Frequently Asked Questions
Global Development Group is an Australian, non-government, humanitarian development organisation working with approved partners to relieve poverty and provide long-term solutions through quality aid and development projects.
Over 645 million people around the world live in extreme poverty (people living on less than $1.90 per day)1 and struggle every day simply to survive. Global Development Group’s goal is to help improve the lives of those children, families and communities living in poverty, through the implementation of holistic, community-focused and sustainable development solutions. As well as providing relief in emergency situations, we work on long-term community development projects that address the causes of poverty and help people move towards self-sufficiency.
Global Development Group does not discriminate on religious, political, social, cultural, age, ability (or disability) or gender grounds. We believe in freedom, justice, peace and an opportunity for everyone.
Founded in 2002, GDG is approved by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), reports to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), and the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission (ACNC).
Our head office is in Brisbane, Australia. We also have offices in New Zealand, USA, and Cambodia.
1 https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2021/goal-01/Our Partnership page has information regarding partnership with GDG. This page contains a contact form or you can call us on (07) 3341 6475. We will gladly answer your questions, talk with you about the process and forward a Proposed Project Application form to get the ball rolling.
GDG selects and approves projects that align with our mission, vision and core values. We work with potential partners and stakeholders to identify and design aid and development projects that are implemented in consultation with the local beneficiary community to identify the needs they want to address, utilising their existing resources, knowledge, skills and materials. We select projects that aim to build local capacity, empowering beneficiaries to become responsible for their own development and ensuring sustainable impact. GDG ensures that approved projects meet the requirements outlined in the OAGDS guidelines. Projects that can meet these requirements are able to become an approved GDG project.
If you already know which project you would like to support, click donate in the menu and follow the instructions.
If you don’t have any preference and would just like to donate to wherever most needed, select "J050N- Current Greatest Need".
If you have any difficulty, please contact us.
Donations are only accepted and processed in accordance with our donation policy and privacy policy (to view, please click here).
In accordance with ATO guidelines, gifts over $2 to Global Development Group approved projects are receipted for tax deductibility. Global Development Group provides proper authority through its 'approved Item 1 DGR Overseas Aid Fund'. Project funds are disbursed to our approved projects overseas as per the approved project budget, through an on-field project manager. Tax deductible gifts are only used for approved aid and development projects.
Yes. Each donation of $2 or more is tax deductible. The donor can make a donation with a preference for an approved development project and the receipt will usually be issued within 14 business days, if not immediately. As required by the ATO we advise that if funds raised exceed the requirement for the preferred project, funds may be directed to another approved activity. Please note, no non-development (evangelistic, political or welfare) activities are a part of, or funded by, GDG projects.
Australia has rigid regulations concerning who will receive the estate of anyone who dies without leaving a valid will; if none exists, intestacy rules automatically apply meaning your estate goes to defined close family members, or to the government.
Accordingly, if you wish to choose who receives something from your estate – family members included – it is essential to have a will. We recommend you seek expert independent legal advice regarding the wording of your will, however the basic options are as below:
Making a legacy gift in your will to GDG/a GDG project There are basically four different ways to remember GDG &/or a particular preferred GDG project in your will:
- nominate a particular amount (a pecuniary legacy),
- nominate a percentage of your estate,
- nominate the remainder of your estate after specifying other legacies (a residuary estate), or
- nominating GDG &/or a preferred project as your sole beneficiary.
Please contact us for more information.
Global Development Group is committed to continuous improvement and values your feedback, both positive and negative.
You can give feedback, a compliment or a complaint, to Global Development Group via our Feedback form on our Complaints page.
If you do not wish to provide feedback via the website Feedback form, please feel free to do so via written letter, fax, email or phone call.
Global Development Group U.S.A works in conjunction with Global Development Group, Australia, currently carrying out over 200 projects in more than 30 developing countries. Projects by Global Development Group in Australia commenced in 2004, while Global Development Group USA began taking tax deductible donations in May, 2007.
Global Development Group is an humanitarian development organisation working with approved partners to relieve poverty and provide long-term solutions through quality aid and development projects.
Over 645 million people around the world live in extreme poverty (people living on less than $1.90 per day)1 and struggle every day simply to survive. Global Development Group’s goal is to help improve the lives of those children, families and communities living in poverty, through the implementation of holistic, community-focused and sustainable development solutions. As well as providing relief in emergency situations, we work on long-term community development projects that address the causes of poverty and help people move towards self-sufficiency.
