OzBargain 2013 EoFY Charity Donation - Vote for Charities!

scotty on 06/06/2013 - 13:36
Last edited 23/06/2013 - 21:43 by 1 other user

Post-Poll Update: Thanks to everyone who has participated! We now have the top 3 charities voted from our community members, and the donation will be distributed according to the votes they have got:

Charity Votes Donation
Fred Hollows Foundation 127 $5,902
Cancer Council 93 $4,322
Salvation Army 69 $3,206

I will be arranging the donation and post an update here once it's done.

Donation Update: Final amount — $13,430. Please use the poll to vote your favourite charity.

It's that time of the year again! We donated last year, and again just before Christmas. For the end of this financial year, OzBargain will again donate $10,000 to charities in Australia — and you guys are going to help us to decide which one to donate to. Do use last Christmas' list as a guide on which charities in Australia have minimum administrative cost, as we do prefer to give to those that put majority of donations to good causes.

However, there's more! For every unique commenter here (of published comments), I would be adding an extra $10 to the donation, until mid-night this Sunday 9th of June (or until my accountant calls in to cut this short :) So, if there are 100 people commenting in this thread, I'll be adding an extra $1,000 to the donation. Or an extra $2,500 if there are 250 people comment here (to the total of $12,500).

Do note that

  • Creating multiple accounts on OzBargain is against our terms and conditions, and might get your accounts banned.
  • Posting spam, personal attacks and trolling comments might get your comment removed (your account might be temporarily banned as well). Unpublished comments don't count towards the tally.

So,

  • DONE. Until Sunday 9 June, comment and suggest the charity that OzBargain should be donating to this year.
  • DONE. We'll finalise the amount (after counting the unique commenters), and then put up a poll for people to vote.
  • DONE. Voting will stop on 16 June. The top 3 charities will receive their portion of donation in proportion to the number of votes they get.
  • DONE OzBargain will then donate to these charity organisations the following week.

All clear?

Poll Options expired

  • 36
    Australian Prostate Cancer Research
  • 52
    Beyond Blue
  • 93
    Cancer Council
  • 127
    Fred Hollows Foundation
  • 9
    MS Australia
  • 29
    Medicins Sans Frontiers
  • 37
    RSPCA
  • 9
    Red Cross
  • 30
    Royal Flying Doctors
  • 69
    Salvation Army
  • 11
    Swags for Homeless
  • 7
    The Smith Family
Site Discussion

Comments

  • joey005 on 07/06/2013 - 20:26
    +1

    Donate to the Dr Fred Hollows organisation.

  • mitochondReon on 07/06/2013 - 20:30

    Beyond Blue and the Red Shield appeal. Hats off to you Scotty for giving back to the community.

    • [Deactivated] on 07/06/2013 - 21:08

      Good combination, as i've found the Salvation Army pretty depressing ever since John Howard appointed the hard-line Major Brian Watters to a key drug advisory position.

      To be blunt, i consider the Salvation Army to be idealogically dangerous to your health, and don't wish them to spit out another clone like him. There's plenty of other alternatives - let's go for them.

  • mingfung on 07/06/2013 - 20:30

    Let's think long term and sponsor a child :)

    www.compassion.com.au

    we have 3 sponsored kids…

  • m0nkeycheese on 07/06/2013 - 20:48

    TEN DURRAS

  • [Deactivated] on 07/06/2013 - 20:50
    1. No to dogs, cats, or anything else non-human, as they are for human consumption.
    2. Yes to old folk, homeless etc - organisations that focus on this demographic often have most difficulty raising funds as no cute kids involved.

    +$10. Ka Ching!

    • [Deactivated] on 07/06/2013 - 22:16

      That was a $10 pic

  • nani on 07/06/2013 - 20:58

    just costing you $10 now. :)
    I'm going to nominate the RIDBC again, that's Royal Institute of Deaf and Blind Children who do some terrific work supporting the kids. Seen first hand the amount of effort required to produce just one book for kids of different needs (tactile, braille, large font) and they do it with such dedication

  • tomclancy on 07/06/2013 - 21:00

    I vote for the Cancer Council

  • Finde on 07/06/2013 - 21:06

    Another $10!

