Trend Report 2024: The 20 most popular charities on bcause

Maybe you—like many others—have asked yourself the question: Where or what should I actually donate to?

The bcause community gave clear answers in 2024: These 20 non-profit organizations were supported particularly frequently. Their topics are as diverse as the people who support them—and show how meaningful giving can be.

These include both large, well-known aid organizations that have been pursuing their mission for decades, as well as young NGOs dedicated to important societal issues.

The focus of the bcause community was on the following fields of impact

• Education & Equal Opportunities

• Health & Well-being

• Environment & Climate

• Democracy & Civil Society

• No Poverty

Our trend report shows which donation organizations in Germany received a particularly high level of trust from the bcause community in 2024. This is not a ranking, but a strong indication of which topics and projects move many people.

If you are still considering which organization you would like to donate to, this overview can serve as guidance for you. Be inspired by our trend report from 2024!

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Education & Equal Opportunities

✨ ArbeiterKind.de

ArbeiterKind.de supports school students from families without an academic background in becoming the first in their family to enter university. Through nationwide information events and a network of volunteers, young people are encouraged and accompanied on their educational path. Most of the volunteers are themselves first-generation students and thus serve as role models. The organization offers practical support from choosing a field of study to entering the career path. The goal is to break down educational barriers and promote equal opportunities in the education system. ArbeiterKind.de contributes to increasing social mobility in the German education system.

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✨ Schule im Aufbruch

The “Schule im Aufbruch” initiative advocates for a holistic and transformative education that empowers young people to help shape a future worth living. The focus is on potential development and character building. With its transformation support, the initiative helps schools turn into learning environments for a sustainable future that foster the development of future-oriented skills. The initiative is inspired by the UNESCO educational offensive “Education for Sustainable Development”.

👉 Schule im Aufbruch on bcause

✨ Acker

Acker brings sustainable education directly onto the curriculum – with vegetable patches at schools and daycares. By growing their own food, children and young people learn where food comes from, how healthy nutrition works, and why sustainability is important. The educational program combines theory with practical outdoor experiences. Acker aims to raise awareness of ecological connections at an early stage. The goal is a generation that treats the Earth mindfully. Appreciation for nature and food should have a permanent place in education. By 2030, every child should be enabled to make these learning experiences.

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✨ Hochschule für Gesellschaftsgestaltung

The Hochschule für Gesellschaftsgestaltung in Koblenz offers educational programs aimed at shaping a solidary and sustainable society. Students are encouraged to critically analyze societal challenges and develop innovative solutions. The university emphasizes transdisciplinary learning and personal development. Transformative Learning is at the core of the educational concept. Students learn to shape the world themselves and develop into independent and effective society-shapers.

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✨ Right To Play Deutschland

Right To Play uses the power of play to provide education, protection, and psychosocial support to children in crisis regions. In over 14 countries, play-based learning programs are used to teach vital life skills. The goal is effective and long-term help for self-help. The organization works closely with teachers and communities to sustainably strengthen education systems. The aim is to enable children to reach their full potential and become self-determined decision-makers of tomorrow. Play is understood here as a tool for resilience, health, and development. Right To Play's mission: Protect. Educate. Empower.

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Health & Well-being

✨ wellcome

wellcome is a non-profit social enterprise with the mission to relieve families concretely and unbureauocratically in the first months after birth. Over 200 locations coordinate volunteer helpers who assist new parents in everyday life – a modern, societal support network. With digital offerings like ElternLeben.de, wellcome imparts solid knowledge and strengthens parental competence and self-efficacy. Special programs like kindwärts also promote stable relationships between separated parents and their children. In this way, wellcome helps give children a good start in life.

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✨ bff - Frauen gegen Gewalt on bcause

The bff is a nationwide association of over 200 specialized counseling centers and women's emergency hotlines for women and girls affected by violence. The organization offers victim protection, advice, and political advocacy. The bff sensitizes society and politics to all forms of violence against women and girls: physical, sexualized, or psychological violence as well as domestic violence. An important goal is education and prevention. Through public relations and expertise, it strengthens the work of counseling centers nationwide.

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✨ Save the Children

As the world's largest independent children’s rights organization, Save the Children advocates worldwide for the rights and well-being of children – with a particular focus on emergency and crisis situations. The organization provides protection, education, food, and medical care. It fights politically for children's rights and against child labor, poverty, and violence. And it has been doing so for more than 100 years, now with 30 national organizations.

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Environment & Climate

✨ Wilderness International

Wilderness International protects threatened rainforests by purchasing ecologically valuable and acutely threatened forest and wilderness areas to secure their long-term protection. Every donation facilitates the legally secure acquisition of square meters of primeval forest. The goal is to permanently preserve unique ecosystems and protect biodiversity. The organization works closely with science and local partners, combining effective wilderness protection with environmental education.

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✨ Viva con Agua

Viva con Agua advocates for global access to clean drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). With the motto “WATER FOR ALL - ALL FOR WATER”, the organization pursues the vision of making water accessible to everyone as a human right. Access to clean drinking water has an impact in several areas - including health, time (and thus self-determination), education, and female empowerment. Through creative and joyful activities in the fields of music, art, and sports, Viva con Agua mobilizes supporters worldwide and raises awareness of the global water issue.

