OzBargain 2017 Christmas Donations - $28,600 to Charities of Your Choice

Update — poll is now closed. Thanks for all who have voted & comments. At the closing of the poll, we have 860 unique commenters in this thread so the final amount to be donated to the charities is $28,600. Top 5 charities from users' votes are:

  1. beyondblue
  2. Cancer Council
  3. RSPCA Australia
  4. R U OK?
  5. Médecins Sans Frontières Australia

Which would receive a donation of $5,720 each. I'll get that done this week.


If you have been a member of OzBargain for a while you'll remember that we have been doing biannual charity donations at around June (EoFY) and December (Christmas). For this Christmas, OzBargain will be donating $20,000 to 5 charities of your choices. Moreover, for every unique commenter in this thread, we will be donating an extra $10.

This is how the community can participate:

  1. Check whether your favourite charity has already been suggested (under Poll Options). If it has, vote it up! Otherwise you can suggest it by posting a top-level comment (i.e. not replying existing comments). Update: We now have almost 50 charities listed here. I think it's a big enough list and I'll pause the suggestion but you can still vote.

    Suggest a poll option

    If you are suggesting a charity, please provide a link & 1 or 2 sentence telling us what the charity does. It would greatly help other OzBargainers making decisions.

  2. Even if your preferred charity has been suggested, leave a comment and let us know! Remember every unique commenter on this thread will add an extra $10 to the donation.

  3. The poll will run for 7 days. After the poll expires, votes will be revealed and the top 5 charities will be sharing the pool of donation of AUD $20,000 + $10 x number of unique commenters. For example if 500 OzBargainers commented in this thread, we'll donate $25,000 to the chosen charities at $5,000 each.

    I am also putting a cap of maximum 1,000 commenters (just in case), making the cap of the donation at $30,000. If we can reach that level the donation will be shared with top 6 charities from the poll.

Which charity should I suggest?

  • It must be a registered charity eligible for DGR (deductible gift recipient). That would unfortunately make NPOs like Wikipedia & Sea Shepherd ineligible.

  • As we are OzBargain, it would be great if the charity is Australia based or benefits Australians.

  • There are many worthy charities. However as it's for Christmas this year, let's prioritise on charities working on social welfare. While we complained about spending way too much on impulse buys, there are many who don't have regular to access food & shelter, let along online shopping.

To get started, I have included top 10 most voted charities from last year's poll. Suggestion & commenting starts today (11 Dec) and will close at 12PM on Monday 18 Dec. I will then work out the total amount of donation we will send to the charities, and hopefully get all the donations made by Christmas 2017.

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Comments

  • +1

    good stuff guys!

  • +1

    Great stuff team, cancer council for me (I'm so pale I get burnt by the light in the fridge!)

  • +1

    $10 For beyond blue. Great job guys!!!

  • +1

    As an OzBargainer, I'm all about bang for my (or ideally, somebody else's) buck! Against Malaria Foundation all the way! :-)

  • +1

    $10 for BeyondBlue.

  • +1

    Great work guys…

  • +1

    Keep up the good work guys :)

  • +1

    +$10

  • +1

    thx scotty

  • +1

    =)

  • +1

    RSPCA thank you!

  • +1

    Doctors Without Borders - $10 :)

  • +1

    Awesome job as always! Thanks guys

  • +1

    Thanks for doing this Scotty!

  • +3

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    Pretty sure this gibberish is unique

    • +2

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      Haha good try now it isn’t :P

    • +2

      I thought this was a BTC or ETH address for a second…

      • +1

        Thought the same too, BUT BUY BUY!

    • +2

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      Some of it contains someone's trademark.

  • +1

    +10

  • +1

    Cool.
    Cool cool cool.

  • +1

    Thanks Scotty

  • +1

    This is awesome! Love your work Scotty!

  • +1

    Mental health always needs more support so beyondblue this time

  • +1

    Thankyou all.

  • +1

    RFDS, deserve much more but here is my $10

  • +1

    You encourage spam

  • +1

    Another for The Fred Hallows Foundation please.

  • +1

    unique comment!

  • +1

    👍

  • +1

    +$10

  • +1

    Another 10 :) love the attitude of people here

  • +1

    Great work Ozb team!

