Understand before choosing

Resources and guides

Ten carefully maintained guides to help you support nonprofits with more confidence and fewer doubts.

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Guide to Italy’s 5x1000

What the 5x1000 is, how much it is worth, how to allocate it correctly and what happens to the funds after your choice.

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What volunteering means, the different ways to take part, where to find the right opportunity and what your rights are.

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Check the organization, use traceable payments, claim tax benefits and avoid fraud: a practical guide to informed giving.

Legal forms

What the main Italian third-sector acronyms mean and what they actually change when you choose where to donate.

Child sponsorship

What distance support really is, where your money goes, why it is not an adoption and how to recognize a trustworthy organization.

Emergencies

How to help during an emergency, why money is often more useful than goods, who to trust and why needs continue after the news cycle.

Businesses

How a business can support nonprofits: forms of corporate giving, tax treatment and how to choose the right partner.

Safety

Common scams targeting donors, checks to make before paying, warning signs and what to do if you are deceived.

Transparency

Practical criteria for assessing and comparing nonprofit organizations before donating time or money.

Gifts in wills

What a charitable bequest is, how much you can leave while protecting your family and how to choose the right organization.