What is Workplace Giving?
Workplace Giving allows you to make regular donations to Caritas Australia through your pre-tax pay. This greatly reduces Caritas Australia’s administration costs so more money reaches the people who need it most.
Employees make an ongoing donation, which is deducted from their pre-tax salary each pay period. Companies can choose to match their staff’s giving to double the impact and inspire more staff to get involved. It saves both Caritas Australia, and your organisation, costly and time-consuming administration work, and means that even more in every dollar goes towards helping the people who need it most.
Workplace giving won’t affect your superannuation and payroll tax calculations like salary sacrificing. It reduces your PAYG liability but it doesn’t decrease your gross income.
Small contributions can have a big impact. Stand with our global neighbours and help improve the lives of millions around the world.
Your workplace giving can help change lives
$10
per pay can help provide a chicken for families like Priscilla in Zimbabwe.
$20
per pay can help go towards one term of school fees for a girl in Zimbabwe.
$25
per pay can help support clubs for people with disabilities in Vietnam.
$60
can help women in Indonesia set up a savings and loans group to improve their income.
Benefits for employees
With Workplace Giving, all your donations are made from your pre-tax salary. This reduces your salary for taxation purposes but doesn’t affect the amount you are giving to Caritas Australia.
Benefits for employers
Demonstrate corporate social responsibility; show investors, stakeholders, employees and customers you care about a just world, drives positive culture and is a high impact, low cost community investment.
Benefits for people in need
Your donations goes towards programs that help to create a brighter future for communities living in poverty.
Getting started with workplace giving
Step 1
Ask your Payroll office if your company has a Workplace Giving Form. If they do, nominate Caritas Australia
as your charity of choice and select your donation amount. Alternatively you can use this form.
Step 2
Return your completed form to your Payroll office/Workplace Giving Coordinator.
Step 3
Ask your workplace to contact Caritas Australia by contacting workplacegiving@caritas.org.au.
Your generosity can create lasting change
When you donate to Caritas Australia, you can be sure of our careful stewardship of your contribution. We pride ourselves on having one of the lowest administration rates in the sector.
78% of funds are spent on implementing Local and International Programs, including important education and advocacy in Australia to amplify the voice of our partners.
15% of funds are spent on Fundraising, so that we can maintain and expand the scope of our humanitarian and development partnerships and work across the globe.
7% of funds are spent on infrastructure, systems and people that make the work we do possible.
Want to learn more about Workplace Giving?
Contact our Workplace Giving team to discuss your options that would best work for you.