The Fred Hollows Foundation is delivering targeted, practical projects that help restore sight in the developing world and improve Indigenous health and life expectancy here in Australia.

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. However, based on international benchmarks, it could be a lot more. 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 an employer of choice, increase in 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

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

 Add The Fred Hollows Foundation to your Program

 Getting Started 

For more information for Human Resources 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 The Foundation's Corporate Relations Team.

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.

Matched giving

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.