👉 Viva con Agua on bcause

✨ ForTomorrow

ForTomorrow is a non-profit climate protection start-up from Berlin that has been offering innovative ways to offset CO₂ in Europe since 2019. The organization aims to make Europe climate-neutral by 2040 by combining two powerful measures: canceling EU emission allowances and reforesting climate-resilient mixed forests in Germany. By buying and canceling emission allowances, the CO₂ emissions of large industrial companies are effectively reduced, while the newly planted forests bind CO₂ in the long term and promote biodiversity. ForTomorrow places great value on transparency and efficiency, which is confirmed by awards such as the PHINEO-Wirkt seal.

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Democracy & Civil Society

✨ Vereint für Demokratie

Vereint für Demokratie is an alliance of business, civil society, and philanthropy committed to strengthening democracy in Germany. The fund supports non-profit organizations that advocate for the protection and strengthening of democracy – both locally and nationwide. An independent and diversely composed jury decides on the allocation of funds from the Vereint für Demokratie Fund. Organizations funded to date include, for example, HateAid, CORRECTIV, or colorido.

✨ FAIR SHARE of Women Leaders

FAIR SHARE of Women Leaders advocates for a fairer representation of women in leadership positions in German civil society. After all, there is an imbalance between the high proportion of women among employees and their representation in leadership positions. With the FAIR SHARE Monitor, the organization collects annual data on gender distribution in NGOs and demands structural changes. In addition to monitoring, FAIR SHARE offers workshops, consulting, and community formats to change organizational cultures. The organization advocates for new, feminist forms of leadership that aim to overcome hierarchies and power imbalances in classic structures.

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✨ Ashoka Deutschland

Ashoka Deutschland supports social entrepreneurs who solve social challenges with innovative ideas. The organization identifies changemakers with great potential for impact and supports them with scholarships, networks, and expertise. The goal is to promote systemic change instead of just fighting symptoms. Ashoka views social entrepreneurship as a driver for change. In Germany, over 80 Fellows have already been supported.

👉 Ashoka Deutschland on bcause

✨ Together for Future

Together for Future is a network committed to a just and sustainable future. By pooling forces from various societal sectors, joint projects and actions are initiated. The network promotes dialogue and cooperation between civil society, politics, and business. The goal is to initiate transformative processes and shape societal change. Together for Future stands for collective action and social innovation.

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✨ ProjectTogether

ProjectTogether is a non-profit innovation platform that enables social change through collaborative solution development. ProjectTogether has successfully tested how hundreds of players collaborate across sector and discipline boundaries. This knowledge is used to initiate and co-create action alliances. Together with partners from civil society, business, and politics, so-called "missions" are launched – for example on climate protection, nutrition, or democracy. Examples of these include Circular Futures, Farm-Food-Climate, or Welcome Alliance. The organization creates spaces where new alliances emerge and systemic solutions are developed.

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✨ HateAid

HateAid stands up for the protection of human rights in the digital space. Its goal is to support those affected by digital violence through legal advice, litigation funding, and political educational work. In doing so, HateAid fights against hate speech, disinformation, and digital attacks to strengthen basic democratic values and freedom of expression on the Internet. With initiatives such as #UnserInternet and “Safe to engage: Securing democratic voices online”, HateAid significantly helps to make digital violence visible and bring about structural changes.

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No Poverty

✨ impacc

Impacc is a non-profit organization that supports social enterprises in Africa to promote sustainable development and poverty alleviation. To do this, impacc converts donations into equity investments and invests in African start-ups. With patient capital, impacc closes the financing gap that many promising founders in the poorest regions fall into. Through investment and consulting, impacc helps local founders realize their business ideas and create jobs. Impacc relies on entrepreneurial solutions to achieve long-term social impact.

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✨ Effektiv Spenden-Fonds – “Armut bekämpfen”

The Effektiv Spenden-Fonds “Armut bekämpfen” combines two very powerful levers to help people in extreme poverty: Firstly, the purchasing power advantage of our Euros in very poor countries. And secondly, the insights gained through scientific studies. The funds are distributed in close coordination between the Effektiv Spenden team and experts from the world's leading research institute, GiveWell, in order to achieve the maximum effective impact. In doing so, the latest studies and research results are taken into account, as is the current funding needs of potential recipient organizations. Among these are, in particular, the GiveWell ”Top Charities” – an extremely small selection of organizations that have performed best in rigorous cost-effectiveness analyses.

👉 Effektiv Spenden-Fonds “Armut bekämpfen” on bcause

✨ Tafel Deutschland

Tafel Deutschland e.V. is the umbrella organization of over 970 local food banks (Tafeln) that work to save surplus food from being destroyed and pass it on to people affected by poverty. Every year, the food banks rescue around 265,000 tons of edible food, thereby supporting around 1.5 million people in Germany. With the commitment of around 75,000 volunteers, they are among the largest socio-ecological movements in the country. In addition to providing food, the food banks promote social participation and offer meeting points for people in need.

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Conclusion

You want to do good, but don't quite know how or where yet? Our 2024 trend report shows you what moves others – and can also help you find your way.

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