OzBargain 2022 Christmas Donations - $30,000 to Charities of Your Choice

scotty on 12/12/2022 - 10:16
Last edited 17/12/2022 - 12:04

Update 17 Dec 2022 — poll has finished and these are the charities chosen by our community:

  • Sikh Volunteers Australia
  • Cancer Council
  • beyondblue
  • Royal Flying Doctor Service
  • Dementia Australia
  • RSPCA Australia

Thanks to all who voted.

Same deal as previous years, it's the Christmas donation time! $30,000 to the most voted charities. However we are scaling back the event a little bit

  • I am currently away on a trip, and I won't have the time moderating suggested poll options. Therefore,
  • No more suggestions. I'm taking last year's 50 charities and ask everyone to vote on those again.
  • No more $10 extra per unique commenters, since we aren't asking for more suggestions.

Poll will run until Saturday 17 Dec 2022 at 12:00PM. I'll sort out the payments to charities after getting back from overseas.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How many charity organisations will OzBargain donate to this Christmas?

We will donate to the top 6 donations based on the number of votes, and each charity will get $5,000.

Q: Why is foo charity on the list? Why is bar charity NOT on the list?

Those charity organisations listed in the poll were suggested by the community from last year's Christmas charity donations event. Sorry we aren't taking more suggestions this year, but we are likely to revert back to our usual suggest-a-charity + $10 extra donations per commenter format next year.

Poll Options expired

  • 128
    Sikh Volunteers Australia
  • 64
    Cancer Council
  • 63
    beyondblue
  • 53
    Royal Flying Doctor Service
  • 41
    Dementia Australia
  • 41
    RSPCA Australia
  • 30
    Kids With Cancer Foundation Australia
  • 30
    Lifeline
  • 29
    Compassion Australia
  • 28
    Black Dog Institute
  • 25
    Foodbank Victoria
  • 24
    OzHarvest
  • 24
    Salvation Army
  • 23
    Pets of the Homeless Australia
  • 22
    Aboriginal Literacy Foundation
  • 22
    Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)
  • 22
    Médecins Sans Frontières Australia
  • 20
    Australian Red Cross
  • 20
    RU OK?
  • 19
    The Smith Family
  • 18
    Fred Hollows Foundation
  • 17
    HAART (Homeless & Abused Animal Rescue Team)
  • 17
    MND Australia
  • 17
    PanKind (The Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation)
  • 17
    Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation
  • 16
    headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation
  • 14
    Kids Helpline
  • 14
    NeuroEndocrine Cancer Australia
  • 13
    Orange Sky Laundry Australia
  • 11
    MAA International (Muslim Aid Australia)
  • 10
    The Heart Foundation
  • 10
    The Indigenous Literacy Foundation
  • 9
    Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Australia
  • 8
    Act for Kids
  • 8
    Heart Kids
  • 7
    Crohn’s & Colitis Australia
  • 5
    PANDA
  • 5
    Telethon Kids Institute
  • 5
    UNICEF COVAX
  • 4
    White Ribbon Australia
  • 3
    Captain Australia's BIG WALK / The Kids Cancer Project
  • 3
    Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
  • 3
    Mummy’s Wish
  • 3
    Project Underdog Rescue
  • 3
    Samaritan's Purse Australia
  • 1
    Choice Passion Life (formerly known as Cerebral Palsy League)
  • 1
    Mind Australia
  • 0
    Deaf Services Limited
  • 0
    Novacare Community Services Limited
  • 0
    SANE Australia
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Comments

  • Clear on 19/12/2022 - 18:25

    Cancer Council

    They always win and I swear they don't do anything. They certainly never had any kind of support or services to offer in my experience. Obviously not the case for everyone.

    • morse on 20/12/2022 - 06:28

      They do have some services for people who have cancer https://www.cancercouncil.com.au/get-support/ most are via referral from a health professional. They also fund some research.

      • Clear on 20/12/2022 - 07:49
        +2

        Their services seem to mainly be transport to and from the hospital and there's dozens of those around already. The research is promising but I feel OzBargain always donates to the big guys who already get plenty of funding and not a lot of the smaller guys who do a lot more.

        I could name plenty of research charities that I think should be included next time instead of the same ones every year.

        • morse on 20/12/2022 - 18:03

          It’s a fair point. For research it’s probably best donating to Australian Cancer Research Foundation. For direct services probably best to go to one of the hospital foundations, palliative care or hospices.

          A lot of research that goes on is also not researching actual cancer treatments it’s sometimes researching ‘models of care’ and the like which I’m not sure everyone realises.

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