Paths to Protection is a blog series exploring the many ways you can help create a world where animals live free from cruelty and suffering. Each installment highlights a different way to give, so you can choose the path that’s right for you—and right for the animals you care about.
If you’ve ever wished for an easier way to help protect animals, payroll giving might be the perfect fit for you. It’s a simple yet powerful way to support World Animal Protection effortlessly, and with lasting impact.
What Is Payroll Giving?
Payroll giving (also known as workplace giving or give-as-you-earn) allows employees to donate to registered charities directly from their paychecks. Once you enroll, a set amount is automatically deducted from your salary each pay cycle and sent straight to your chosen nonprofit. It’s one of the easiest ways to give regularly: depending on where you live or work, your donations may even be deducted before tax, making payroll giving a tax-smart choice. It’s efficient, sustainable, and completely hands-off once set up.
Why Payroll Giving Matters
Payroll giving transforms consistent support into lasting impact. While one-time gifts are always appreciated, recurring contributions give us the stability to plan ahead, respond swiftly in emergencies, and invest in solutions that create lasting change. With the steady support payroll giving provides, we can focus more energy on protecting animals and planning for the future. For you, it’s a simple, practical way to make a meaningful difference, one paycheck at a time.
Benefits of Payroll Giving
Simple and Automatic: Once you’re enrolled through your employer, your gift takes care of itself. Your chosen donation amount is automatically deducted from each paycheck and sent directly to World Animal Protection. No due dates to remember, no renewals to manage—just steady support for animals, month after month.
Tax-Efficient: In many payroll giving programs, donations are deducted from your pre-tax pay, so you can stretch your giving power and make each dollar go further. Because your gift is taken out before taxes are calculated, you may also end up paying less in taxes overall.
Small Contributions, Big Impact: A few dollars each pay cycle might feel small—but over time, it’s powerful. Just $10 every two weeks becomes $260 a year. Multiply that by a community of supporters, and the results are transformative for animals.
Planning Ahead: Reliable support through payroll giving allows us to prepare for the future, act immediately when disaster strikes, and invest in lasting solutions to end cruel practices and build a world where animals live free from suffering.
A Consistent Force for Good: Regular gifts make you part of a determined movement to protect animals. Your support provides the steady, reliable funding needed to challenge and change the systems that cause billions of animals to suffer.
How to Get Started with Payroll Giving
- Visit our dedicated payroll giving page to use our search tool to see if your employer offers payroll giving. If they do, you’ll learn everything you need to know about the program.
- When using our search tool, you’ll receive information on how to enroll in payroll giving. You’ll also see what additional programs your employer offers, such as matching gifts, volunteer grants, and more.
That’s it! Once you enroll in payroll giving, you’ll be making a stronger impact for animals around the world.
If your employer does not offer payroll giving, you can still help us plan for the future by joining The Wild Side with a monthly gift. Wild Side members support animals every day of the year and help make our life-changing and transformational work possible.
Together, we can build a better world for animals.
Your ongoing support gives us the confidence to take bold steps for animals—planning ahead, acting quickly, and creating change that lasts. Payroll giving is one of the easiest ways to make that possible. It’s simple, it’s steady, and it turns your everyday routine into a powerful force for good.
To learn more, visit our dedicated payroll giving page or email our team.