The Trustees govern the trust to ensure that donations are invested in order to generate returns to cover expenses and fund grants. At the same time our goal is to ensure that a gift to the trust keeps on giving year after year. In short we aim for attractive investment returns and aim to protect the capital invested over the long term. This calls for a conservative approach to risk. The trustees obtained independent financial advice in developing investment strategy. Today the trust invests in a mix of index funds, securities and bank deposits. In this way the trust receives returns from a diversified portfolio of Australian and International shares and government bonds; property securities and cash. The result has been an average annual return since inception of 5%pa, achieved at low cost, and with total preservation of donated funds.