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In 2022, more money was donated in Switzerland than ever before, namely 2.5 billion francs. Donations for Ukraine in particular have led to this record, the Zewo organization announced.

This is the third time in a row that we are in Switzerland donated more than 2 billion francs as shown in the donation report published on Monday by Swissfundraising and the Zewo Foundation.

Donations from Ukraine contributed largely to last year’s record donation result, approximately 418 million francs. Without taking into account donations from Ukraine, the growth of donations in Switzerland in 2022 was still around 2 percent.

Donations for international aid abroad grew by 30 percent Domestic donations for social security and health care stagnatedas it was said.

Digital donations popular

Digital donations are popular, especially via the Twint payment app. Since 2019, the amounts transferred via digital payment methods have increased from 22 million francs to 117 million francs. This means that the transaction volume has increased fivefold in four years.

According to the 2022 report, private household donations exceeded the long-term linear growth trend even more significantly than Corona donations in the previous two years. Seven out of ten donated francs in German-speaking Switzerland came from private householdsin western Switzerland it was 6 out of 10 francs.

Of the 2.5 billion francs in donations that aid organizations received in total in 2022, 1.51 billion went to aid organizations with the Zewo quality mark. Of the 50 largest aid organizations collecting donations in 2022, 35 will carry the Zewo quality seal.

The Zewo Foundation is the Swiss certification body for non-profit fundraising organizations. Swissfundraising is the professional organization of fundraisers in Switzerland.

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