Our charitable and community initiatives

The real estate industry is built on connection - to places, to people, and to the communities that make both meaningful. With offices across Australasia, from bustling cities to quiet rural towns, we see first-hand the challenges our communities face and the remarkable organisations working to address them.

We've chosen to partner with causes that reflect our values and our responsibility as an industry deeply connected to housing and community: supporting mental health research, creating safe spaces for children, tackling homelessness, keeping families together during difficult moments, and protecting the landscapes we all depend on. These partnerships represent our commitment to being part of the solution to challenges people encounter every day.

Each initiative below supports our belief that businesses should contribute meaningfully to their communities, using our presence and resources to amplify the impact of organisations already making a real difference across Australia, New Zealand and beyond.

This is just the start. Collectively across our network of offices, we support thousands of local and national charity partners and community groups that hold significance to our franchise members, their businesses and their valued communities.

Our partnership with Black Dog Institute runs deeply across many facets of our business. As the only medical research institute in Australia dedicated to researching mental health for all ages, their work directly supports our commitment to employee wellbeing.

Mental illness is the leading cause of absence and long-term incapacity in the workplace, making this partnership crucial for our industry. By providing workplace mental health training to our Corporate and Network teams, together we’re helping to build mentally healthier societies and workplaces where our people can thrive.

Through the Ray White Shop, between 2.5-5 per cent of gross sales are donated directly to Black Dog Institute, ensuring their vital research that transforms scientific discoveries into practical solutions - clinical services, educational programs and digital tools - continues to help people when they need it most.

We've partnered with You Can Sit With Me (YCSWM) to establish safe spaces along children's journey to and from school as part of our joint initiative, 'Safe Spaces’. YCSWM is an inclusive program for schools, sports clubs and community groups designed to stamp out school refusal, non inclusive behaviours and bullying. If a student is lost, needs to contact their parent or carer, or is being followed or bullied, they can seek help at any Ray White partner office displaying the YCSWM safe house sticker.

This partnership allows us to extend a lifeline to children "from the pavement," creating a network of safety throughout our communities. It's a privilege to use our widespread presence - with offices on nearly every high street - to provide immediate help when young people need it most. For more information on the initiative or becoming a Safe Space, reach out to the YCSWM team here.

For the last 13 years, Ray White offices across Australia and New Zealand have taken part in our Christmas gift drive. Partnering with a local charity of choice, each office collects gifts and donations for families in need.

Here are just some of the charities our offices have supported over the years:

St Vincent de Paul Society, The Salvation Army, Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick. Rotary, Wesley Mission, Beyond Blue, The Smith Family, Act For Kids, Foodbank Victoria, Backpacks 4 SA Kids, Ronald McDonald House, Kidz First, The Pyjama Foundation, The City Mission, Hummingbird House and Oasis Homeless Youth Centre.

We're proud to be founding partners of A Home For All Foundation, an industry-led initiative uniting Australia's property sector to tackle homelessness and housing insecurity. With our own head of organisational development, Natalie Hortz, serving on the Foundation's Advisory Committee, we're committed to driving meaningful change for the 122,000 Australians who don't have a safe place to sleep each night.

The Foundation channels our industry's unique position and responsibility - every day we help people find homes, and we believe everyone deserves that security. Through initiatives like "A Night Without Home," we're working alongside fellow industry leaders to raise awareness that 94% of homelessness remains hidden from plain sight, and to direct 100% of funds raised to organisations making a real difference.

Since 2007, Ray White New Zealand has been a proud Partner of Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC®) New Zealand, and this partnership holds special meaning for our entire network. When families face their most challenging moments - with a seriously ill child requiring treatment far from home -RMHC provides a place to stay close by, free of charge, with warm meals, private rooms, and a supportive community.

Each year, Ray White offices around the country raise over $100,000 through the House to House campaign, community fundraising events, the annual street collection and the Business Club programme. Our teams regularly volunteer to cook dinners for families and our auctioneering skills support fundraising events. It's humbling to be part of keeping families together during the toughest times—because sometimes, the simple act of providing a comfortable, safe place to stay makes all the difference.

Every June, Ray White leaders across Australia join hundreds of CEOs and business leaders who sleep outdoors on one of the longest and coldest nights of the year to support Australians experiencing homelessness. In 2025, Ray White raised more than $75,000 for the St Vincent de Paul Society through the CEO Sleepout, with participants including Ray White NSW|ACT CEO Tim Snell, who raised $20,265, and other leaders from our corporate CEO group, Senior Leadership Groups and from across our network.

Since its launch in 2006, the Vinnies CEO Sleepout has raised nearly $100 million to support vital homelessness services. With more than 116,000 people homeless in Australia on any given night, one uncomfortable night sleeping rough gives our leaders a small glimpse into what thousands face every day. Through fundraising events, our Real Estate of Origin call-a-thons and the personal commitment of our people, we're contributing to Vinnies' century-long mission to ensure everyone has a safe place to call home.