Workplace Giving

Every pay day, a small gift can go towards training a heart surgeon

Workplace Giving is one of the simplest and most powerful ways to make a lasting difference. By donating a small amount from your pre-tax pay, you help train the next generation of cardiac surgeons from across Asia — surgeons who return home to save lives in their own communities.

Your gift goes further when you give through work, and many employers will even match it. That means more surgeons trained, more heart operations performed, and more families keeping the people they love.

Why Workplace Giving matters

Heart disease is the world's leading cause of death. Yet in many parts of Asia, there are far too few surgeons trained to perform the complex operations that could save patients' lives.

Dr Victor Chang believed the answer was to share skills across borders. In 1984, he founded the Victor Chang Foundation to bring heart surgeons from Asia to Australia to train alongside world-leading teams — and then return home to teach others. Your regular gift continues his work by:

  • Training cardiac surgeons from Asia through VCF Surgical Fellowships at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and other hospitals in Australia

  • Multiplying impact, as each Fellow returns home to operate, teach and build cardiac units in their own country

  • Funding innovation in heart surgery, such as new devices and equipment used in training

  • Strengthening friendship and collaboration between Australian and Asian medical communities

This is how Dr Chang's legacy lives on — with you, and because of you.

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How Workplace Giving works

Workplace Giving is one of the easiest and most effective ways to support the Victor Chang Foundation — straight from your pay, and full of impact.

 You choose how much to give from your pre-tax pay

You get an instant tax benefit — no receipts, no waiting until tax time

Many employers match your gift, which can double your impact

You help carry on Dr Victor Chang's legacy of saving lives

The impact you make

When you give through work, you're not just donating — you're investing in skills that save lives for decades.

$25 a fortnight

From 80 colleagues trains a
heart surgeon for a year.

Since 1984

We've funded and trained almost 100 cardiac surgeons.

10 countries

Across Asia have sent cardiac surgeons to train with VCF since 1984.

A small gift from your pay can change everything

Dr Wenjian Jiang trained with VCF at St Vincent's Hospital for 2 years and now leads the cardiac surgery unit at Anzhen Hospital in China. His story is one of many that can be made possible by supporters who give through Workplace Giving.

Why employers get involved

Partnering with the Victor Chang Foundation through Workplace Giving is a practical way for your organisation to support a trusted Australian charity while building a positive workplace culture. It shows your team that you care about the causes they want to support.

Since 1984, VCF has continued the mission of one of Australia's most admired surgeons. By partnering with us, your organisation contributes to real and lasting change — training surgeons, advancing innovative heart surgery and saving lives across Asia.

Workplace Giving is good for the community — and good for business. It:

  • Lifts staff morale and engagement

  • Helps attract and retain people who want their work to reflect their values

  • Shows employees their employer supports the causes they care about

  • Is simple and low-cost to run, with clear, measurable impact

  • Demonstrates corporate social responsibility in action

VCF is a registered charity with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status, so eligible workplace and matched gifts are tax-deductible.

Start giving today

If your employer already offers Workplace Giving:

  • Ask your HR or payroll team to sign you up

  • Choose the Victor Chang Foundation and your donation amount

  • Start changing lives — with every pay

If not, ask your HR or Payroll team to contact any one of our trusted workplace giving partners to discuss setting up a workplace giving program – the Victor Chang Foundation uses these three platforms:

Want to set up or join a Workplace Giving program?

Speak to your payroll team, or email us, and we'll help you get started.

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 Workplace Giving FAQs

Want to know how to join, or how to set up a program at your workplace? Read our FAQs.

  • Workplace Giving (also called payroll giving) lets you donate regularly to causes you care about, directly from your pre-tax salary. Donations are deducted automatically from your pay, so there's no extra paperwork or effort.

  • You choose how much you'd like to give from each pay. Your donation is deducted automatically before tax each pay cycle, so you receive the tax benefit straight away. Some employers also match your donation, doubling its impact.

  • If your employer offers Workplace Giving, you can sign up through your HR or payroll team, or through your company’s giving platform. Simply choose the Victor Chang Foundation and the amount you’d like to give from each pay. If you’re not sure whether your workplace has a program, ask your HR team. If your employer doesn’t offer Workplace Giving, you can still give regularly by setting up a monthly gift, or contact us, and we can help you get a program started.

  • It's one of the easiest and most tax-effective ways to make a difference. Your regular gift helps train cardiac surgeons from Asia, fund innovation in heart surgery, and carry forward Dr Victor Chang's vision — with almost no effort on your part.

  • If Workplace Giving isn't available to you, you can make a one-off or monthly donation on our website, fundraise for us through events such as City2Surf, or leave a gift in your Will. Every gift, large or small, helps save lives.

  • Many employers offer to match their employees' donations, often dollar for dollar. Check with your HR team to see whether your company does. If they don’t, then please suggest they do!

  • Your donations appear on your payslip or in your company's HR or giving portal, and are included in your end-of-year income statement, so you don't need separate receipts at tax time.

  • Your gift helps VCF Surgical Fellows gain the advanced surgical skills they need to operate on people with heart disease in their home countries, and supports innovation in heart surgery. Because each Fellow goes on to operate on and train others, even a small monthly gift reaches many patients. For example, $100 a month adds up to $1,200 a year, enough to pay for more than a week of a Fellow’s training.

  • Yes. You can change or stop your donation at any time through your HR or payroll team, or your company's giving platform.

  • Your Workplace Giving donations will stop when you leave. You can set up a new plan with your next employer, or continue your support by becoming a regular donor through our website.

  • No. They are separate charities. The Victor Chang Foundation is the charity Dr Chang founded himself in 1984, and it is still run by his family and a volunteer board. The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute was established after his death and carries his name, but it is a separate organisation. To support the work Dr Chang started – training heart surgeons from Asia and funding innovation in heart surgery – please make sure you select the Victor Chang Foundation (ABN 18 002 762 745).