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Donate crypto to Save the Children

Save the Children accepts cryptocurrency for donations. You pay directly on savethechildren.org — SimpleSwap never handles the payment.

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Overview

About Save the Children

Save the Children has worked for more than 100 years to help children be healthy, educated and protected, in the U.S. and in more than 110 countries. It runs emergency response, health and education programs, including early education in rural America. Save the Children US is a 501(c)(3) (EIN 06-0726487), and in 2013 it became the first international NGO to accept a bitcoin donation, given in response to Typhoon Haiyan.

What you can support with crypto

  • Donations

Crypto payments

How crypto payment works at Save the Children

On the donation form, you pick a coin and amount, add optional notes (for example, a country or emergency to support), enter your details or choose to give anonymously, and then send crypto to the wallet address the form generates. Donations are sold and converted to U.S. dollars immediately.

Accepted cryptocurrencies

  • BTC
  • ETH
  • USDT
  • USDC
  • SOL
  • ADA
  • ALGO
  • ATOM
  • DOT
  • FLOW
  • XLM

Save the Children accepts any cryptocurrency available on the Gemini exchange, including ETH, USDC and BTC. Its FAQ also names ADA, ALGO, ATOM, DOT, FLOW, SOL, USDT and XLM.

Good to know before you pay

  • You get a tax receipt if you give your email address; anonymous donors do not get one.
  • Save the Children says the donation 'may be tax-deductible' depending on your country and advises consulting a tax advisor.
  • Donations are accepted from anywhere except OFAC-sanctioned countries.
  • NFT sale proceeds are accepted once converted to a cryptocurrency such as ETH. Some crypto donations may be matched; the page points to The Giving Block for current matches.

How to pay

How to donate crypto to Save the Children

Open Save the Children

Follow the link to the Save the Children crypto donation page.

Get a supported coin

Save the Children accepts BTC, ETH, USDT and USDC and more. Don't hold one? Swap into it on SimpleSwap.

Donate from your wallet

Select crypto as the payment method and send the exact amount shown. The payment goes straight to Save the Children.

FAQ

Save the Children crypto payments: FAQ

Yes. Save the Children accepts cryptocurrency for donations. You pay directly on savethechildren.org.

Save the Children accepts BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, SOL, ADA, ALGO, ATOM, DOT, FLOW and XLM. Save the Children accepts any cryptocurrency available on the Gemini exchange, including ETH, USDC and BTC. Its FAQ also names ADA, ALGO, ATOM, DOT, FLOW, SOL, USDT and XLM.

Save the Children uses The Giving Block (Gemini) to process crypto payments.

On the donation form, you pick a coin and amount, add optional notes (for example, a country or emergency to support), enter your details or choose to give anonymously, and then send crypto to the wallet address the form generates. Donations are sold and converted to U.S. dollars immediately.

No. SimpleSwap doesn't take payments on behalf of Save the Children. The payment goes straight to Save the Children; SimpleSwap only helps you get the coin you need.

Other organizations that accept crypto donations include Internet Archive, Tor Project and OpenStreetMap Foundation.

Ready to donate to Save the Children in crypto?

Swap into the coin you need on SimpleSwap, then pay on the service's own website.