Guaran­teed dona­tion transparency

First of all, many thanks for your support. We auto­ma­ti­cally send out a dona­tion receipt for the past year at the begin­ning of the new year. You should have received it by February at the latest.
You did not receive a dona­tion receipt at the begin­ning of the year, even though you made a dona­tion towards the oran­gutans in the previous year? Please feel free to contact us. We will be happy to help you and send once again the dona­tion receipt.

Thank you for your help and please accept our apolo­gies for the incon­ve­ni­ence. There may be a number of reasons why a parti­cular dona­tion was not included on your receipt. For example, your dona­tion may have already been acknow­ledged with an indi­vi­dual receipt. As dona­tions must only be receipted once, this dona­tion will not appear again on your annual receipt.
Or perhaps you have just made a dona­tion around the turn of the year? It is possible that the bank only credited this dona­tion to us in the new year because of the holi­days. We are legally obliged to indi­cate the value date of our dona­tion account. However, we will be happy to issue a sepa­rate indi­vi­dual receipt for this dona­tion. Along with proof that the dona­tion was debited from your account in the past year, this receipt is usually accepted by the tax autho­ri­ties for the previous year.
In any case, please feel free to contact us if you have any ques­tions. We are always happy to hear from you and to provide further assistance.

Thank you for coll­ec­ting dona­tions for the oran­gutans and their habitat. Unfort­u­na­tely, such coll­ec­tive dona­tions cannot be receipted for legal reasons, so the coll­ec­tion amount will not appear on your receipt.

We can gladly send you a copy of your dona­tion receipt by e‑mail.

Yes, your dona­tions are tax deduc­tible. Dona­tions of up to 300 euros can even be claimed without a dona­tion receipt. However, you will need to provide an account state­ment and the exemp­tion certi­fi­cate (§ 50 Abs. 2 Nr. 2 Buchst.b. EStDV) from BOS Deutsch­land e.V. You can down­load this certi­fi­cate here and submit it to the tax office along with your account state­ment where your dona­tion to BOS Deutsch­land e.V. is listed.
For dona­tions made through Paypal, a simpli­fied proof is gene­rally not possible, not even for dona­tions of less than 300 euros. If you donate through Paypal, you will need a dona­tion receipt.
All supporters auto­ma­ti­cally receive a dona­tion receipt for the previous year at the begin­ning of the new year.
If you still need an indi­vi­dual receipt, simply contact us. We will be happy to help you.

Thank you for your dona­tion! It can take up to six weeks for credit card payments to be debited from your account and for the dona­tion to reach us. Only then can we acknow­ledge your dona­tion. Conse­quently, credit card payments made at the end of a calendar year can often only be claimed for the follo­wing year.

We joined the Trans­pa­rent Civil Society Initia­tive in 2013. Obtai­ning a dona­tion seal involves signi­fi­cant admi­nis­tra­tive expenses. For our orga­ni­sa­tional size, this would amount up to 8,000 euros of addi­tional expen­diture. This is a signi­fi­cant amount of money that would then not be available for the oran­gutans. We ther­e­fore continue to follow the guide­lines of the German Dona­tions Council and the Trans­pa­rent Civil Society Initia­tive — but on a comple­tely volun­tary basis and without paying for a seal of appr­oval. Our Berlin office doors are always open for personal conver­sa­tions and questions.

Our admi­nis­tra­tive costs average just under 10 percent of total expenditure.