# Donation crowdfunding · Czechia

Which platform delivers the most of every koruna to Czech causes — and what the tax office expects from donors and fundraisers.

Czechia is a card-first donation market: payment cards carry the largest share of online giving, with bank transfers a strong second and mobile wallets like Apple Pay and Google Pay rising fast. There is no single bank-rail monopoly like the Dutch iDEAL, so the platform you choose — and the fees it passes through — drives how much of each koruna reaches the cause.

Online giving here is anchored by home-grown platforms: Darujme.cz, run by the Via Foundation, channelled over 450 million CZK to roughly 1,500 organisations in 2024, while Donio serves personal and community campaigns. Donations to a qualifying cause are deductible from the donor's tax base, and the recipient side of the tax question is quite different — which is why this guide splits donors and fundraisers below.

Payments are supervised by the Czech National Bank (ČNB), which also licenses EU crowdfunding-service providers and Czech payment institutions such as GoPay and Comgate. Donor data falls under the GDPR, so platforms with EEA-only data residency carry a lighter compliance burden than those storing donor data outside the EU.

## Facts

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Currency | CZK |
| Regulators | Czech National Bank |
| Payment methods | card, bank-transfer, apple-pay, google-pay, paypal |

## Platforms

1. **4fund.com** — £100.00/£100 · Individuals, charities, and small organisations across the EEA who want a multilingual, no-commission fundraiser backed by an established Polish crowdfunding operator with EU payment-institution licensing.
2. **WhyDonate** — £98.35/£100 · EU nonprofits — 0% platform fee, card + SEPA, GDPR-native
3. **Donorbox** — £94.55/£100 · Embeddable donation forms for any Czech website
4. **Fundraise Up** — £93.50/£100 · Mid-size and large nonprofits running international online fundraising that want to maximize donation conversion with modern wallets, local payment rails, and multi-currency checkout.
5. **GoGetFunding** — £92.80/£100 · Individual fundraisers running personal, medical, or emergency campaigns who prefer a fundraiser-paid platform fee over donor tipping, with broad international country availability.
6. **Leetchi** — £90.85/£100 · Group collections and informal fundraisers
7. **Steady** — £87.10/£100 · European creators, independent journalists, podcasters, and publishers who want recurring income from paying members rather than one-off donation campaigns.

## FAQ

### Which platforms work in Czechia?

Home-grown platforms lead: Darujme.cz (run by the Via Foundation) is the largest online donation platform for Czech nonprofits, and Donio serves personal and community campaigns. International platforms also operate here. The leaders on recipient-gets pass card and bank-transfer fees through at cost rather than routing everything over card rails.

### Are donations tax-deductible in Czechia?

Yes, gifts to qualifying causes can be deducted from your income-tax base. Your annual donations must total at least CZK 1,000 or exceed 2% of your tax base, and the deduction is capped at 15% of the base — temporarily raised to 30% for 2020 through 2026. Gifts to private individuals are generally not deductible.

### Will I be taxed on money I raise?

Czechia taxes received gifts under income tax (there is no separate gift tax since 2014). Gifts from family or household members are exempt, and occasional small gifts from the public are exempt up to a yearly limit per donor. A single donor over the limit is reportable, and giving goods or services in return can make it income or VAT instead. Check the current threshold with the Financial Administration.

### What's the cheapest way to receive donations here?

A platform that passes card and bank-transfer fees through at cost. Cards dominate Czech online giving with bank transfer close behind, so card-only routing is the most expensive per koruna — the method and pass-through pricing matter as much as the platform brand.