What is CommunityRewards?
A seamless user-friendly cardlinked program that enables members to purchase from participating brands who are committed to growing their businesses AND supporting their Local Community. Members earn points that can be exchanged for cash or directed towards meaningful local community causes. The Program empowers participants to unite with complimentary businesses and, in so-doing, drive outcomes for all stakeholders; members, businesses and community.
How does CommunityRewards Work?
Each time a member purchases goods and/or services from participating businesses, they automatically earn cashback on every dollar that they spend. (The amount of cashback depends on the value of the incentive or rebate that participating enterprises are willing to offer. To receive cashback, the member registers with CommunityRewards and nominates the percentage that they wish to support from the thousands of participating causes.
At the end of each month, the cashback earned by Members are transferred to their E Wallet and their specified percentage automatically remitted to their selected cause. CommunityRewards are issued as Cashback and cannot expire nor can they be used for any cause other than to the selected cause with a tax-deductible receipt issued on behalf of those causes that have deductible gift recipient status (DGR status).
For Businesses
CommunityRewards™ is:
A currency of change that opens up the conversation between corporations and their customers/employees by enabling them to earn cashback and support the cause of their choice. A loyalty platform that delivers rewards straight to your customers as Cashback. It’s good for charity and it's good for business too!
We act as a conduit administering fundraising on behalf of some 3,000 participating Community Organisations/Charities with a collective Member base exceeding 3 million people. Points4Purpose, its associates and directors have extensive experience in both the loyalty and reward industry as well as the crowdfunding for charity sector.
We work with corporates to:
- Retain and grow relationships with valued Customers and Employees
- Enable loyalty recipients to elect a cause of their choice to receive their loyalty benefit
- Facilitate and enhance their corporate social responsibility program
For Causes
We work with participating Causes to:
- Reinforce their Mission
- Retain & grow their relationships with valued Donors
- Reactivate dormant donors who may be identified as ‘inactive’
- Recruit new donors to provide a fresh stream of fundraising
With over 500 participating businesses and over 2,000 worthy causes now on board, CommunityRewards is set to be piloted in Q3 2023 and rolled out nationally in Q4 of this year.
Meet the Team
AUSTRALIA Team
Leadership
Ivan Schwartz, Founder & CEO 
Ivan has over 20 years’ experience in direct marketing and loyalty programs across a wide variety of sectors. Ivan brings his extensive relationship marketing and general management experience to the business.
Stan Zets, Finance Director
Stan is a Chartered Accountant and former CEO of an international professional advisory firm. He served as a director of numerous companies in Australia, the UK, USA and others. He brings a wealth of finance and governance skills, and deep knowledge of the loyalty and rewards sector having advised Qantas Loyalty on their Business Awards Platform.
>Kaushik Saksena, CTO
Kaushik, a Web/IT solutions expert who specialises in leading digital technology teams to achieve successful product delivery, oversaw development of the company’s platforms and ongoing management of solutions. He leads technical engagement with external dev teams to ensure effective merchant deployment of points4purpose as the foundation for customer success.
Geoff Hirsh, Director
Geoff is a Management Consultant and M&A Advisor. Defining strategy and solving growth-limiting problems. Co-founder of BGC Potenza and BGC Consulting. Passionate about helping businesses achieve sustainable success.
Alan Branch
Alan is working with many businesses on their international expansion. He is an independent director and advisory board member for a range of corporations.
US Team
Leadership
Ivan Schwartz, Founder & CEO
Ivan has over 20 years’ experience in direct marketing and loyalty programs across a wide variety of sectors. Ivan brings his extensive relationship marketing and general management experience to the business.
James Trocme, COO
A seasoned professional with global cross-cultural and industry experience in product management, product engineering and development, FinTech, banking automation, payments technologies, software, services, security, fraud risk management. He brings decades of experience in competitive and market intelligence for business development.
Carl Preller, Advisor
Carl is currently Managing Partner for Level-Up North America, a boutique Commerce Strategy Consulting agency working globally with multiple leading clients such as PepsiCo, L’Oreal, Haleon and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. He is a global Commercial and Strategy leader with a strong track record of driving business growth, innovation, and organizational transformation across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Erwin Catindig, VP Special Projects
Erwin is a seasoned business leader in driving growth and innovation through technology. He has a proven track record of elevating products and services, improving customer experience, and optimizing global operations, with a focus on driving revenue growth and reducing costs. Erwin has managed financial service organizations delivering operational efficiencies and double-digit increases in efficiency.
Leslie Poole, VP Credit Unions
Senior (C) Level Executive with extensive experience in, and passion for, developing companies, products, people, and winning teams. 26 years experience with emergent technology and financial service companies, selling into Fortune 500’s, Credit Unions, B2B’s, and SMB’s. Success in leading startup companies, building and managing national partnerships.
News
Shopping Centres Leading The Charge To Drive Sustainable Community Outcomes And Retail Growth
In today's rapidly evolving retail landscape, shopping centres are discovering innovative ways to blend purpose with profit.
Read the latest Shopping Centre News article and delve into the strategies that forward-thinking shopping centres are adopting to make a meaningful impact in their communities while maximizing their financial success. From community engagement initiatives to sustainable practices, explore how forward-thinking centres are reshaping the retail experience for the good of all.
Let us know if you’d like to find out more. We’d be delighted to arrange a no-obligation discovery call to continue the conversation and explore how supporting those causes as nominated by your customers can drive your internal business objectives well into the future.