You can support the ECF by providing a financial contribution in the form of a donation, a bequest or a legacy.
The ECF is classed by the Dutch Inspection for Registration and Succession as an ‘institution aiming at public welfare` (article 24, part 4, Succession Law, 1956). As of January 2006, gift tax legislation in the Netherlands has been modified, ensuring total exemption for donations and legacies to Dutch charities.
This means that your entire gift or bequest will actually reach us.
Donations to an institution aiming at public welfare may be deducted from income tax. As for the deductibility of a single donation, there is a minimum and a maximum limit. In the case of regular donations, when the instalments are determined in a notarial act of donation and when there is a commitment for a period of five years during which a given amount is paid every year, the donation is fully tax deductible.
For more information, contact Hanneloes Weeda: hanneloes@eurocult.org
If you want to support the ECF with a gift or a legacy and you live outside the Netherlands, you may be faced by complicated legal and fiscal frameworks.
The website http://www.givingineurope.org/can help you through the labyrinth of cross-border giving and philanthropy.
The site provides donors, intermediaries and beneficiaries with concrete information, best practices and solutions concerning cross-border giving in EU member States. http://www.givingineurope.org/is an initiative of the King Baudouin Foundation in Belgium.