New: Donation Gift Vouchers (Spendengutscheine) by Effektiv Spenden

[tilboy]

Hi all!

I am happy to announce that we are introducing donation gift vouchers (German: Spendengutscheine) at Effektiv Spenden for this giving season! It’s a great way to get friends and family thinking about Effective Giving—because the voucher recipient decides which of our recommended charities the donation will go to!

The vouchers work like this:

• You buy a voucher via our website: https://​​effektiv-spenden.org/​​spendengutschein/​​ (The page is in german, but you can toggle the linked form to english.)

• After completing payment, you receive a voucher code by email and forward it to the recipient.

• The recipient redeems it via our website and gets to choose which of our recommended charities the donation will go to.

Main goals

Effective Giving Promotion: The vouchers can help introduce and discuss the principles of Effective Giving with family and friends.

Corporate Engagement: We also offer voucher purchase in bulk for organizations that want to send out gifts to their employees, clients, or business partners. See https://​​effektiv-spenden.org/​​spendengutschein-unternehmen/​​

Tax Deductibility in Germany and Switzerland: From a tax perspective the donation comes from the voucher buyer, so German and Swiss nationals benefit from the tax deductibility of voucher purchases like with regular donations. (If you reside in a different country this might not be possible.)

Feedback

If you have any bug reports, questions, or feedback about the product, let me know in the comments or via [e-mail].

Happy giving!

Tilman