Benefactors

Stephen is a Chartered Accountant, originally from the farming community of Culcairn in the southern Riverina area of NSW where he learned to play table tennis in his teenage years. Stephen has worked alongside many small businesses and Charitable organisations providing accounting services to help people flourish in their particular endeavours. A keen table tennis player, Stephen became the Treasurer of the Ping Pong-A-Thon in 2014 after he came alongside founder Adrian Rowse to help Adrian grow  Pingpongathon from a fledgling event to an Australia wide project. Stephen also played a key role in P4T becoming a registered Charity with deductible gift recipient status. Alongside many hours of his time, Stephen has been a benefactor of P4T since 2014 and proudly financially supports P4T to enable it to be a sustainable model.

Chris Kemp is a retired Chartered Accountant and Registered Company Auditor and tax agent, who came onto the P4T Committee in 2019 as honorary Treasurer. Chris had a long career in Chartered Accounting in both Industry and public accounting, specialising in Tax and audit services, and also worked with NAB in writing finance articles. Chris has a Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne University and a Graduate Diploma in Taxation from Monash University. Chris is now fully retired, and spends time volunteering for a number of Community organisations. Chris has been financially supporting P4T since 2018 to assist it grow its capacity.

The A. C. Goode Charitable Foundation was established in 1973 by Arthur Charles Goode, the founder of stock broking house A.C. Goode & Go, which he grew into one of the largest stockbroking firms in Australia when it was sold to the National Australia Bank in 1987. The Charitable foundation was established to invest in charitable and philanthropic causes as directed by the Goode family. The A. C. Goode Charitable Foundation has been supporting P4T Inc since 2018, and David Goode (who is the current CEO of P4T Inc) is a grandson of the founder, Arthur Charles Goode. The Foundation sees the work of P4T as an innovative and strategic way to combat modern day Slavery and to empower everyday Aussies to do the same.

Nhan Nguyen from Advanced Property Strategies has invested in supporting Pingpongathon backend costs on a regular basis, contributing almost $30,000 over 4 years.

The Andrews Foundation has been a consistent supporter of The Ping Pong-A-Thon, with over the past 6 years they have contributed to the work of P4T in specifically in schools, developing student leadership skills.

Several other donors who wish to remain anonymous have contributed significantly to support the development of The Pong as a sustainable model.