Global Development Group does not discriminate on religious, political, social, cultural, age, ability (or disability) or gender grounds. We believe in freedom, justice, peace and an opportunity for everyone.
Founded in 2007, GDG U.S.A is USA Tax Exempt and has 501 (c) (3) approval.
1 https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2021/goal-01/Our Partnership page has information regarding partnership with GDG. This page contains a contact form or you can email info@globaldevelopment.org.au. We will gladly answer your questions, talk with you about the process and forward a Proposed Project Application form to get the ball rolling.
GDG selects and approves projects that align with our mission, vision and core values. We work with potential partners and stakeholders to identify and design aid and development projects that are implemented in consultation with the local beneficiary community to identify the needs they want to address, utilising their existing resources, knowledge, skills and materials. We select projects that aim to build local capacity, empowering beneficiaries to become responsible for their own development and ensuring sustainable impact. GDG ensures that approved projects meet the requirements outlined in the OAGDS guidelines. Projects that can meet these requirements are able to become an approved GDG project.
Yes, Global Development Group has 501 (c) (3) approval. Donations $2 and over are tax deductible.
Every person who supports Global Development Group’s work is making a difference in someone’s life in one or more of the following ways:
- Providing emergency food, shelter and medical assistance to the those in crisis
- Enabling children to receive an education and a training pathway so they can break the poverty cycle
- Providing essential health, water, and sanitation resources so communities can thrive
- Protecting children from being exploited and rehabilitating those have, while helping to locate and prosecute the perpetrators
- Empowering women and men through microenterprise, so they can provide for their own families
- Building the capacity of local men and women in order to increase self-reliance and reduce foreign assistance
- Developing agricultural and other projects for communities to be self-sustaining
- Utilizing and protecting natural resources to produce energy and the preserve the environment
Global Development Group is committed to continuous improvement and values your feedback, both positive and negative
You can give feedback, a compliment or a complaint, to Global Development Group via our Feedback form on our Complaints page.
If you do not wish to provide feedback via the website Feedback form, please feel free to do so via written letter, fax, email or phone call.
Global Development Group is an, non-government, humanitarian development organisation working with approved partners to relieve poverty and provide long-term solutions through quality aid and development projects.
Over 645 million people around the world live in extreme poverty (people living on less than $1.90 per day)1 and struggle every day simply to survive. Global Development Group’s goal is to help improve the lives of those children, families and communities living in poverty, through the implementation of holistic, community-focused and sustainable development solutions. As well as providing relief in emergency situations, we work on long-term community development projects that address the causes of poverty and help people move towards self-sufficiency.
Global Development Group does not discriminate on religious, political, social, cultural, age, ability (or disability) or gender grounds. We believe in freedom, justice, peace and an opportunity for everyone.
Global Development Group Ltd is a registered charity (CC54017) carrying out quality overseas humanitarian projects with approved partners and providing aid to relieve poverty. Global Development Group Limited has been an approved overseas donee status organisation since 1st April 2018. GDG Ltd is a signatory to the CID Code of Conduct.
1 https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2021/goal-01/Our Partnership page has information regarding partnership with GDG. This page contains a contact form or you can call us on (07) 3341 6475. We will gladly answer your questions, talk with you about the process and forward a Proposed Project Application form to get the ball rolling.
GDG selects and approves projects that align with our mission, vision and core values. We work with potential partners and stakeholders to identify and design aid and development projects that are implemented in consultation with the local beneficiary community to identify the needs they want to address, utilising their existing resources, knowledge, skills and materials. We select projects that aim to build local capacity, empowering beneficiaries to become responsible for their own development and ensuring sustainable impact. GDG ensures that approved projects meet the requirements outlined in the Council for International Development (CID) Code of Conduct. Projects that can meet these requirements are able to become an approved GDG project.
If you already know which project you would like to support, click donate in the menu and follow the instructions.
If you don’t have any preference and would just like to donate to wherever most needed, select "J050N- Current Greatest Need".
If you have any difficulty, please contact us.
Donations are only accepted and processed in accordance with our donation policy and privacy policy (to view, please click here).
In accordance with ATO guidelines, gifts over $2 to Global Development Group approved projects are receipted for tax deductibility. Global Development Group provides proper authority through its 'approved Item 1 DGR Overseas Aid Fund'. Project funds are disbursed to our approved projects overseas as per the approved project budget, through an on-field project manager. Tax deductible gifts are only used for approved aid and development projects.
