| e-tax payroll giving as of 2003, it is now even easier to | | | | 3. Charities and non-profits organisation spend almost |
| participate in Workplace Giving donation programs. | | | | 25% of their income on fundraising initiatives. By |
| Corporate payroll donations are an effective, easy and | | | | engaging in Workplace Giving donation programs, |
| low-cost method of driving social responsibility in the | | | | companies can help charities and non-profit |
| workplace, while directly contributing to the community | | | | organisations cut down on administration and |
| and boosting worker morale. | | | | fundraising costs. |
| Here are 5 workplace donation facts: | | | | 4. The recent Centre for Social Impact (CSI), The |
| 1. According to The Australian Charities Fund (ACF), if | | | | Giving Business, found that in 2004, there were 94,000 |
| 10% of all working Australians made a charity donation | | | | Australian donors who gave a total of $18million. |
| of just $5 a week, the community would benefit by | | | | However in the UK, 1.3% or 580,000 working adults |
| more than $260 million annually. | | | | gave more than $200 million, and in Canada, over |
| 2. Corporate donations done through payroll have | | | | $343million were raised by more than 1.5million |
| immediate tax benefits, as they are paid with pre-tax | | | | workplace donors! |
| dollars, meaning workers don't have to wait for their | | | | 5. A Curtin University study in 2007 found that |
| annual tax return to claim donations. However, The | | | | participating in corporate social responsibility, such as |
| ACF study also found that among Australian | | | | through workplace donation programs, significantly |
| businesses without workplace donation programs, | | | | boosted staff morale, customer satisfaction and |
| two-thirds had never heard of payroll giving. | | | | company reputation. |