Donations and Refunds

Change for Good Foundation is registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not for Profits Commission.

All pricing and transactions on this website are stated in Australian Dollars (AUD) and are secured using SSL encryption technology.

By completing a donation you certify that: 1. you accept the Terms & Conditions and the Privacy Policy, 2. That change for good foundation may contact you about updates to our foundation and future requests for future donations 3. you understand you can cease communication, or access and change your personal information by emailing info@changeforgood.org.au

We only use your information to process your donations and communicate with you about our charitable objectives.

Donations by individuals can be made in the form of one-off donations, regular gifts or bequests. Change for Good Foundation will determine where the funds are directed within its services. If a donation is designated to a specific project, Change for Good Foundation will use reasonable endeavours to direct that donation to the designated project but is not obligated to comply with such requests. Donations of gifts in kind will also be directed as determined by Change for Good Foundation.

Change for Good Foundation reserves the right for full discretion on how all donated funds are spent regardless of the specific cause donated to, this includes but is not limited to spending on operational expenses for the Change for Good Foundation.

This website is enabled for online donations using a secure donation server. However, despite the security on the website, you should be aware that there are risks in transferring information across the Internet.

We record on our fundraising database the donor's name, address, email, telephone, and amount donated. Our fundraising database is protected by secure user IDs and passwords, to help protect it from misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. For more details on the collection and use of donor data, please see our Privacy Policy.
Refunds

Any donation, purchase or other transactions made through the website by a user inserting that user’s credit card details is final and not disputable. Where there has been an unauthorised use of a user’s credit card, and the unauthorised nature of that use is proved on the balance of probabilities, then the donation may be considered for refund.

Change for Good Foundation thoroughly considers all requests for a refund and will ensure that genuine errors are corrected, however we are under no obligation to give refunds and the decisions on refunds will be at Change for Good Foundation’s discretion. If you would like to request a refund please provide details of how you made the donation, the amount, the date and the circumstances justifying your request.

Donations we cannot accept:

In line with the Fundraising Institute Australia code we will not accept a donation where:

there is a reasonable belief that the donor is in vulnerable circumstances or lacks capacity to make a decision to donate; or
accepting the donation would compromise the interests and objectives of our cause
the cost of accepting the donation will be greater than the value of the donation; or
there is reason to believe that accepting the donation may give rise to litigation

Change for Good Foundation cannot accept funds raised in a way that is contrary to our values or may be seen to compromise or contradict the work Change for Good Foundation does. As a general rule Change for Good Foundation will NOT enter into a fundraising agreement or accept donations from individuals, groups or corporations (as cash, pro-bono or gifts in kind) that are involved in activities that are incompatible with the objects of our cause, including the following:

Illegal activities
Violence
Discrimination
Irresponsible use or sale of Alcohol (and/or drugs)
Contributes to Harm to Animals
Contributes to Harm to the natural environment
Contributes to Harm to People
Promotes hate
Gambling
Tobacco
High safety risks
Risks to children and young people
Nudity or sexual imagery