# Donation crowdfunding · Norway

Which platform delivers the most of every krone to Norwegian recipients — and what Skatteetaten expects from donors and fundraisers.

Norway is a near-cashless, mobile-first giving market, and one app anchors it: Vipps. The merged Vipps MobilePay covers roughly 70% of online transactions and is installed by more than four million of Norway's 5.4 million people — so for charities and informal fundraisers alike, a Vipps number is the default way to collect a gift. Because Vipps settles on cheap domestic rails, platforms that lean on it deliver more of each krone to the recipient than those routing donations over international card schemes.

Spleis, owned by the bank DNB, is the dominant donation-crowdfunding platform — free for private fundraisers and charging organisations a percentage of what they raise — with Bidra and others alongside it, plus international names like GoFundMe. The donor and recipient sides of the tax question are quite different in Norway, which is why this guide splits them below.

Payments are supervised by Finanstilsynet, while fundraising quality is watched by Innsamlingskontrollen and non-profits register in the Frivillighetsregisteret. Norway is in the EEA, so donor data falls under the GDPR, enforced by Datatilsynet — platforms with EEA-only data residency carry a lighter compliance burden than those storing donor data in the US.

## Facts

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Currency | NOK |
| Regulators | Finanstilsynet, Innsamlingskontrollen, Datatilsynet |
| Payment methods | vipps, bankaxept, card, apple-google-pay, bank-transfer |

## 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/Norway nonprofits — 0% fee, Vipps-friendly, GDPR-native
3. **iRaiser** — $97.85/$100 · Established European nonprofits, foundations, hospitals, and cultural institutions that want branded, self-hosted fundraising tools — forms, peer-to-peer, crowdfunding, and events — under their own identity.
4. **GoFundMe** — $96.80/$100 · Personal causes — broad brand reach
5. **Donorbox** — $94.55/$100 · Embeddable donation forms for any Norwegian website
6. **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.
7. **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.
8. **Chuffed** — $92.20/$100 · Nonprofits, social enterprises, and community-cause organisers in 29 supported countries who want a 100%-free, tip-funded platform and are willing to complete identity verification before launching.
9. **StartSomeGood** — $92.10/$100 · Nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and changemakers running social-impact crowdfunding campaigns who want a flexible 'tipping point' funding model rather than strict all-or-nothing.
10. **Leetchi** — $90.85/$100 · Group collections and informal fundraisers
11. **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 Norway?

The platforms in the table above operate in Norway. Spleis (owned by DNB) is the best-known domestic donation-crowdfunding site, alongside Bidra and international names like GoFundMe and WhyDonate. What separates them on recipient-gets is how cheaply they collect — Vipps-friendly platforms keep more of each krone with the cause.

### Are donations tax-deductible in Norway?

Yes, if you give to an organisation on Skatteetaten's approved list. You must give at least NOK 500 to that organisation in the year, the deduction is capped at NOK 25,000 (income year 2025), and total gifts above NOK 10,000 must be paid via bank. Gifts to individuals or unapproved causes are not deductible.

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

Usually not. Norway abolished gift tax in 2014, and Skatteetaten treats donation-based crowdfunding as gifts — generally not taxable income for an individual running a genuine cause. It changes if donors get goods or services in return, or for investment- or loan-based crowdfunding, where returns are taxable.

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

A platform that collects through Vipps. It settles on cheap domestic rails and is installed by most of the country, so it beats routing donations over international card schemes — where percentage fees take a bigger bite of each krone.