Workplace Giving

Workplace Giving is the process of individuals making regular donations to charities through their workplace payroll system. Employees can nominate an amount to give from their salary each pay processing period – no matter how small. Workplace Giving is becoming an increasingly popular way to make a donation, being beneficial for the employer, employee and the community organisation involved.

Benefits for the Employer

• Build Corporate Leadership reputation and profile within the community
• Contribute to employee morale and loyalty
• Build close partnerships with community organisations
• Low cost and ease of administration
• Be seen as am employer of choice an increase appeal to new employees

Benefits for the Employee

• Donations made through a trustworthy and transparent program
• Tax effective giving from pre tax dollars, with no need to collect receipts
• Community involvement and confidence that donations are having an impact

Benefits for The Fred Hollows Foundation

• Formation of new giving relationships
• Stable funding enabling longer term program planning
• Lower administrative and fundraising costs
• Opportunity to develop relationships with community minded organisations

For more information on implementing a Workplace Giving Program at your organisation, please visit The Australian Government's Workplace Giving Advisory Site.

If you have already decided to host a Workplace Giving Program and would like to include The Fred Hollows Foundation as a recipient, please contact us.

The Foundation can provide regular updates on the benefits of your donations,  materials for distribution such as newsletters and reports, and acknowledgements for the support of individual employees. The Foundation would like to assist your Program in any way possible from inception and launch to maturity.

You may also like to consider a Matched Giving Program, where your organisation matches employee donations dollar for dollar, or issues specific matched grants for high achieving or long service staff who participate in the Workplace Giving Program.

If you have a further inquiry or haven't found what you were looking for, please contact The Foundation by email or on (02) 8741 1900.