In 2013 STEP is seeking to establish a public fund: the Southern Tablelands Ecosystems Park Public Fund to support STEP’s environmental purposes.
Members of the public are invited to make gifts of money or property to the fund for the environmental purposes
Money from interest on donations, income derived from donated property, and money from the realisation of such property is to be deposited in the fund.
The STEP committee is currently seeking to gain Donor Recipient Status 1 for the fund so that donors can claim a tax deduction for their donations to the STEP Public Fund.