Indigenous support services help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with housing, health, learning, money and work. Several of the six below work in remote and regional communities. Pick the one whose work speaks to you, and all of your donation goes straight to them.
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Indigenous support services cover a wide range of everyday needs: finishing school, finding work, managing money, staying healthy and having a safe place to live. Many work in remote communities, where services can be hard to reach.
When you choose a charity, look at how it works with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities. Each Tap4Change profile shows a charity's programs and where it works, so you can see who it partners with and how.
Australia has around 60,000 charities, and a handful get most of the donations. Smaller groups like the ones below often rely on regular supporters to keep going. For charities focused on schooling, see our guide to donating to an education charity.
Each one is ACNC-registered and listed on Tap4Change. Tap a card to see their profile, their latest updates and how to give.
Works to break cycles of trauma and poverty for First Nations people through education, housing, employment and justice programs, including an Aboriginal Home Ownership Initiative.
Improves the lives of Aboriginal families affected by Machado-Joseph Disease and related conditions, with community services, equipment, education and research.
Helps Indigenous people finish school, find work and lead healthy lives, including through its Deadly Youth Mentoring Program.
Provides financial counselling, money literacy and capability programs for Aboriginal people in remote communities.
Supports remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs with training, incubation and advocacy to grow their businesses.
Runs Aboriginal adult literacy campaigns in NSW, Queensland and the NT to build reading and digital skills and community wellbeing.
Want a different charity? Search all 60,000+ charities. How we picked these six: from Tap4Change's charity data, we took charities whose main work supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, rated 2 or 3 stars with a complete profile, with annual donations under $1 million, and ranked them by their most recent annual donations. Research, heritage, advocacy-only and religious groups were left out.
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Support looks different in every community. Here's what the charities above fund, so you can back the work that matters to you.
Adult literacy opens doors to work, forms and everyday life.
Literacy for Life runs community literacy campaignsFinancial counselling helps families plan ahead and avoid debt traps.
Money Mob Talkabout runs financial wellbeing servicesSpecialist support and equipment help families living with a rare disease.
The MJD Foundation supports families affected by MJDTraining and incubation help remote entrepreneurs turn ideas into income.
Enterprise Learning Projects runs an Incubation ProgramYour donation pays for counsellors, mentors, trainers and support workers, plus travel to remote communities and the equipment families need. Regular gifts help smaller charities plan programs ahead instead of chasing short-term funding.
Programs listed come from each charity's details in Tap4Change's charity data. For how fees, ACNC registration and tax receipts work, see the Tap4Change FAQs, the ACNC Charity Register and the ATO's gifts and donations guide.
Look at what the charity does, where it works and how it partners with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Each Tap4Change profile shows the charity's programs, updates and whether it's a deductible gift recipient.
Every charity on Tap4Change is registered with the ACNC, the national charity regulator.
Australia has around 60,000 charities, and a handful get most of the donations. Smaller groups often work in one region or with a few communities, so donations help keep local programs running.
A monthly gift gives them steady funding they can plan around, and you can change or cancel it any time.
Yes, if the charity you choose is eligible. Tax deductibility is shown at the top of each charity's page on Tap4Change. Donations to a charity endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR), and covered by Item 1 of the table in section 30-15 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, are tax deductible.
All six charities on this page are marked as tax deductible in our charity data. You can download your receipt from your profile to claim it at tax time.
Yes. Several charities on this page work in remote areas, including Money Mob Talkabout, Enterprise Learning Projects and the MJD Foundation in the Northern Territory.
Money is the most useful gift here. It lets charities cover travel and local costs instead of shipping goods long distances.
A thank you perk is a small gesture from a brand that partners with Tap4Change, such as a voucher or a free product, offered with some donations. Your donation still goes 100% to the charity. The perk comes from the brand, and offers rotate, so what's available depends on when you give.
If you can't donate right now, reach out to the Tap4Change team at support@tap4change.org. Sharing a charity's page is a great way to help too.
