Workplace Giving

Workplace giving is an amazing way to make a big impact with a small gift every pay cycle.

You simply donate a nominated amount of your pre-tax salary to the Leukaemia Foundation and receive the tax benefit straightaway, rather than waiting until the end of the financial year.

*Example for an annual income of $37,001-$87,000, the above rate does not include the Medicare Levy of 2%. Exact figures are dependent on individual’s financial circumstances. Please seek independent tax advice for formal guidelines.

Check out the Workplace Giving Tax Calculator

Access it here, to see how your pre-tax donation can work harder for less.

Stop blood cancer wrecking lives.

Blood cancer does not discriminate, and a range of things affect someone’s chances of surviving and it can be incurable.

Blood cancers are Australia’s second most diagnosed cancer and the second most common cause of cancer related deaths.

Sadly, another 50 Australians will be diagnosed with a blood cancer today and another 15 Australians will lose their life.

When life is interrupted by a devastating blood cancer diagnosis, your donations go directly toward funding:

• Expert support, including accommodation near most major hospitals, help getting to and from appointments and access to the Leukaemia Foundation’s highly trained Blood Cancer Support Coordinators, who offer emotional support to patients and their loved ones.
• Leading-edge research driving rapid advancements in blood cancer treatments, diagnostics, novel therapies and helps give Australians access to global clinical trials.
• Campaigning for change – the Leukaemia Foundation advocates for better policies, better access to new and innovative treatments, better diagnostics and, ultimately, better outcomes so that more people live through blood cancer and live well.

Here’s what your collective donation can achieve over 12 months:

$1 a week ensures that a Blood Cancer Support Coordinator is by the side of a newly diagnosed patient to help navigate those first scary moments.

$6.50 a week enables genetic testing to better understand the underlying cause of the blood cancer a patient is facing so they have the best chance of survival. This kind of test saves lives.

$50 a week covers one month of accommodation for families facing a blood cancer diagnosis who live far away from life-saving treatment

“It’s easy to do the workplace giving as it gets taken out of my pay each month but the best part is that PwC contributes the same amount that I do, so effectively doubles it. It’s great to way to honour my father’s memory who passed away from an aggressive form of AML (Acute Myeloid Leukaemia)”
– Shannon Waisel, PWC

• Immediate tax benefit
• It’s a pre-tax donation so your tax refund is immediate – you don’t wait until the end of the financial year.
• It’s automated
• Once you have signed up, you don’t need to do anything. All the record-keeping is taken care of.
• It’s simple
• Sign up to your employer’s workplace giving program, select the Leukaemia Foundation as the recipient and nominate the amount you want to donate each pay
• Making your gift even more powerful
• If your employer has a matched giving program, this will double your impact to help Australians impacted by blood cancer at every step of the way.

Start supporting Australians facing blood cancer in these easy steps!

1. Sign up to your employer’s workplace giving program (download the employee guide)

2. Select the Leukaemia Foundation as the recipient

3. Nominate the amount you would like to donate each pay.

Now is the perfect time to start one! Talk to your HR Manager or Payroll Office to request one be set up, nominating the Leukaemia Foundation as a charity partner.

Share our Workplace Giving Guide for Employers with them, a great resource to help your organisation get their workplace giving program started.