  • KiLLUMiN4Ti on 07/06/2013 - 21:26

    I vote compiling the top 10 (when this is done), finding out what percentage they ACTUALLY give to said cause (you would be VERY surprised to find out how much of your $$ actually goes to help the 'cause'- some organizations are only legally required to pass on 5%), then donating the money to the organization that passes on the most. Kinda like looking 4 the best bargain…kinda.
    -oh yeah, $10 scotty :P

    • neil on 07/06/2013 - 21:28
      +1

      See here

      • KiLLUMiN4Ti on 07/06/2013 - 21:30

        wow…waaaaay ahead of me- cheers m8 :)

  • mariamne on 07/06/2013 - 21:32

    Another vote for Bear Cottage http://www.bearcottage.chw.edu.au/

    Childrens hospice near Manly, Sydney.

  • [Deactivated] on 07/06/2013 - 21:34

    How about the Humpty Dumpty foundation ?

    The Humpty Dumpty Foundation raises money to purchase vital children’s medical equipment for over 200 children’s hospitals and health service centres across Australia and 2 in East Timor. It is our aim to ensure every child has a fighting chance to the best possible medical equipment and care.

    • [Deactivated] on 07/06/2013 - 21:52
      +2

      Can we also sponsor some puppies pls? Guide dogs australia don't get any government funding.

      Starting from $31.50 per month you can help turn some of the cutest puppies into highly skilled Guide Dogs or Autism Assistance Dogs.
      Guide Dogs SA.NT provides Guide Dogs and Autism Assistance Dogs at no cost to clients - and we don't receive any government funding. That's why we need your generous support.
      As a Puppy Sponsor you will be helping fund the vital raising and training that will help these puppies change lives.
      You'll become part of our family as we send you regular Pupdates - so you can see firsthand how your puppy students are progressing.

      or we could donate some money Guide dogs australia

  • ChadHominem on 07/06/2013 - 21:35

    I'll say MS Australia. Not to be confused with M$ Australia.

  • Cheapchips on 07/06/2013 - 21:45
    -1

    SALVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

  • savara on 07/06/2013 - 21:46

    Salvation Army please.

  • [Deactivated] on 07/06/2013 - 21:52
    +2

    Is this $10 tax deductible?

  • silverrat23 on 07/06/2013 - 21:59

    I vote for Beyond Blue! Thanks scotty!

  • AdamTuzzi on 07/06/2013 - 21:59

    Melanoma Institute Australia…… $10+++++

    http://www.melanoma.org.au/about-melanoma/melanoma-skin-canc…

  • maximum on 07/06/2013 - 22:11

    I vote for ms Australia. Thanks.

  • [Deactivated] on 07/06/2013 - 22:11
    +1

    Starlight foundation Please let's make the dreams of some very sick children come true.
    Thanks

  • SpaceNinja on 07/06/2013 - 22:20

    as an ozbargainer I will be looking for more bang for buck, I mean more charity per dollar.
    The hollows foundation seems best. http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/105919#comment-1432271
    Thank you.

  • YYY on 07/06/2013 - 22:25

    Support Ozbargain. Cheers.

  • oddyseeh on 07/06/2013 - 22:33

    +1

  • smurfette on 07/06/2013 - 22:34
    +2

    SIDS and Kids - Red Nose Day is the 28th June which is timely for an eofy donation, even if it isn't through ozbargain. Lets all help stop every mothers worst nightmare.

    http://www.sidsandkids.org/

  • ahly92 on 07/06/2013 - 22:44
    +1

    i believe a 'small' donation to a large organisation would not affect it much ie Salvos or other large organisations that have plenty/enough money to continue their work ect(offcourse its still good). However a donation to a small organisation would be a 'large amount' and would really benift them. but cant think of one?

  • CheapCoffee on 07/06/2013 - 22:54

    1 more unique commenter :)

  • powerhammer on 07/06/2013 - 22:56

    Here's my $10

    • [Deactivated] on 07/06/2013 - 23:04

      Not yours. Scotty's :)

  • lukeloop on 07/06/2013 - 23:05

    01$ ym s'ereH

  • Nicky6 on 07/06/2013 - 23:08

    Cancer council. Good job Scotty.

  • tinx on 07/06/2013 - 23:12
    +1

    +1 for rch and ronald mcd house.

    For almost 2 mths there, cost medibank about $18k :) with no gap fee for us, i can't imagine how much they spend per day.

    And also thankful for ronald mcd house, because of them we don't have to go back and forth everyday.

  • stirlo on 07/06/2013 - 23:15
    +1

    Fred Hollows or RFDS. Just commenting to give the $10 though :P

  • friedbanana on 07/06/2013 - 23:22

    Great work chief :)

  • bogan on 07/06/2013 - 23:24
    +1

    An organisation for the disabled or for Indigenous welfare.

