What is Greenstone Giving?
Greenstone Giving celebrates the power of our people to make a difference to our communities. Through this portal you can choose to give your time or money by making a pre-tax donation to charity (including payroll giving), volunteer to work on a community project or fundraise with the support of your colleagues and/or family and friends.
Which GFS employees and subsidiaries can participate in Greenstone Giving?
The Greenstone Giving program applies to all permanent and fixed term employees of Greenstone.
Why has GFS introduced Greenstone Giving?
We recognise that our activities and services have a significant impact on the wider social, environmental and economic well-being in Australia. Greenstone Giving is part of our ongoing commitment to support our people to make a difference in our communities, that’s why we’ve partnered with The GoodCompany to develop this portal to make it easy to volunteer, fundraise and donate to charity.
What does GFS want to achieve with Greenstone Giving?
We are committed to our Corporate Social Responsibility activities and strongly believe that we can help drive positive and sustainable changes in our local communities.
What’s great about the program?
Greenstone Giving is the place to go for all our donating, volunteering, and fundraising needs.
We have responded to your feedback and introduced charities that align to our engagement survey results.
You can research, identify and apply for volunteer opportunities through the Greenstone Giving portal which makes it easy to give your time to make a difference.
Who has GFS partnered with to deliver the Greenstone Giving Portal?
GFS has partnered with GoodCompany to deliver Greenstone Giving .
Founded in 1999, GoodCompany was Australia’s first Skilled Volunteer portal. In 2007 GoodCompany merged with the GoodCompany Foundation. Today, GoodCompany is an exciting hybrid social enterprise that embraces both a non-profit Public Ancillary Fund (PAF) with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status and ‘for purpose’ structures to create greater social outcomes.
GoodCompany now supports over 1,500 of Australia's most respected charities.
Which charities are on Greenstone Giving? How do I add one?
There are a number of different charities listed on the Greenstone Giving portal.
Charities must meet certain criteria to join the program including Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) Item 1. You can check to see if a charity is DGR item 1 by searching the Australian Business Register here.
If a charity you’re passionate about is not registered with GoodCompany and they meet the DGR criteria, please let us know if you are willing to champion their cause via advocacy, donations, volunteering or fundraising. Details of the charity can be emailed through to greenstonegiving@greenstone.com.au.
Please note: It’s free for charities to join GoodCompany and list volunteering roles. If a charity wishes to register for donations that is a small annual membership fee of $300 a year (ex GST).