Minor correction: this system in the Netherlands works the other way
around: donors can get back a part of their donation through their tax
reduction - it is not that the charity gets a bonus.
Interestingly, the Wikimedia Foundation has obtained this status (ANBI) in
the Netherlands at the urging of the chapter several years ago (2010/2011).
However, for some reason the WMF chooses not to advertize this (not so
obvious) fact on the donation home page; which means that the donors are
unaware that they can donate and get this reduction of their taxes (indeed
up to 50% of the donation amount!). This is mindboggling to me - it should
be an easy fix.
Lodewijk
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hoi,
A similar possibility is in existence in the Netherlands... National
charities can easily get such a status. It is possible for international
organisations but it is more difficult..
In order to optimise fundraisers it is extremely relevant that we optimise
it for our donors. That makes it very much in need of local efforts.
As it is we lose 50% of the giftst of our donors in the Netherlands to the
taxman.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 4 December 2014 at 22:10, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>
wrote:
I've split this from a more general thread,
for convenience...
On 3 December 2014 at 01:16, Megan Hernandez <mhernandez(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Starting today, banners are being shown to 100%
of anonymous readers on
English Wikipedia in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
How much money do we expect to raise (or did we last year), from the
UK? How much of the money raised from the UK will attract "Gift
Aid"[*] tax releif?
[* Gift AId is a UK scheme where the government gives, to a charity,
tax paid by a donor. For every £80 such a donor gives, the charty
would receive £100]
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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