philanthropic platform people purpose passion we provide our beneficiaries with a hand up instead of a hand out . this promotes lifelong skills that will make a difference to their lives and the people around them . mr lim boon heng chairman temasek we provide our beneficiaries with a hand up instead of a hand out . this promotes lifelong skills that will make a difference to their lives and the people around them . mr lim boon heng chairman temasek laying the foundation for meaningful community giving more than a decade ago we started to think of how we can give back to the community in a meaningful and sustainable way . we seeded the thinking and philosophy of creating something beyond a typical donation model one that is sustainable and addresses current issues . in 2003 we instituted a policy of setting aside a share of our excess returns for the community for each year that we exceed our risk adjusted cost of capital . it was important for our contributions to be sustainable continued availability of funds governance in the management and disbursement of the funds and having the right team of committed passionate people to deliver the outcomes we want to achieve . in 2007 we set up temasek trust to provide financial oversight and governance of our endowment gifts to our non profit philanthropic organisations nppos . this allows our nppos to focus on the implementation and management of social and community programmes . our community investment mandate and framework to guide our giving we developed four community investment mandates of building people building communities building capabilities and rebuilding lives . our journey of giving the temasek philanthropic platform since inception in 1974 temasek has established 17 endowments focusing on building people building communities building capabilities and rebuilding lives . the establishment of the temasek philanthropic platform reaffirms temasek s ongoing commitment to the wider community in singapore and beyond and signals the next phase of our community investment journey . to date we have collectively touched over 300 000 lives in singapore and across asia through our community initiatives . the platform comprises temasek trust temasek s six foundations and temasek foundation management services . temasek trust temasek trust was established in 2007 as an independent trustee to provide financial oversight and governance of philanthropic endowments and gifts by temasek . the trust is responsible for the disciplined and sustainable disbursements of the endowments and gifts to temasek s six foundations which in turn are guided by their respective mandates and strategic thrusts to drive their community programmes . click here for temasek trust website temasek family of six foundations description comment comment building capabilities with programme partners in asia and beyond go to website contributing to the well being dignity and livelihoodof needy individuals families and communities in singaporego to website building bridges and partnerships promoting dialogue and mutual understandinggo to website developing talent fostering learning and growthgo to website developing practical solutions for a better life through research and innovation.building research capabilities through collaborationgo to website championing sustainability developing innovative solutions to improve liveabilitygo to website contact 60b orchard road 06 18 tower 2 the atrium orchard singapore 238891 view google maps connect terms of use privacy accessibility copyright 2016 temasek holdings private limited