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Remember the early days of Bitcoin? It was just starting to make its mark, used here and there for transactions, not yet the powerhouse it is today. Back then, the non-profit organization Wikileaks, known for its news leaks and classified media publications, made headlines by announcing that it would accept Bitcoin donations. This move came after the U.S. government pressured payment gateways to cut ties with the organization.

This incident gave Bitcoin the initial push it needed, drawing more attention and proving to the world that cryptocurrency—with its immutability, transparency, and security—could serve as a viable financial source.

Since then, many nonprofit organizations have embraced cryptocurrencies as an easy way to attract funds.

For crypto holders looking to make a positive impact on the world, donating to nonprofits is not only a way to effect change but also offers potential tax benefits.

If you’re eager to use your crypto for good but not sure where to start, look no further! This post has got you covered with a list of nonprofits that accept crypto donations.

Ready to make a difference? Let’s dive in and see how crypto can change lives for the better!

1. Giving Block.

Giving Block is not a nonprofit accepting crypto payments. Instead, it works as the platform listing many nonprofits accepting crypto donations.

Started back in 2018 when the crypto market was booming and the IRS treated the cryptocurrencies as property that could be taxable.

That time Giving Block came up with the solution to allow crypto holders to donate bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies directly to nonprofits by providing tax benifits. In short, if donated directly to a nonprofit, they would not be liable for capital gains tax and could write it off on their taxes (similar to a stock donation).

Now Giving Block became the main solution by providing a platform to raise crypto donations.

Also, for many crypto donors like you, the platform makes it easy to donate cryptos and get tax benefits.

With Giving Block you can donate Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Zcash (ZEC), Gemini Dollar (GUSD), Chainlink (LINK), and Basic Attention Token (BAT).

At the time of giving donations, Giving Block lets you be completely anonymous and sends you the tax receipt through email.

2. Red Cross.

Red Cross is a famous, large, and powerful nonprofit having more than 97 million volunteers around the world.

With a massive number of volunteers, the Red Cross’s main mission is to prevent and alleviate human suffering by donating blood, being on location when any natural disaster strikes, and training first responders on how to be prepared for emergencies.

They first started to accept crypto donations in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in 2014 only on the American National Red Cross, but in the COVID pandemic situation, various countries’ Red Cross came forward to accepting crypto donations.

Even still you don’t find any donation page on the Red Cross website, but you can simply search on Google to find their BitPay page where you can donate the crypto funds.

3. Watsi.

Like Giving Block, Watsi also works as a platform that helps Donors meet the people who need help.

Watsi’s main focus is on medical emergency patients who need surgery and collecting funds from various donors to help with surgery.

Watsi donors can virtually meet the people who need their help and choose specific patients to donate to their cause.

But in case you want to donate crypto using Watsi you don’t get that much control over how your donation is used. Watsi does accept cryptocurrency donations on the website, however; on the FAQ page, they mentioned the Bitcoin and Stellar Lumens wallet addresses for any donations.

4. Free Software Foundation.

Digital privacy is a hot topic now, and a lot of software like TOR aims to provide you privacy protection by accepting crypto donations. You can find TOR and other projects listed on Giving Block.

Even the Free Software Foundation (FSF) also has the same aim to give privacy importance by giving users to run, copy, study, change, improve, and distribute software.

FSF started back in 1985 to support the free software movement since then their goal has been to support “free software” as in “free speech.”

They started to accept Bitcoin donations back in 2011, and in 2013 they added Litecoin to the list, now you can give Bitcoin or Litecoin donations using their donation page or by transferring to their wallet address provided on a blog post, but by transferring donation via the address you do not receive any receipt if you want one then you can email them for acknowledging receipt of your donation.

5. Tunapanda.

Started back in 2013 Tunapanda is a US-based nonprofit organization operating in East Africa to train disadvantaged young people.

They offer 3-month technology, design, and business training courses and also offer free, open-source education resources offline.

You can donate only in Bitcoin to Tunapanda by going to their website donation section using a QR or wallet address.

6. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

EFF is the leading international nonprofit defending digital privacy, free speech, and innovation for the last 30 years.

Their main aim is to provide funds for the legal defense in the court, support some new technologies that it believes preserve personal freedoms and online civil liberties, maintain a database and websites of related news and information, work to expose government malfeasance, provide guidance to the government and courts, and defends individuals and new technologies from what it considers abusive legal threats.

Moreover, you can find useful materials on EFF to understand and learn about online privacy using blog posts, whitepapers, or explainers on digital rights legal cases.

For helping EFF in defending digital privacy, you can donate Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Ethereum (ETH) by visiting their donation page.

7. United Way.

United Way is the largest nonprofit on this list accepting Bitcoin donations.

This US-based nonprofit main mission is to fight for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in every community.

Even having a worldwide presence, United Way does not promote accepting Bitcoin donations, but you can find their Bitcoin donation page by simply searching on the internet.

8. Save the Children Fund.

Save the Children Fund was founded in London, England, on 15 April 1919.

This century-old fund is still going strong, working for children’s lives by creating better educational opportunities, better health care, and improved economic opportunities.

But that’s not all—Save the Children Fund is on the frontlines, helping kids in dangerous conflict zones like Gaza and providing aid to those fleeing violence, like in Ukraine. Save the Children also provides relief to families fighting the double impacts of a worsening global hunger crisis and climate shocks in places like Somalia and Afghanistan.

The fund started to accept Bitcoin donations back in 2013, becoming the first iNGO (international Non-Governmental Organization) to accept Bitcoin.

Now they’re diving into the world of crypto donations, accepting not just various cryptocurrencies but also NFTs.

To make this happen, they’ve teamed up with The Giving Block and crypto wallet custodian, Gemini. That means you can donate using any cryptocurrency available on the Gemini Exchange.

9. Antiwar.

Antiwar.com has been a top resource for antiwar news and analysis since 1995.

Their main aim is to build an awareness of the globalist and interventionist forces that would enslave us all in a New World Order on which the sun never sets.

So they can’t achieve their aim without your help, and you can help them using Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash donations by visiting their donation page.

10. Internet Archive.

Last on our list is the Internet Archive, this American nonprofit archive site holding the biggest collections of books, movies, software, and music and is considered one of the biggest digital libraries.

Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible.

They started to accept Bitcoin donations in 2011, and have since added Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, XRP, and Zcash.

You can donate crypto by going to their donation page or sending the money to their wallet address provided in the FAQ page.

Conclusion.

These are all the different nonprofits accepting crypto donations.

As I stated above, giving a portion of your crypto earnings to nonprofits is the best way to bring positive change in the world.

Also, nonprofits work as the best way to attract more eyeballs towards the crypto world.

Now it is your turn to pick one or multiple organizations on the list to give away your portion of crypto earnings for bringing positive change in the world.