    Converting my $0.02 into $10 :-) Thanks.

  • YLC on 07/06/2013 - 23:30

    +1 support!

  • aim54x on 07/06/2013 - 23:57

    This is a great idea!

  • pianissimo on 08/06/2013 - 00:02
    +2

    Lifeline. They do really important work - I don't think I'm overstating by saying that for some people that phone call is the difference between life and death.

    Thanks for doing this Scotty. It's making me feel warm and fuzzy inside, and it's not even my money :)

    • somethingguy on 08/06/2013 - 11:57

      +1 For Lifeline. Thanks for giving back Scotty.

  • Forenti on 08/06/2013 - 00:05
    +2

    I would vote for any secular charity - it doesn't seem right that acts of goodwill should endorse a particular religion…

    • Zak on 08/06/2013 - 04:29
      +1

      I'd prefer to see my $10 (thank you Scotty and OzBargain, this is awesome of you) go towards something that will help the planet/environment or something that may help with 'closing the gap', i.e. Australian Indigenous health/education/etc.

      Also, I would definitely prefer to see such a generous donation going towards an actual charity, rather than anything church/religion-affiliated.

  • Car-la-la on 08/06/2013 - 00:11

    Good one Scotty!!
    So many worthy charities in need of funding!!

  • grox on 08/06/2013 - 00:24

    You're going to go broke like this! Good on you Scotty!

  • happyness on 08/06/2013 - 00:49
    +1

    I vote for Cancer Council

  • Willu on 08/06/2013 - 00:52
    +1

    Cancer Council or Australian Cancer Research Foundation

  • spiderpig on 08/06/2013 - 01:09

    Great Initiative!!

  • linz88 on 08/06/2013 - 01:25

    "Cure for Life Foundation". It's a foundation that is committed towards raising money for brain cancer research and cure. Recently, I recently heard about Dr Charlie Teo discussing brain cancer and how it kills more young people, it's worthwhile giving Cure for Life Foundation consideration.

  • vSchweetz on 08/06/2013 - 01:29

    Buy humble bundles and donate all to charity ;)
    But I'd go for Red Cross if it's all the same to you…

  • hamza23 on 08/06/2013 - 01:49

    Really generous of you OzB! :)

  • inerdi on 08/06/2013 - 02:18

    thank you for your generosity :)

  • roadtrip24 on 08/06/2013 - 02:43
    +1

    A fantastic initiative. The aboriginal literacy foundation has very low administrative costs and their work is much needed.

  • Livert on 08/06/2013 - 06:54

    Boom. $10.

  • Pratty on 08/06/2013 - 07:01

    Paradise Kids or Red Kite get my vote!

    $10!

  • nicksinternet on 08/06/2013 - 07:15
    +2

    Animal Welfare League….. animals don't have a voice and we humans treat them very poorly sometimes. Plus how many of us have a dog who without fail is happy to see you!

  • t_c on 08/06/2013 - 07:19

    The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation

    http://www.workingwonders.com.au/

    $50 Could buy toys games and books to entertain sick kids in hospital

    $100 Could fund life-saving medical equipment

    $250 Could fund a researcher for a day to find a cure for childhood illnesses.

    • bpdoz on 08/06/2013 - 08:03

      +1 = $10 for good cause.
      Thanks.

  • grasstown on 08/06/2013 - 08:12

    Salvos , tnx OzB

  • Mazley on 08/06/2013 - 09:11

    Swags for Homeless - great work again OzBargain!

  • freemoneyhunter on 08/06/2013 - 09:31
    -2

    Sorry I already donate all my money to charity which is myself.

    • mily on 08/06/2013 - 11:11

      No, you will not be able to get tax deduction, so you must have donated to the wrong place.

      Did I just stack another $10 note on the top?

  • donga100 on 08/06/2013 - 09:36

    How about http://www.kiva.org/start ?

    You sponsor small businesses in third world countries through microfinancing. You probably can't claim as a tax deduction but you do eventually get the money back as the business owners pay off their loans.

    • hellothankyou on 08/06/2013 - 11:00

      +1
      Suggest maybe the proceeds from unique votes ($1000?) used at Kiva so the Ozbargain community can watch lenders grow.

    • neil on 08/06/2013 - 11:17

      Kiva is not a Deductible Gift Recipient (not tax deductable). It would be good as a member initiated project though.

