Sponsoring a child is one of the simplest ways to give every month. These six charities run child or orphan sponsorship programs. Back one with a monthly gift in about a minute, and 100% of your donation goes to them.
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Child sponsorship is a regular gift, usually monthly, that funds a charity's work with children in poorer communities. Many programs pool sponsors' money so it helps a child's whole community, through things like schools, clean water and health care, rather than handing cash to one family.
Some charities match you with a named child and send updates. Others fund orphan care, supporting children who have lost one or both parents. Both run on the same idea: steady money a charity can plan around. For other ways to give, see our guide to donating to charity in Australia.
A monthly gift through Tap4Change goes to the charity's work. If you'd like to be matched with a specific child, sign up directly with the charity's own sponsorship program. Giving through a Muslim charity? Our guide to donating to a Muslim charity covers groups that run orphan care.
Each one is ACNC-registered and listed on Tap4Change. Tap a card to see their profile, their latest updates and how to give.
Funds relief and development projects focused on education, child protection and economic empowerment, including Child and Community Sponsorship, and works with First Nations communities in Australia.
Delivers humanitarian aid around the world through water solutions, emergency care, health and education programs, and orphan sponsorship.
Works to reduce poverty for children in developing communities through child protection, education, health and disaster risk reduction, funded partly through sponsorships.
Runs emergency, development and seasonal programs overseas and in Australia, including orphan sponsorship and housing for orphan families.
Supports education, health and community projects in Nepal, India and Bangladesh, and helps around 4,000 children with their education through child sponsorship.
Provides food, medicine and shelter to vulnerable people in many countries, supports orphanages and runs orphan sponsorship.
Want a different charity? Search all 60,000+ charities. How we picked these six: from Tap4Change's charity data, we took charities that name a child or orphan sponsorship program, rated 2 or 3 stars with a complete profile, and ranked them by their most recent annual donations. Churches and missionary groups were left out.
Some donations come with a thank you perk from a partner brand, like a voucher or a free product. It's a small thanks for showing up, never the reason to give. Offers change often, so check what's on when you donate.
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Sponsorship works because it keeps coming. Here's what the charities above fund with regular support.
Community sponsorship pools gifts for projects a whole area can use.
World Vision Australia runs Child and Community SponsorshipOrphan sponsorship supports children who have lost one or both parents.
Human Appeal runs orphan sponsorshipChild protection work helps keep kids safe from harm.
ChildFund Australia runs child protection programsSponsorship helps children stay in school and keep learning.
Asian Aid supports education for around 4,000 childrenYour monthly gift pays for things like school supplies, health care, clean water and child protection programs, plus the local staff who run them. Because it arrives every month, charities can plan ahead instead of waiting for the next appeal.
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.
Choose a charity that runs child sponsorship, like the ones above, and set up a monthly gift. On Tap4Change that takes about a minute: open a charity's profile, tap donate and choose monthly.
You can change or cancel your monthly gift any time from your donation history, and your receipts are saved in your profile.
Not through Tap4Change. A monthly donation on Tap4Change supports the charity's work, and 100% of it goes to the charity.
If you'd like to be matched with a named child, with letters or updates, sign up directly with the charity's own sponsorship program. Each charity runs its program a little differently, so check the details with them.
Each charity sets its own amount for its formal sponsorship program, so check with them directly.
On Tap4Change, you choose how much to give each month, and you can change it later. Every amount helps, and a regular gift is what makes sponsorship work.
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.
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.
