licence/frameset_HH.html
Fund-raising license for foreign charitable causes:
For fund-raising appeals for foreign charitable causes, you need to apply for a permit under the Charities (Fund-Raising Appeals For Foreign Charitable Purposes) Regulations 1994:
For more information, please visit this website:
www.iras.gov.sg/ESVPortal/others/charities/charities_g.1.6
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What is a Central Fund Membership?
This is a scheme that allows authorized VWOs to receive tax-deductible donations from individual and corporate donors who have given donations to your VWOs to receive tax-deduction for their donations.
Under this Central Fund (CF) Scheme, authorised CF members shall be able to issue tax-deductible receipts for outright cash donations and share donations from donors.
Who do I register with?
Depending on the activities of the VWO, this Central Fund Membership can be applied through the following agencies:
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Education Fund administered by Ministry of Education |
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Health Endowment Fund administered by Ministry of Health |
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National Arts Council |
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National Council of Social Service |
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National Youth Council |
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People's Association |
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Singapore Sports Council |
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Singapore National Olympic Council |
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Singapore Environment Council |
For more information, please visit the IRAS website:
www.iras.gov.sg/ESVPortal/others/charities/index.asp
The Government will inject $45 million into the VWOs-Charities Capability Fund (VCF) over the next five years. The fund is intended to further enhance the professional and services capabilities of the VWOs providing social services in Singapore. The National Council of Social Service (NCSS) will administer the VCF.
The VCF provides co-funding for the following :
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Scholarships and Training |
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Research |
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Consultancy |
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Pilot Projects |
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Information-Communications Technology (ICT) |
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Infrastructure and applications |
For more information on the criteria and application forms, please visit this website:
www.ncss.org.sg/vcf/
From January 2004, all organisations seeking funding from the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) to run any of the MCYS' approved facilities will be evaluated based on the Open Selection System which has been implemented for selection of service providers of Family Service Centres and Neighbourhood Links since 1999. The selection process enables more people/interested groups to know of the opportunities in the social service and community sector, and ensures an objective way of selecting providers of social services. list of MCYS approved facilities.
There are three key components in the open selection process :
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| When the needs for programmes or facilities are identified, notification will be placed in newspapers and MCYS or respective CDC websites to invite potential service providers to the briefings (if necessary) or to submit proposals to run such facilities. These notices will be put up on the first Friday of the month in the Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao as well as the MCYS or respective CDC website.
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| b) Selection Panel |
| Potential service providers will be asked to submit their proposals to run such programmes. These proposals would be evaluated by a selection panel chaired by MCYS and comprising relevant representatives from the National Council of Social Service (NCSS), Community Development Council (CDC) and the Citizens' Consultative Committee. |
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Evaluation of the proposals will be based on a set of selection criteria including programme and management soundness. The proposals will also be evaluated based on criteria specific to that particular programme or facility. These general and specific criteria will facilitate the selection of appropriate and effective service providers. Please visit to view the general criteria . As for the programme-specific criteria, these will be put up on the website when we invite proposals for the running of the respective facilities/programmes.
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