Yes, annual donation totals of $5 and over to Global Development Group Ltd are eligible for a tax credit in NZ. Donors can make a donation with a preference for an approved development project, the receipt will be issued within 14 business days. Excess funds may be directed to another approved activity. Please note, no non-development (evangelistic, political or welfare) activities are a part of, or funded by, GDG projects.
New Zealand has rigid regulations concerning who will receive the estate of anyone who dies without leaving a valid will; if none exists, intestacy rules automatically apply meaning your estate goes to defined close family members, or to the government.
Accordingly, if you wish to choose who receives something from your estate – family members included – it is essential to have a will. We recommend you seek expert independent legal advice regarding the wording of your will, however the basic options are as below:
Making a legacy gift in your will to GDG/a GDG project There are basically four different ways to remember GDG &/or a particular preferred GDG project in your will:- nominate a particular amount (a pecuniary legacy),
- nominate a percentage of your estate,
- nominate the remainder of your estate after specifying other legacies (a residuary estate), or
- nominating GDG &/or a preferred project as your sole beneficiary.
Please contact us for more information.
Global Development Group is committed to continuous improvement and values your feedback, both positive and negative.
You can give feedback, a compliment or a complaint, to Global Development Group via our Feedback form on our Complaints page.
If you do not wish to provide feedback via the website Feedback form, please feel free to do so via written letter, fax, email or phone call.
Yes. Global Development Group is a member of CID and a signatory to the CID Code of Conduct, which provides standards on management and communication with the public, to which Global Development Group is compliant. An annual evidenced-based CSA (Compliance Self-Assessment) is completed and submitted to CID.
Global Development Group SCIO (GDG) is a non-government, humanitarian development organisation working with approved partners to relieve poverty and provide long-term solutions through quality aid and development projects.
Over 645 million people around the world live in extreme poverty (people living on less than $1.90 per day)1 and struggle every day simply to survive. Global Development Group SCIO’s goal is to help improve the lives of those children, families and communities living in poverty, through the implementation of holistic, community-focused and sustainable development solutions. As well as providing relief in emergency situations, we work on long-term community development projects that address the causes of poverty and help people move towards self-sufficiency.
Global Development Group SCIO does not discriminate on religious, political, social, cultural, age, ability (or disability) or gender grounds. We believe in freedom, justice, peace and an opportunity for everyone.
Global Development Group SCIO was established in the UK as a Scottish Charity in 2022 and works in partnership with its sister organisations across the world (Australia, New Zealand, USA, Netherlands) to provide support and resources to projects in developing countries.
1 https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2021/goal-01/Our Partnership page has information regarding partnership with GDG. Please complete the contact form on this page and we will gladly answer your questions, talk with you about the process to get the ball rolling.
GDG selects and approves projects that align with our mission, vision and core values. We work with potential partners and stakeholders to identify and design aid and development projects that are implemented in consultation with the local beneficiary community to identify the needs they want to address, utilising their existing resources, knowledge, skills and materials. We select projects that aim to build local capacity, empowering beneficiaries to become responsible for their own development and ensuring sustainable impact. Projects that can meet these requirements are able to become an approved GDG project.
If you already know which project you would like to donate to, select the 'Donate' button at the top of the home page and follow the instructions to process your donation.
If you have any difficulty, please contact us.
Donations are accepted and processed in accordance with our donation policy and privacy policy (to view, please click on 'Site user policy' in the footer of this page).
Gift Aid is one of the simplest and most effective ways of giving to charity. It is a scheme that allows GDG SCIO to claim an extra 25p for every £1 that you donate. So, for example, if you donate £100 we can claim an extra £25, making your gift worth £125.
You simply need to have paid or will pay an amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax that is at least equal to the tax that GDG SCIO will reclaim from HMRC on your donations in a tax year.
All you need to do is to complete a form which includes a Gift Aid 'declaration'. This form requires:
- your name, address (including postcode)
- your signature (or tick a box, if online)
- the date
- you to confirm that you are a UK taxpayer, and
- you to confirm that any donations you make to GDG SCIO in future (or in the previous four years) are to be treated as Gift-Aided.
If you have not paid enough UK tax (income tax or capital gains tax) during the tax year in question to match the tax the charity will reclaim on the gift, you should not make donations under Gift Aid.
Yes. Please contact us for more information.
Global Development Group is committed to continuous improvement and values your feedback, both positive and negative.
You can give feedback, a compliment or a complaint, to Global Development Group SCIO via our Feedback form on our Complaints page.
If you do not wish to provide feedback via the website Feedback form, please feel free to do so via written letter or email.