      • ThadtheChad on 08/06/2013 - 14:03

        Sounds pretty interesting. Would the ozb collective be interested in such initiatives tho?

        • donga100 on 08/06/2013 - 15:24

          They would if the small business was selling cheap cables and usb memory sticks.

        • [Deactivated] on 08/06/2013 - 16:10

          Is there anyway to find out how many click on the link to this post ?

    • wartortle on 08/06/2013 - 17:33

      +1

  • AmericanDad on 08/06/2013 - 09:40
    +3

    Fred hallows foundation moves me each and every time I see their ad. I support all causes and I love animals but have a soft spot for blinds. Every cause is worthy of donation and I agree to donating to smaller organizations that do great work but can't get sufficient attention and donation because they don't have enough money and resources to fundraiser. Also recently found out about EBY- empowering blind youth. Not based in Australia but its just starting and it's for a great cause; helping visually impaired blind youths in Kenya to get education and eventually get them out of the poverty cycle.

  • squeeb on 08/06/2013 - 09:45

    Heart Foundation :)

  • kcyw on 08/06/2013 - 09:48
    +3

    Good on you Scotty and Ozbargain!

    Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is my favourite charity.
    http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

  • Dominus on 08/06/2013 - 09:51
    +1

    Good on ya Scotty!

    Allocate my $10 to whichever charity nobody else is voting for, coz I'm hipster/thought-provoking like that.

  • thydzik on 08/06/2013 - 10:22

    Cancer Council

  • bluedufflecoat on 08/06/2013 - 11:13

    Salvos. Thanks Scotty.

  • Geoff F on 08/06/2013 - 11:15

    Salvo's or Smith Family - but so many other worthy causes listed. Well done Ozbargain team.

  • windows7 on 08/06/2013 - 11:18

    +$10 for Salvos!

  • ace888 on 08/06/2013 - 11:52

    another $10 ;)

  • seanbaussie on 08/06/2013 - 11:55
    +6

    Given that the Australian Government has failed once again to raise its foreign aid budget, I'd like to suggest that our $ go overseas. How many times do we see '1st world problems' here on Ozbargain ("I couldn't get to Dick Smith before the $154 notebook sold out"). Imagine if you couldn't get to school because the building fell apart?

    My suggestion? http://www.hada.org.au/projects/current-projectsprojects-in-…

    I personally know both Rick who runs the school & the directors of HADA who source funding, and can guarantee their promise that "Because all HADA staff are volunteers, and no salaries are paid, we are able to send all the funds, in their entirety, to the project except for bank charges levied against us when transferring the funds overseas."

  • offal spokesman on 08/06/2013 - 11:56
    +2

    Good onya Ozbargian - Asylum Seeker Resource Centre for me thanks

  • spendinghacker on 08/06/2013 - 11:56

    My vote goes towards "Habitat for Humanity".

    They do amazing work around the world, don't waste donation money on admin and have no religious affiliations. Perfect!

  • QF1 on 08/06/2013 - 12:06

    The smith's family has always been my choice..they try as much as possible to put a smile on kids who need our support.

  • Kiz on 08/06/2013 - 12:16

    Good work guys

  • Hippy on 08/06/2013 - 12:25

    Headspace or other mental health places get my vote! Also great idea for a charity drive!

  • AlanI on 08/06/2013 - 12:57

    +$10

  • Moots on 08/06/2013 - 13:51

    Flight Doctors :)

  • Greenius on 08/06/2013 - 13:56

    Great job, +$10

  • ThadtheChad on 08/06/2013 - 14:01

    +1 for HFC: http://www.hackersforcharity.org/about-us/

    I work with quite a few people who know Johnny Long (haven't had the good fortune to meet him yet) and he's a top bloke. HFC has been working extensively in Africa has done quite a lot of great work in there.

  • jujube32 on 08/06/2013 - 14:23

    I vote for cancer council

  • jash on 08/06/2013 - 15:05

    thanks ozbargain. Great work!

  • langitbiru on 08/06/2013 - 15:17

    i vote for anything related to cancer

  • Dunky on 08/06/2013 - 15:31

    +1

  • ppx on 08/06/2013 - 15:39

    Great initative! +$10

  • anat on 08/06/2013 - 15:49

    Unique commenter, that's me! Great stuff OzzyB!

  • delusioned on 08/06/2013 - 16:04

    The cancer council is doing great work and really deserves money and volunteer-work.

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