Thank you Luke for this great answer and so much valuable information. It may be the Belgium is just a few steps behind other countries, since most of the countries surrounding Belgium seem to have the option to donate tax-deductably.
No, as far as I know it is NOT possible in general for Belgians to donate to Dutch charities, but there are schemes which enable donations to specific charities which are part of those schemes.
For example, the website Transnationalgiving.eu seems to be a great resource on this, but it’s still highlighting the complexity of cross-border donations within the EU.
There is a process through which it is possible for someone from Belgium to donate, but only to charities which are registered with this scheme. There is GiveDirectly in UK and I think other direct donation charities (which I like), but I do not see any effective altruism charities on that list. If there are some, it would be great to make people aware of it. If there are none, maybe it would be worth contacting some EU / UK based charities to see if they can easily register.
I am happy to try to do this—are there any specific charities you would recommend in the list of countries given on the website?
Really appreciate your comment and advice, and sorry for the very slow reply, I had some heavy time-commitments recently.
Sorry for not seeing this sooner! If you’re interested in reaching out to a few charities and making the case that they register (if it’s not to hard) that would be pretty useful. I’d recommend starting with GWWC’s top recommendations: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/donate/organizations
Thank you Luke for this great answer and so much valuable information. It may be the Belgium is just a few steps behind other countries, since most of the countries surrounding Belgium seem to have the option to donate tax-deductably.
No, as far as I know it is NOT possible in general for Belgians to donate to Dutch charities, but there are schemes which enable donations to specific charities which are part of those schemes.
For example, the website Transnationalgiving.eu seems to be a great resource on this, but it’s still highlighting the complexity of cross-border donations within the EU.
There is a process through which it is possible for someone from Belgium to donate, but only to charities which are registered with this scheme. There is GiveDirectly in UK and I think other direct donation charities (which I like), but I do not see any effective altruism charities on that list. If there are some, it would be great to make people aware of it. If there are none, maybe it would be worth contacting some EU / UK based charities to see if they can easily register.
I am happy to try to do this—are there any specific charities you would recommend in the list of countries given on the website?
Really appreciate your comment and advice, and sorry for the very slow reply, I had some heavy time-commitments recently.
Hey Denis,
Sorry for not seeing this sooner! If you’re interested in reaching out to a few charities and making the case that they register (if it’s not to hard) that would be pretty useful. I’d recommend starting with GWWC’s top recommendations: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/donate/organizations
Please contact me on lucas.moore@givingwhatwecan.org if you get anywhere with this :)