Join us to finish what Fred started – and help end avoidable blindness for good.
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.
When you start a monthly donation, you’ll become a Visionary — part of a passionate community carrying on Fred Hollows’ legacy and helping restore sight every single month.
And for a limited time, a group of anonymous donors has generously pledged to match all monthly Visionary donations up to $500,000 — meaning every dollar you give will be doubled.
It only takes two minutes to set up, but your monthly gift can give someone a lifetime of sight, again and again.
Your matched monthly gift:
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.
Why should you give monthly?
Monthly giving is the most effective way to support our work. It allows us to plan ahead and deliver ongoing support to people living with avoidable blindness in over 25 countries around the world.
Monthly donations have a multiplier effect
Your monthly gift creates a ripple of impact. It helps train local doctors who then train others, and supports clinics that continue restoring sight long after the first surgery. Month after month, you're not just changing lives — you're creating a legacy of sight that keeps growing.
It’s more convenient for you — and for us
You choose the amount, and your donation is automatically debited from your nominated account on the 15th or 28th of each month. It saves admin time and costs, and gives you full control to update or cancel anytime.
Monthly donations help us plan long-term projects
Monthly donations are our most reliable source of income. They allow us to focus less on fundraising, and more on delivering long-term projects — including investing in innovation and expanding access to affordable eye care in some of the most remote communities.
As a Visionary, you’re part of something powerful
Your monthly support helps someone see their loved ones again, return to school or work, and live life to the fullest. Together, we’re continuing Fred’s legacy — and changing lives every single month.
To say thank you, you’ll receive:
👁️ A Visionary Welcome Pack with meaningful keepsakes to remind you of the impact you’re making, including a lens cloth, a bookmark, and a magnifier
📰 Fred’s Vision magazine, a beautiful calendar, and regular updates from the field showing you how your gift is transforming lives
💌 Invitations to exclusive events, where you’ll hear directly from the incredible people driving change on the ground
🏃🏽 Early access to community fundraising events like Fred’s Big Run, and the chance to join a passionate network of supporters across Australia
As a Visionary you’re not just restoring sight — you’re part of a movement to end avoidable blindness for good.
Your gift, responsibly spent
Every donation makes a real impact. We’re proud to say 74% of every dollar goes directly to delivering sight-saving programs. The rest supports essential fundraising and operations to keep our work going.
We see a world in which no person is needlessly blind or vision impaired. With the support of our partners in 2024, our global impact was profound.
8,102,299
People screened.
562,213
Eye operations and treatments performed.
178,638
Pairs of glasses distributed.
66,852
People trained including community health workers, teachers, and surgeons.
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 group of generous anonymous donors who have agreed for their donations to The Fred Hollows Foundation to be used to match new monthly donations for the first 12 months. Donations will be matched to the value of $500,000. Once this target is reached the campaign will end. All donations above $2 are tax deductible and will be directed to where the need is greatest.
Only new monthly donations will be matched for the first 12 months. Donations will be matched to the value of $500,000.
No, only monthly donations will be matched for this campaign. Donations will be matched for 12 months.
Once the target has been reached, promotion of the campaign will end and donations will no longer be matched.
A monthly donation is the most effective way to support the work of The Foundation. The benefit of giving monthly means that you will save time by donating regularly and your gift will help us plan ahead to be more effective at restoring sight. Monthly donations are powerful and have a multiplier effect, not only restoring one person’s sight, but many more, as it allows us to train doctors, build additional capacity and helps us reach those who no one else can.
Restoring sight changes lives and it can only happen thanks to the generosity of supporters like you.
When you become a monthly donor we will send you:
- A welcome pack in the mail within a few weeks. The welcome pack will contain all the necessary information about your monthly gift.
- Your nominated account or credit card will be debited each month on the 15th or 28th (whichever is closest to your sign up date).
- You will receive regular email updates, sharing stories from the field about patients whose sight you’ve helped restore; medical professionals and programs you have supported; events and activities The Foundation has taken part in; petitions and research relating to eye health.
- At the end of each financial year, we will send a tax receipt with all your donations (donations over $2 are tax-deductible), for you to use for your income tax claim.
We count on your monthly donation to be able to plan ahead and continue to provide support to people living with avoidable blindness in more than 25 countries around the world. When you pledge to donate monthly, you are helping to:
- Train a range of people from community health workers to surgeons who will then go on and train others. It is the ultimate multiplier effect.
- Upgrade and build more medical facilities.
- Conduct eye camps in some of the poorest and most remote communities.
- Invest in innovation and technology that will continue to make eye care services more affordable and available to people living in the most remote parts of developing countries around the world.
- Bring screening programs to schools so that children can get the treatment they need as quickly as possible.
- Keep processing costs to a minimum, keeping administration costs down.
Fred believed that the only way to get on with eliminating avoidable blindness was to break down every barrier in his way and to empower people.
By becoming a monthly donor you are keeping Fred’s work alive and bringing affordable eye care to those who need it most.
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.
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.
We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal, and direct debit for monthly donations.
You can change how we contact you at any time. Get in touch, email [email protected], call 1800 352 352 or write to us at Supporter Care Team, The Fred Hollows Foundation, Locked Bag 5021, Alexandria NSW 2015.
Please view our Regular Giving Service Agreement here.
