Note on transaction costs

We process donations free of charge, which means we generally keep none of your donation for ourselves. For so-called guest donations made by credit card or PayPal, we retain just 1.5% of the donation to cover payment-provider fees.

For donations from abroad, 2% of the donation amount is retained.

In all other cases, 100% of your donation goes to the organizations.

We should also mention that processing donations incurs fees, primarily from payment providers—so donating does involve costs. Unlike conventional donation platforms, we cover these costs through subscriptions and the management of our foundation’s assets.

We make the donation free of charge, i.e. we generally do not keep any of your donation for ourselves. In the case of a so-called guest donation with a credit card or PayPal, we only retain 1.5% of the donation for the costs of the payment providers.


In all other cases, 100% of your donation reaches the organizations.


We do not want to leave unmentioned that donations incur fees (especially from payment service providers), so donating does cost something. Unlike common donation platforms, we finance these costs from subscriptions and the management of our foundation's assets.