The cheque/check is in the mail...

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

Online banking is a faster, more reliable way to make sure we can receive your donation (and over the years, we are aware that many a cheque has been lost in the mail). There are two accounts depending on what type of deposit you are making..

If you want to make a donation to us that is also deductable from your taxes, then you need to donate into our public fund account, the Save Our Frogs Fund (not our regular account!) .

However, if you are a business wishing to take up a sponsorship or you are paying for a membership, then you should still continue to use the sponsorship account. Sponsorships are tax deductable to you as an advertising expense and we have to pay GST on that money.

If you are using either of these donation options, please email us to get the correct BSB and account numbers to use and to provide us with an address to mail your receipt to. 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 and what currency
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 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.

Just a few of the key items we are looking to acquire to facilitate frog conservation include:

• we are gearing up for a difficult tadpole rescue season in early 2010 and MUST have the following items setup and ready by the end of December 09: 8 portable water storage tanks, 25 large plastic storage bins, three 1,000 litre portable ponds for in-situ breeding, a regular supply of lettuce varieties (baby spinach, rocket, etc.) at wholesale prices
• funding to allow remote surveying in bush areas to determine the extent of amphibian disease problems outside developed areas
• income to employ several paid staff, as reliable volunteers in this region are in extremely short supply
• running costs for the group's vehicle for the next year (rego, services, comprehensive, petrol and maintenance)
• funding to provide uni students with small ecological and pathological projects to further our knowledge about the lesser known factors which may be involved in frog decline (for example, we might wish to fund a project which would tell us if the nutrient levels in insects or the diversity of insects have changed. The resistence of frogs to diseases is dependant on a good food supply, but if the bugs have suddenly become nutritionally deficient or are disappearing, this might explain why frogs are in such poor condition even when the habitat is available.)

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: Feb. 4th, 2010