Workplace Giving

Workplace Giving allows employees the opportunity to have a significant and lasting impact on the work of The Fred Hollows Foundation through a direct pre-tax donation from their pay.

In Australia, Workplace Giving now generates approximately $20 million in donations to not-for-profit organisations every year. Based on international benchmarks, we have a long way to go! If just 1 in 10 working Australians made a payroll donation of $5 each week, not-for-profits would benefit from an additional $260 million each year!

Workplace Giving is becoming an increasingly popular way to make a donation, with immediate benefits for all 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
• Tax deductible matched giving options available

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
• Employee flexibility - individual staff choose how much and how frequently they'd like to give, and what kind of contact they'd like to have with charity partners

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

Getting Started

For more information for HR and Payroll Departments on implementing a Workplace Giving Program at your organisation, please visit the ATO website.

For a recent research report on the Workplace Giving sector, please download The Australian Charities Fund's report Cutting to the heart of Workplace Giving.

Already Set Up? 

If your organisation already has a Workplace Giving Program, and you'd 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 is available to assist in the development of your Program, from launch to maturity.

Recent in-depth research conducted by a leading intermediary in Workplace Giving, has shown that the number one motivation for employee participation in Workplace Giving is the fact that their employer matches donations.

As well as being a powerful trigger for getting your employees involved, matched giving is a great way to demonstrate organisational commitment to the Workplace Giving program, and to provide enhanced benefits to your community partners.

For more information on this recent research, please download The Australian Charities Fund's report Cutting to the heart of Workplace Giving.

The Foundation is pleased to announce that we've recently joined forces with JB Hi-Fi, one of Australasia's fastest growing and largest retailers of home entertainment.

The Foundation became a partner in JB Hi-Fi's workplace giving program, Helping Hands, in December 2009. The Helping Hands program donates over $800,000 in total each year to its eight charity partners, with JB Hi-Fi matching staff contributions dollar for dollar.

The Foundation receives over $3,500 every month from JB Hi-Fi and its staff in support of our work in Indigenous Australia, demonstrating a shared commitment to close the gap in the life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Through a series of interrelated projects including nutrition, literacy, eye health, aural health, women's health and community engagement, The Foundation is able to tackle the underlying causes of health inequity .  Just like Fred, we're about getting on with the job and getting results, but The Foundation's successes are only possible with the help of our supporters.

Thank you JB Hi-Fi - you are helping us make a real difference in Indigenous Australia.

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.