Started in 2000, the President’s Challenge is an annual community outreach and fund-raising campaign for beneficiaries selected yearly by the President’s Office. The challenge represents a coming together of people from all walks of life, under the President’s patronage, to help the less fortunate. It serves as a call to all Singaporeans to do their part to build a more caring and inclusive society by giving their time, skills and enterprise.

The Community Chest is the fund-raising and engagement arm of the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) that also engages the community on philanthropy and volunteerism matters. It provides funding support to more than 100 social service agencies running over 200 critical programmes, allowing them to focus on providing services for the disadvantaged.