OzBargain 2024 EoFY Charity Donations - $20,000 to 5 Charities of Your Choice

scotty on 12/06/2024 - 10:02
Last edited 15/06/2024 - 07:03

Updated 15 June 2024: The poll has finished and these are the charities that we will be donating to this June:

  • Royal Children's Hospital Foundation
  • Royal Flying Doctor Service
  • Black Dog Institute
  • Fred Hollows Foundation
  • OzHarvest

The end of financial year is coming up, and for this year we are reserving $20,000 to give to the charities that you vote for. We have been doing this kind of EoFY donation thingy since 2012 as a way to minimise tax contribute some of OzBargain's earnings to the society. Basically,

  • I'll take 30 charities from our last Christmas donations poll that did not get picked.
  • The OzBargain community can vote on which charities they would like OzBargain to donate to, from 11 to 14 of June.
  • 5 most voted charities will receive $4,000 donation each from OzBargain during next week.

Rules:

  • At most 1 vote per account. Ghost accounts will be penalised as per OzBargain terms of use.
  • Votes will be hidden until the poll finishes.
  • Top 5 charities will picked, based on the number of votes.
  • Users are allowed to change votes before the poll finishes.

12 ozbargainers are also doing The Push-up Challenge this year to raise mental health awareness. So if you are thinking of donating to a charity this year, consider Team OzBargain!

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  • 33
    Royal Children's Hospital Foundation
  • 26
    Royal Flying Doctor Service
  • 19
    Black Dog Institute
  • 17
    Fred Hollows Foundation
  • 17
    OzHarvest
  • 16
    Sikh Volunteers Australia
  • 15
    Aboriginal Literacy Foundation
  • 15
    Australian Red Cross
  • 15
    Médecins Sans Frontières Australia
  • 14
    Children's Medical Research Institute
  • 14
    RU OK?
  • 13
    PanKind, The Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
  • 13
    Salvation Army
  • 12
    Animal Welfare League NSW
  • 12
    Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)
  • 12
    Foodbank Victoria
  • 11
    Animal Rescue Cooperative
  • 11
    Compassion Australia
  • 11
    Ronald McDonald House
  • 10
    Starlight Childrens Foundation
  • 8
    Endometriosis Australia
  • 8
    Orange Sky Australia
  • 8
    The Smith Family
  • 7
    Australian Conservation Foundation
  • 5
    Pets of the Homeless Australia
  • 5
    Westmead Hospital Foundation
  • 4
    Trillion Trees
  • 3
    Childhood Dementia Initiative
  • 3
    Human Appeal
  • 3
    Wounded Heroes Australia
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Comments

  • wab on 12/06/2024 - 10:07
    +13

    Great work Scotty. I’m glad to be apart of this community.

    • AustriaBargain on 13/06/2024 - 16:56
      -1

      I’m glad to be apart of this community.

      That's a shame. This community is great, and you are glad to be apart from it, meaning to be separated by a distance from it 😿

  • Shadowsfury on 12/06/2024 - 10:26

    Nice one- once again

  • pharkurnell on 12/06/2024 - 10:27
    +3

    Its sad we need this many, but good there are so many charities out there these days…

    • AustriaBargain on 13/06/2024 - 16:57
      +1

      Government should really be covering most of these needs. I guess there's no time for details in a three year election cycle.

      • pharkurnell on 13/06/2024 - 17:13

        Too busy looking after their mates to give a shit about some poor sod sleepin under a news paper in a park… Or mother and kids sleeping in a car at 2 degrees outside.

        Makes me wonder what sort of life will these kids have

  • localhost on 12/06/2024 - 10:32
    +1

    Is there are any information (in one place) how much each foundation and charity spend for their own expenses and how much goes to real recipients?

    • Mokr on 12/06/2024 - 10:42

      The audit will cost 50k

    • sss333 on 12/06/2024 - 11:34
      +2

      https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/charities

      Has revenue and expenses pie charts

      • freefall101 on 12/06/2024 - 11:58
        +8

        You need to be careful reading those though, and look into each charity in detail. For example, Red Cross Australia spends half a billion dollars on employees but that's because they run Lifeblood directly and employ all the people who manage blood donations for the whole country. You need to drill into the detail to understand it.

        The Make-A-Wish Foundation you can't tell anything from that site, but they're always concerning because they raise $15m a year and $1m goes straight to key management. They spend over $5m on marketing and other expenses, $9m on "wishes" without that being broken down. They used to be a lot worse though.

  • SBOB on 12/06/2024 - 10:36
    +1

    Happy to vote and help both with your donation to worthy charities, and your resulting tax minimisation :)
    In turn I will make a donation in your name to the Human Fund

    • chuq on 13/06/2024 - 14:16

      Money for People

  • AdamFury on 12/06/2024 - 10:58

    Great work as always.

  • Clear on 12/06/2024 - 11:34
    +6

    My vote is for PanKind, The Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation and here's some alarming statistics of how bad it's getting.

