For a limited time, an anonymous donor has generously pledged to match all one-off donations up to $74,000 — meaning every dollar you give will be doubled.
Nine out of ten people who are blind or vision impaired don’t need to be. Yet often a simple 20-minute procedure can restore their sight and transform their future. For as little as $25, you can help make that happen — and right now, that $25 becomes $50, restoring sight for twice as many people.
Your donation today means twice as many people are given the chance to have their sight restored, get an education, find employment, and contribute to their community.
Your matched gift:
This rare opportunity to double your impact ends on June 30. So, if you’ve been thinking about giving, now is the perfect time. And because your donation is tax-deductible, you can claim it this financial year.
Fred Hollows was a Visionary who believed everyone – no matter where they’re born – deserves the right to sight. He knew that restoring sight could change lives, lift families out of poverty, and strengthen whole communities.
Fred showed the world what was possible. Now, it’s up to us to carry his work forward.
Please, join us in carrying on Fred’s vision. Make your matched donation today — and help transform twice the number of lives.
How your matched gift will help end avoidable blindness:
Train surgeons & nurses where they're needed
Your gift is building local eye health workforces in over 25 countries — including places like Papua New Guinea, Ethiopia and Nepal — so more people, especially in remote and underserved communities, can get quality treatment, closer to home.
Equip clinics to restore sight
With your support, eye clinics receive the surgical and diagnostic resources they need to deliver safe, high-quality surgeries and screenings so more people can access the care they need to see clearly again.
Deliver outreach to remote communities
Your generosity helps bring mobile eye camps and rural clinics to people in Kenya, Cambodia and beyond — reaching those who would otherwise go without care.
Strengthen eye health systems
Together, we partner with governments to build strong, lasting eye care programs that are cost-effective and sustainable. Your matched gift helps tackle avoidable blindness at scale and ensures people can access treatment now and into the future.
Frequently asked questions
Matched giving is a time-bound campaign, in which donations are matched dollar-for-dollar to a matched giving fund. A matched giving fund can be one donor or a group of donors whose donations are pooled together, who have offered to match any donations given in a specified time period, to the total value of a specified amount.
Funding to match donations has been provided by a generous anonymous donor who has agreed for their donation to The Fred Hollows Foundation to be used to match donations from the community. Every dollar given in one off donations will be matched, up to a total of $74,000 through to 11:59 PM AEST 30th June 2025.
Yes, you will receive an email receipt immediately after donating and if you make a monthly gift you will receive a yearly tax receipt in the post every year.
Yes, donations of $2 and over are tax deductible in Australia.
You can update your details on our Donor Update Form. Or, you can get in touch and someone on our Sydney-based Supporter Care Team will be able to help you.
We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal, and direct debit for monthly donations.
Your donation will be used to restore sight to those who are needlessly blind, and help end avoidable blindness in the countries where we work, which includes eye operations and treatments, training surgeons and eye health workers, and other sustainable eye health.
For every $1 donated, 74.1% goes directly towards eye health programs, 5.2% is necessary for admin costs, and 20.7% goes towards investment in fundraising efforts, which allows us to help even more people in future years.
