The Find Foundation, a Not-For-Profit organisation, was established in 2021 to support other Not-For-Profit entities including community groups and organisations throughout Victoria. Find Foundation was established by Warren Strybosch, who envisioned a better way to benefit local organisations in his local community. Warren used to write articles for the Warrandyte Community paper and was on a committee to help with fundraising, however – Warren wanted to help more than just one organisation with their fundraising needs, and so began the journey of finding a way to support as many NFPs, schools, and sporting clubs as possible in his local community. He also has a passion for education, writing and personal developement, and wanted to continue to write articles related to his business interest, including accounting, to help educate his community about tax and financial planning matters.
Warren had also seen first-hand scammers taking advantage of people in his community, felt that his vision could also help prevent this happening again. Which these ideas as the basis for a start, the Find Maroondah community paper was born. Since establishing the Find Foundation, the organisation has been invited to set up community papers in other regions across Victoria. The Find Foundation governance board has recently been set up to manage the future direction of the Foundation and community newsletters. The Find Foundation is not a newspaper, but a community paper that supports all things local, with the intention to bring communities and community information together in one place. The Find Foundation will also facilitate participation with various groups in the communiy, assisting them to work towards supporting one another.
The Foundation is an initiative that meets a need is not currently being met. Each organisation already has its own way of sharing their information to their own members, but the Find Foundation wants to help them reach the whole community in one centralised place – the Find community papers.
Our Mission Motivation and Values
The Find Foundation has three key mission objectives:
Our Motivation
Find Foundation is committed to community. Not-For-Profits, schools, sporting clubs and other similar organisations, provide a lot of support to the community and in turn we want to support as many of those organisations as possible so they can continue to thrive and provide their necessary services and support to the community. We work with peoples of all cultures, faiths and genders to achieve this outcome.
Our Values
The values regarding people, stewardship and partnering are at the core of all that we, as an organisation, do. Our commitment to applying the values to the way we work makes us unique amongst other, similar, organisations.
We are Committed to supporting all NFP groups, Schools, Sporting Clubs, and other similar organisations.
We will help all organisations; particularly in the area of fundraising, to help them tell their story. We want to help them promote their services and offerings in the areas in which they operate; to help them reach the people they themselves can help the most; to relieve a need or suffering, and or provide a service that benefits others and improves the condition of life for those in need.
We stand in solidarity with all those who are in a common search for wellbeing. We seek to understand the situation of each individual; those who are suffering or just in need of more; be it physically, mentally or spiritually, and to work alongside them all towards fullness of life.
We seek to facilitate an engagement between all in the community; to assist those people from whom others may learn and receive, to assist those that want give, and to bring about local transformation. Together we share a quest for justice, peace, reconciliation, and healing in our local communities.
We Value People
We regard all people as equal and loved. We give priority to people before money, structure, systems and other institutional machinery.
We act in ways that respect the dignity, the uniquely and intrinsic worth of every person; to celebrate the richness of diversity in human personality, culture and contribution.
We practice a participative, open, enabling style in working relationships. We encourage the professional, personal and spiritual development of all.
We are Stewards
The resources at our disposal are not our own. They are provided to us in trust from our sponsors, business owners and the general public. We are faithful to the purpose for which those resources are given, and seek to manage them in a manner that brings maximum benefit to all.
We are stewards of creation. We care for the earth and act in ways that will restore and protect the environment. We seek to ensure that our development activities are ecologically sound.
We Are Partners
We accept the obligations of joint participation, shared goals and mutual accountability that true partnership requires. We affirm our inter-dependence and our willingness to yield autonomy as necessary for the common good. We commit ourselves to know, understand and love each other.
We are partners with all in a shared collective effort to make lasting change. We pursue relationship with all peoples and desire mutual participation.
We maintain a co-operative stance and a spirit of openness towards other humanitarian organisations. We are willing to receive and consider honest opinions from others about our work.
Our Board
Our Board meets regularly and is supported by standing committees. Its work underpins the Find Foundations commitment to operating with accountability, transparency and integrity. The Board oversees a range of policies and processes that reflect good corporate governance. And this directs us towards achieving our mission – empowering people like you to create meaningful change in the world.
Warren Strybosch
Jodie Moore
Sally Higoe
Craig Anderson
Lesley-Anne Banton