  • +1

    I know a cap has been hit for the charities but I'm just putting this one out there - Australian Mitochondrial Disease Foundation https://www.amdf.org.au

    +$10 ;)

    Edit: Speeling

  • +1

    +1 for World Vision Australia

  • +1

    My $10 to The Smith Family :) Great work Scotty.

  • +1

    +$10

  • +1

    $10 for RSPCA. So great you guys do this. Proud to be part of this community!

  • +1

    I bought a few new rocks the other day, so now I have various agates, some moonstone, laboradite, and a neato polished/cut obsidian cut like a cliche Crash Bandicoot crystal

  • +1

    🙃

  • +1

    Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia missed out….they are the ones who educated us and our children about food allergies. Website: https://allergyfacts.org.au/

  • +1

    Great work.

  • +1

    Count me in

  • +1

    Noice

  • +1

    $10 for beyond blue :)

  • +1

    +$10

  • +1

    Great initiative as always

  • +1

    Thanks Ozbargain, excellent work as usual.

  • +1

    +$10

  • +1

    +$10 for Against Malaria Foundation if possible.
    Always annoys me that people don't take the best value mentality when donating to charity. This foundation has been analysed by GiveWell as the most effective charity to donate to.

  • +1

    Would love to see a donation to Lifeline. Husband is a volunteer and he would really appreciate this.

  • +1

    I know suggestions are closed, but I would like to recommend Will 2 Live. It's a charity that provides supplies and food to the homeless in Sydney. What makes it a lot different in my opinion is that it is non-religious and that they definitely build connections with the people they help on the streets.

    +$10 for MSF Australia - Thanks scotty.

  • +1

    +1 Starlight Foundation, I also see it as the highest return value.

  • +1

    Folry.

  • +1

    stanTheman. Great work team.

  • +1

    Alzheimer's Australia thanx :-)

  • +2

    +1 for Alzheimer's Australia. Terrible disease and I'm terrified of getting it (family history) :(

    • +1

      Oh I'm so sorry to hear that, you are so right it is absolutely awful. Fingers crossed we can help get them a nice donation for Xmas that would be lovely :-)

  • +1

    Great work

  • +1

    RSPCA or something for the refugees

  • +1

    Great job!!

  • +1

    +$10 for ozharvest!

  • +1

    Compassion

  • +1

    Thank you and Merry Christmas!

  • +1

    +10 :3 Wish Diabetes Australia was on the list. Literally my whole family suffers from it

  • +1

    Nice Job OzBargin

  • +1

    Well done guys!

  • +1

    Awesome initiative!!

  • +1

    Good work 👍- The Salvation Army

  • +1

    So impressed that you guys do this! Thank you!!

  • +1

    $10 for red cross, blood donations saved lives of people I know

  • +1

    Awesome work guys!

  • +1

    Great work guys +$10 beyondblue

  • +1

    I've been a regular donor to the Against Malaria Foundation for the last couple of years and it's great to see them continuing their good work around the world - they've just been re-recognised as GiveWell's #1 charity for like the 6th time.

    Vote for them!

  • +1

    10$? yes please!

  • +1

    RSPCA. Thanks.

  • +1

    +$10

  • +2

    Superb generosity as ever - I selected R U OK? as that is another great initiative here. Hopefully Member Wystri Warrick will plus-vote this comment before the jealousy kills me.

    • +2

      And about time too.

  • +2

    I'm just here for the comments

  • +1

    Thank you for the wonderful gesture!

  • +1

    10$ kudos ozbargain

  • +1

    Good stuff, thanks for organizing this Scotty & the OzB team!

  • +1

    Good work!

  • +1

    +1 WWF

  • +1

    +$10 for Doctors Without Borders. Love your work guys xx

  • +1

    $10 to beyond blue!

  • +1

    Merry Christmas OzBargain.

  • +1

    Fred Hollows Foundation for me. Thanks OzB!

  • +1

    +$10 for first world problems Foundation, aka the ozbargain forum

  • +1

    Love you OzB!

  • +1

    +$10

  • +1

    $10 to Cancer Council! Thanks guys

  • +1

    +$10

  • +1

    Well done!

  • +1

    Great Initiative…my $10 to Fred Hollows

  • +1

    Great Work. My $10 go to beyondblue.

  • +1

    Great initiative. Happy holidays all.

  • +1

    +$10

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