Work Place Giving

Workplace giving is a joint relationship between employers, employees and charities. Individuals contribute a small portion of their pre-tax salary to charity and receive the tax benefit straight away rather than waiting until the end of financial year. For example, if you donate $20, it will only cost you $12.60* but the charity will receive the full $20. In some cases, employers will match staff donations, so the value of your donation will double to $40 direct to the charity of your choice.

* Exact figures are dependent on the individual’s ATO personal tax bracket

Workplace giving is a win-win-win for business, employees and charities.

  • Employers enjoy greater staff engagement, retention, productivity, reputation and social impact.

  • Employees give in a smarter, tax-effective way and build a sense of pride in their employer.

  • Charities get low-cost, regular funds, access to valuable skills and strong partnerships. 

Workplace giving is a simple and effective way to regularly donate to fara Australia. The regular income from workplace giving helps with our budgeting and forecasting for future research funding. fara Australia is a registered charity with the ACNC and has an ongoing deductible gift recipient (DGR) status, so therefore is eligible.

To set up workplace giving at your organisation, all you need to do is set up payroll donations and then encourage your staff to sign up. We can provide you with some resources to assist with this process.  If your employer already offers workplace giving, you could simply ask to add fara Australia to their list of selected charities.

Please find some useful resources below:

Employer DIY Toolkit for Workplace Giving (pdf)

More info on Employee Participation from the ATO can be found here

How to start the conversation about Workplace Giving

Estimated tax savings for regular workplace giving donations.

If you donate on a regular basis under a workplace giving program, you can estimate the tax benefit you will receive. The table below details the workplace giving tax benefits for various donation amounts based on your salary.

ATO table of tax savings by donating each fortnight, click here

If just 10% of working Australians donated $5 a week, an extra $300 million would be raised every single year. And this is before employer donation matching is added in.