Sustainability and Community

The Westpac Group's Matching Gifts program

Our people choose the pace and direction of our giving. Through The Westpac Group's Matching Gifts program we match the donations of our employees, dollar for dollar, to any tax-deductible charity in Australia.

Since 1999, $22.5 million has been provided to more than 1250 charities, thanks to the generosity of employees and our Matching Gifts program.

This year approximately 600 charities received over $3 million, raised from employee donations and Matching Gifts.

The Westpac Group has also unveiled an Australian banking first by agreeing to match microfinance loans by its employees to disadvantaged individuals in the Asia Pacific region and Indigenous Australia through a special new initiative with World Education Australia with a new Matching Loans program.

This initiative continues the evolution of The Westpac Group’s workplace giving program which has provided extensive support to a vast range of community organisations since it began more than 11 years ago.

A list of this year's charities can be downloaded here:

Matching Gifts charity list February 2009 - January 2010 (PDF 32kb)

Matching Gifts charity list February 2009 - January 2010 (RTF 475kb)