The cheque/check is in the mail...

but you don't need one if you deposit electronically!

There are a long list of activities that we need to implement to support frog populations but we can only run those which are being paid for! There are many ways to donate and it doesn't always need to be cash - goods and services are important, too - but the majority of costs still rely on plain old money. These days, there are a range of options to make donations. The electronic ones are the most secure.

Via cheque/check or money order:

This can be used by anyone within Australia or overseas but there IS a loss rate to mail and we have already had issues with membership and donations disappearing without ever reaching us - so please only use this option if you have no others. If you are making a large donation, it is worth sending it with a signature required on this end.

In person deposit:

Our accounts are with Westpac who has branches everywhere. If you would like to use this option, please email us for the correct account details to use. We have a donations account for business sponsorships and donations which represent groups of people (e.g., a collection jar at school, "passing the hat" at a meeting, etc.). There is also a tax deductable account for individuals.

Online banking and payroll deduction:

Only available to customers in Australia, this is cheap, fast and easy. Email us to provide details for your receipt to be snail-mailed and request account details for the sponsorship or tax deductable accounts.

Credit cards:

We can't afford the costs involved with setting up and maintaining a merchant account but you can use PayPal as a transfer service (see link below) if you wish to use your credit card.

Outside Australia:

You can use PayPal but please be aware that the receipt we send you will NOT be the same as the amount you selected to donate. (For example, you might use PayPal to donate $20 AUD to us but the receipt we send you will say $17.45 because that is the amount accessible to us after PayPal processes the transaction and deducts its fees.)

Inside Australia using PayPal:

All receipts will be normal (not deductable) receipts unless you contact us in advance to indicate that you wish to make a tax deductable donation. We need to know this because PayPal will not be depositing into the correct account - we need to do this manually.

Some additional information:

To contact us for banking details or any other questions, the email is curator *at* fdrproject *dot* org *dot* au - substitute the words for the correct characters (we have to do this so the address is not machine readable).

Include:

  1. your name and postal address
  2. the amount you have sent
  3. whether this is a one time donation or part of a regular payroll deduction
  4. whether you want your donation to remain anonymous

If you would like to make an online donation to the Save Our Frogs Fund, we MUST have your full name and street address for your tax deductable receipt. If you are making a donation of property or a large financial amount, the following details from the Register of Environmental Organisations website may be useful to you:

  • A donor who has donated a gift of $5,000 or more to an environment or heritage organisation has the opportunity to claim the donation against their tax returns over a five year period.
  • A capital gains tax exemption applies for gifts of property left in a will to an eligible organisation.
  • There are income taxation concessions for landowners entering conservation covenants with eligible organisations, this includes States, Territories, some local governments and some non-government organisations.

If you are a business wishing to take up a sponsorship, you should use the regular donations account although this will still be tax deductable to you as an advertising expense. We are registered for GST and will be paying GST on your sponsorship.

Just a few of the urgent items we need financial support for are:

  • running costs for the group's vehicle for the next year (rego, services, comprehensive insurance, petrol and maintenance)
  • our website is in serious need of redesign and expansion - our appliations to get a grant to pay the $5,000 needed have been turned down so we need to raise this money through donations
  • income to employ several paid staff, as reliable volunteers in this region are in extremely short supply

 

Any and all help is appreciated and no donation is too small. Even a deduction of $5 per payroll adds up over the year. If you have any questions, just let us know, and thanks for your concern about our dwindling frog populations.

Last edited: May 24th, 2010