Private donations with a big impact

If you are reluctant to give your name and private address when making a donation, you can remain anonymous. Time and again, donors want to remain as unrecognised as possible, but do not want to miss out on doing good. Select the symbol for anonymous donations at the top of the GRC donation form - next to private donation and company donation. Then complete the rest of the form. 

You can find information on the use of donations on the page What happens to your donations? We also endeavour to provide comprehensive reporting on the use of donations, e.g. in our yearbook (to download: Yearbook), on our website and in our donor magazine (emergency aid reports in the media library).

Like many other aid organisations, the German Red Cross regularly asks for donations for those in need. But not all aid and donation organisations are reputable. 

Our work would not be possible without your donation. Thanks to your contributions, we can provide targeted support to people in need and supply them with the most necessary relief supplies. This includes, for example, drinking water, food, shelter and medical care. In addition to humanitarian emergency aid, we also use the donations for long-term development cooperation in crisis-hit regions.

In the GRC blog, our delegates abroad report on the highs and sometimes also the lows of day-to-day work in an aid organisation and provide insights into what practical work looks like on the ground.