StiftungSchweiz Donation Tools
Take off with online donation tools
Step into the world of giving with digital public fundraising tools. Present yourself on the donation platform DonateSwitzerlandyou can easily collect donations with QR codes or a donation form on your own website. Target donors and motivate them to donate.
Attracting attention with the donation platform
With an attractive portrait on the donation platform DonateSwitzerland you can present your organization and ongoing projects and attract the attention of donors. These are your advantages:
- You do not need your own website: present yourself online with your portrait
- Collect digital donations of up to CHF 2,000 (Starter level) CHF 5,000 (Pro level) or CHF 10,000 (Partner level) free of charge (tax exemption for your organization is a prerequisite)
- Online donation overview with transmission of donation data
- Special offers for mention in the donation magazine and on social media
Collect donations online with the donation button and QR codes
Simply collect donations digitally on your own website with the donation button or on printed materials with a QR code.
- Easy configuration of your donation button – color and text are freely customizable
- Direct link to your organization or project portraits on the donation platform
- Visually appealing and easy to put on
- Create a QR code for your organization or your projects with one click to collect donations easily and directly also analogously
- Available from Starter level
Start fundraising campaigns with the campaign generator
Start your own fundraising campaign with just a few clicks and invite your private and social networks to share.
- Simple configuration of your fundraising campaign – create your own campaign with just a few clicks
- Thanks to the sharing function, you can integrate your private and social networks into the campaign
- Donate to up to three projects or organizations at the same time
- While StiftungSchweiz takes care of processing the donations, you can use the new donor data for your next projects
- Available from Starter level
Get started cost-effectively: You can use the donation tools for as little as CHF 300/year in the starter level.
Individualized fundraising with the donation form
Take your fundraising to a new level and create a configurable donation form to pick up donors in a more individual and targeted way.
- Donate directly through your website
- Customizable donation confirmation and design elements
- Secure payment processing without extra contracts with payment providers
- Simple technical integration
- Available from Pro level
Campaigns with lists
- Use the lists to let your employees pick organizations for a campaign
- Invite employees to collaborate in a targeted manner
- Manage members’ access and moderation rights precisely
- Benefit from individual onboarding and continuous support
- Available from Partner level
Discover all the functions of StiftungSchweiz and the scope of services per feature and level.
Frequently asked questions
From the Starter level, you can create a portrait on the DonateSwitzerland donation platform, use the donation button, the QR code and collect donations free of charge up to CHF 2,000.
From the Pro level, you can also use the donation form and collect donations free of charge up to CHF 5,000 or up to CHF 10,000 in the Partner level.
You can find a detailed comparison of all functions on our Prices page.
100% of the donations will reach your organization.
As soon as the limit for the exemption from expenses has been exceeded (in the Starter level: CHF 2,000, in the Pro level: CHF 5,000, in the Partner level: CHF 10,000), CHF 1 per donation and a fair fee of 3% of the donation amount will be charged to cover third-party costs for providers, etc.
StiftungSchweiz is subject to the Money Laundering Act. All processes and transactions on our SpendenSchweiz platform are optimized to the highest security standards in order to offer you a secure donation option. Each organization is manually verified and checked for tax exemption.
You can find out more about data security at StiftungSchweiz in the blog post “Digital donations – but secure”.
No, only tax-exempt Swiss organizations can be activated on the SpendenSchweiz donation platform. We had to introduce this restriction due to the money laundering act. However, this is how we guarantee that all processes are legally compliant and that donations reach the organizations safely and efficiently.
To use the donation tools, your organization must be tax-exempt. We perform verification based on documents and information that should confirm the tax exemption of your organization.
You start the verification process in the organization menu in the “Verification” tab. In an uncomplicated 3-step process, you upload the necessary documents there and enter the relevant information about your organization. We will check your documents and in the shortest possible time you will receive a decision.