    • Pancreatic cancer is projected to be the 4th biggest cancer killer in Australia in 2023 (1).
    • In 2023, it is estimated 3,669 people will die from pancreatic cancer in Australia (1).
    • In 2023, it is estimated 4,506 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (1).
    • In 2023, it is estimated pancreatic cancer will be the 8th most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia (1).
    • The Australian five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is 12.5% (1).
    • Only 3 out of 10 people (36.4%) will survive one year after diagnosis of pancreatic cancer (1).

    As with a lot of cancers so many more young people are being diagnosed with my own diagnosis in my mid-20s. I'm nearly two years post op after losing half my pancreas (among other things) and healthier than ever.

    Unfortunately most people never reach the criteria for surgery or won't survive the complications from surgery.

    Source

    • Benoffie on 12/06/2024 - 20:11

      Yes, Im 1+ for PanKind and anything to help figure this crazy thing out. After dealing with surgery in my 30s, Ive had to rego surveillance just last month after 3 hospitalisations over Xmas.

      It is at best, a chronic and medically consuming series of comorbid conditions that the vast majority of medical professionals know virtually nothing about.

      At worst, it's a sneaky killer.

      • Clear on 12/06/2024 - 20:47

        Oh yeah it's real worry how clueless and surgeons can be about all of these conditions. It's easier to say I had pancreatic cancer when what I had is so rare that it hardly exists outside of old research journals.

        What's really surprising is how many professionals have no idea or are really dismissive of post Whipple complications. Considering nearly all people die I'm not surprised.

    • infinite on 13/06/2024 - 18:00
      -2

      As with a lot of cancers so many more young people are being diagnosed with

      It's probably a good idea to clarify that more than half of all pancreatic cancer diagnoses are people aged 75 and older. It's extremely uncommon in those under 40 and those who are under 40 and diagnosed with it - obesity is by far the main cause and risk factor for it.

      https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/pancreatic-can…
      https://jeccr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13046-018-…

      It would be a far better idea to donate to a charity that runs physical exercise and dietary education programs. Especially since almost no one is unaware of pancreatic cancer.

      • Clear on 13/06/2024 - 18:26
        -1

        A lot of other types of gastrointestinal cancers are treated the same as pancreatic cancer, i.e. Whipple and that's where all the young people getting caught up are.

        Those charities never get any attention and I've given up trying to highlight them here because people would rather give to the big ones like Cancer Council because they don't know any better.

        At least a charity like this have a better chance of furthering research into a cancer that's similar to others. What I had has <200 known cases and my care team have already started the research papers on it. Despite it being in my pancreas by definition it's not pancreatic cancer and yet the treatment was pretty much the same, except no chemo because it doesn't work.

  • Gdsamp on 12/06/2024 - 12:03
    -1

    Good stuff, Cheers

  • kekw on 12/06/2024 - 12:38
    -1

    Black Dog Institute

    Hodl up dawg

    • Bold Eagle on 13/06/2024 - 11:37

      They do amazing stuff for mental health and would be in critical need for support, look them up rather than presenting some knee jerk reaction;
      https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/

      • infinite on 13/06/2024 - 18:07
        -3

        No thanks.

        Black Dog only does amazing stuff for themselves. A whopping 76% of money they raise is paid to their own staff, which mostly comprises of marketing and executive roles. The rest of the money is mostly used to run an "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lived Experience Centre", which discriminates openly and only serves Aboriginal people.

  • Ghost47 on 12/06/2024 - 13:23
    +1

    Good work Scotty and OzBargain team, good to see you're spreading the love a bit so the same charities aren't picked again.

  • SuperLate on 13/06/2024 - 10:10

    Wonderful thing to do again Scotty.
    My vote goes to Royal Children's Hospital Foundation. I hope they get choosen this time. Hospital is not a place you would want any kids be staying. Still some times in life are unforgettable when our kids need that care. Charities not only provide money also a reminder that there are people in this world who care about other living beings. Services and processes like this are an assurance to us parents that even if we aren't there with our kids we make a society where they remain healthy, feel safe and keep their smiles on no matter the challenges they face.

    https://www.rchfoundation.org.au/

    • infinite on 13/06/2024 - 18:11

      This is a very good choice.

  • Cluster on 13/06/2024 - 11:45
    +1

    $20k. Fantastic work.

    Hopefully people choose a charity with low overheads, so most of the money can go directly into products and services for the people in need, rather than office staff and fancy buildings.

  • Fobsessive on 13/06/2024 - 11:56

    Thanks again!

  • dust on 13/06/2024 - 16:25

    Thanks Scotty!

  • Gaz1 on 13/06/2024 - 17:55

    What a great initiative; amazing to be part of this group.

  • lowndes8 on 13/06/2024 - 20:20

    Im for any animal one. Poor animals they have no one to look after them and so many animals being dumped due to cost of living.

  • TurnipHead on 13/06/2024 - 21:28

    Great work as always Scotty!

  • scotty on 15/06/2024 - 07:06
    +3

    The poll has finished and these are the charities that we will be donating to this June:

    • Royal Children's Hospital Foundation
    • Royal Flying Doctor Service
    • Black Dog Institute
    • Fred Hollows Foundation
    • OzHarvest

    Thanks again to all who have voted. Btw, anyone interested in doing the Fred's Big Run (Fred Hollows Foundation's fund raising event)?

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