SpendeDirekt allows you to donate directly to selected, local organisations while tracing how your donations are used.

Through the direct contact between donors and local organisations we not only increase the efficiency. Through the directness we allow for a communication on an equal footing and foster mutual understanding. This is done through our Website and the project reportings done by the organisations, direct messages – which can be posted with each donation – and through public Skype-Calls. We are convinced, that there is a lot to learn mutually.

There are multiple ways to donate:

• Credit card: You can simply use the Support-Button once or monthly. We work together with Stripe. For every credit card payment there are fees involved: 0.30 Swiss francs (CHF) plus 2.7% per transaction.
• TWINT: if you use a TWINT-QR-Code fees invovle are 1.3%. We don't get your phone number or adress through TWINT. If you need a confirmation of donation, let us know so if you paid with TWINT, so we can assign the payment to you.
• Bank transfer: A direct bank transfer is also possible, there are no fees involved:
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  IBAN: CH25 0077 8209 7640 5200 1
  SpendeDirekt
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  6210 Sursee
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Yes, SpendeDirekt is a tax exempt association. This means, that donations towards us can be deducted from the taxes in Switzerland. We send out donation confirmations each January.

Yes, we work on a voluntary basis for SpendeDirekt. There are no salaries in Switzerland that have to be paid with your donation. The overhead e.g. for server costs are paid by the association. Except for the transfer cots your whole donation is passed on to the partner organisations. You can donate on a voluntary basis to the association SpendeDirekt.

With credit card transactions we pay 2.7% plus 0.30 Swiss Francs (CHF) per transaction. Payment slips und bank transfers don’t have fees for transactions within Switzerland. To transfer the donations to the partner organisations, based on our experience, we have to pay around 2-3% for transfer- and currency-fees. This means in the end the transfer costs will be around 5%. We will regularly inform about those numbers.
SpendeDirekt doesn’t have the financial possibilities to cover those costs. These costs always have to be paid when sending donations to other countries. But most of the time they are not explicitly mentioned. For us, it is important to be transparent towards the donors about everything.

We know all the partner organisations in person and visited them. Through this initial quality management during the onboarding process we are able to vouch for our partners. Additionally, all the partner organisations are scanning und uploading their receipts. This enables us to spot possible abuses and potentially intervene.

As a donor, you can donate either collectively to all organisations or to a specific organisation. The organisations then decide on their own, on which projects they are going to spend the donation.
Collective donations are distributed through SpendeDirekt based on the needs of the organisations. This is done in dialogue with the partners.

Sustainability is the main goal of SpendeDirekt. We don’t collect donations just for the sake of collecting them. That’s why we explicitly don’t have growth targets. In the case that our partner organisations are overwhelmed by the amount of donations coming in, we will engage in a dialogue and temporarily hold back transfers until we find ways to work together with the organisations, to help them define impactful projects for which they have the needed resources.

All our partners have been proposed by people working in development aid and are known to us since multiple years. On top of that, all our organisations are led by local people and have a size, where impact is created even with small donations.

SpendeDirekt is a tax exempt association registered in Luzern, Switzerland. If you want to become a member, send us an Email: info@spendedirekt.ch.

Basically there are three different functions:

Board, active member and passive member.

Passive members are convinced suporting of the association SpendeDirekt and the concept behind it. They function as ambassadors of the association and spread its idea. They look behind the scenes by being kept up to date on what is happening. They are also invited to the general assembly of the association and have the right to vote.

Active members have all the rights and obligations of passive members. They also receive a SpendeDirekt Google Account and an Admin Account on the SpendeDirekt website, which they can use for example to post news. Active members actively participate in the association in their respective roles.

All disbursements payments must be decided, approved and justified by the board.

There are three categories for the budget allocation division of SpendeDirekt:

General donations for all organizations
Specific donations for specific organizations
Donations for the association

Regular payouts:

The payment of the Donations to local organizations are generally paid out quarterly.
Quarterly payments help to keep the administrative workload and the corresponding fees low, so that ultimately eventually more money reaches the organizations directly. The distribution key of the general donations applies to the distributions.

Spontaneous disbursements payouts:

Larger contributions donations that have been donated made directly to the organization can also be paid out quarterly independently. This possibility exists if this is desired requested/wished by the donor, the organization or the association SpendeDirekt. Spontaneous payments must also be approved and justified by the board.

Distribution key for general donations:

General donations are a possibility for SpendeDirekt to the possibility of compensating compensate the payments beyond direct donations to a specific organization. Thus, SpendeDirekt enables the realization of projects and strengthens organizations, regardless of their popularity. This is done in the interest of a fair distribution of funds, depending on the immediate situation and needs.

If you have additional questions, please send us an email: info@spendedirekt.ch