I was surprised to see that you are US tax deductible (via every) but not UK tax deductible, given that you are a uk-based charity. I assume this is downstream of different levels of non-profit bureaucracy in the different countries? I would recommend explicitly flagging this early in the post as this is a deal breaking factor for many medium sized donors and if this was a constraint for me, I would have filtered exactly incorrectly
Great nudge, thanks Neel! I’ve updated the post and webpages to make this clearer now.
Extra notes:
It’s likely that we’ll have an online platform for allowing UK donors to fund us tax-deductibly / with Gift Aid later this year or in early 2026. If anyone would like to be notified if/when this becomes the case, please fill in this form [link removed].
If anyone would like to make a substantial UK donation, say above £25,000, please do get in touch! Even if we’re not able to set up an ongoing route via a public platform, we’ll do what we can to facilitate it.
For background: yep, Aleks is correct. We’re a not-for-profit company in the UK, but not a UK charity, and as such can’t claim Gift Aid on direct UK donations. We do have 501c3-equivalent status allowing US grantors to fund us easily, including Every.org, which collects tax-deductible donations from US individuals, and grants them on to us. And yes, this was a decision made in part because of administrative costs, though we’re open to the possibility of becoming a UK charity later if it seems worthwhile.
it’s not that surprising to me. getting Tax free donation status in the US is far easier than most other countries. OneDay Health Charity is registered in New Zealand in primarily with governance based there, and in Uganda as an international NGO, but it’s only in the US that people can donate tax deductable through our 501c3 there.....
Forethought are not a UK charity, they are a UK-based non-profit company (according to the footer of their website). But I agree that flagging that donations from the UK are not gift-aid eligible/tax deductible (and that US donations are) would be good as it might be surprising to many people.
I was surprised to see that you are US tax deductible (via every) but not UK tax deductible, given that you are a uk-based charity. I assume this is downstream of different levels of non-profit bureaucracy in the different countries? I would recommend explicitly flagging this early in the post as this is a deal breaking factor for many medium sized donors and if this was a constraint for me, I would have filtered exactly incorrectly
EDIT 1st Dec 2025: I’m happy to confirm that we can now accept Gift Aid (tax-deductible) donations from the UK, via this page on Giving What We Can’s donation platform.
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Great nudge, thanks Neel! I’ve updated the post and webpages to make this clearer now.
Extra notes:
It’s likely that we’ll have an online platform for allowing UK donors to fund us tax-deductibly / with Gift Aid later this year or in early 2026. If anyone would like to be notified if/when this becomes the case, please fill in this form [link removed].
If anyone would like to make a substantial UK donation, say above £25,000, please do get in touch! Even if we’re not able to set up an ongoing route via a public platform, we’ll do what we can to facilitate it.
For background: yep, Aleks is correct. We’re a not-for-profit company in the UK, but not a UK charity, and as such can’t claim Gift Aid on direct UK donations. We do have 501c3-equivalent status allowing US grantors to fund us easily, including Every.org, which collects tax-deductible donations from US individuals, and grants them on to us. And yes, this was a decision made in part because of administrative costs, though we’re open to the possibility of becoming a UK charity later if it seems worthwhile.
I’m happy to confirm that we can now accept Gift Aid (tax-deductible) donations from the UK, via this page on Giving What We Can’s donation platform.
it’s not that surprising to me. getting Tax free donation status in the US is far easier than most other countries. OneDay Health Charity is registered in New Zealand in primarily with governance based there, and in Uganda as an international NGO, but it’s only in the US that people can donate tax deductable through our 501c3 there.....
Forethought are not a UK charity, they are a UK-based non-profit company (according to the footer of their website). But I agree that flagging that donations from the UK are not gift-aid eligible/tax deductible (and that US donations are) would be good as it might be surprising to many people.