Starfish officially launched … finally.
While Starfish has been operating since 2008, we waited for our official launch until we had all of our regulatory approvals in place. We received the last one in February 2017.
This means that Starfish is now able to receive tax deductible donations. Hooray!!
On the back of this new status, we established the Starfish Foundation, The Foundation has had a fantastic start with an extraordinarily generous $½m donation from Josette Wunder of The Earth Welfare Foundation.
The donation was dedicated to Starfish Foundation’s first project ~ the Rural Sustainability Endowment Fund Appeal ~ which aims to raise $1.5m by 2021 This fund will provide a perpetual stream of micro-grants for rural and remote sustainability initiatives.