Austrian seal of approval for donations

The Austrian Seal of Approval for Donations is an award given by the Austrian Chamber of Public Accountants (KWT) to non-profit organizations (NPO), which confirms that they meet a system of objective and comprehensible standards both in raising donations and in the administration of donations .

The seal of approval

The donation seal of approval stands for transparency and a sense of responsibility of the organization concerned in dealing with donations and is intended to create more security for donors, and thus in turn to strengthen trust in aid organizations.

If an organization wishes to use the donation seal of approval, it must undergo an annual audit by an independent auditor . The seven areas that are assessed during this audit include, among others, the “correctness of the accounting”, the “statutory and dedicated, i. H. Use of the donations in accordance with the advertising measures ”as well as the“ fairness of advertising and regulation of responsibility for it ”. A total of 35 criteria based on more than 300 individual questions have to be met in order to receive the “donation guarantee card” from the KWT.

On November 14, 2001, the Austrian seal of approval for donations was awarded for the first time. Among the 44 organizations that received awards at the time were Amnesty International Austria , Doctors Without Borders , Greenpeace Austria , Menschen für Menschen , SOS Children's Villages and World Vision GEV . Currently (August 17, 2017) 257 organizations are authorized to use the Austrian seal of approval for donations.

Behind the Austrian seal of approval are the Chamber of Public Accountants and six NPO umbrella organizations based on a "cooperation agreement". These are:

Fundraising Association Austria - FVA

Working group of missionary orders - ARGE

Diakonie Austria

Representation of interests of non-profit organizations - IGO

Ökobüro - coordination office for Austrian environmental organizations

Coordination Office of the Austrian Bishops' Conference for International Development and Mission - KOO

The catalog of criteria for awarding the seal of approval for donations is continuously revised by the donation seal working group and was last updated with effect from March 1, 2017.

Web links

Austrian seal of approval for donations

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Five years of donation quality seal: Unique donation guarantee card . APA notification dated November 14, 2006.
^ OSGS: Appendix I to the cooperation agreement. Catalog of criteria, valid from January 1, 2007 . (PDF, 98KB) ( Memento of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) p. 4, January 1, 2007.
↑ Seal of approval awarded to the first 44 aid organizations . APA notification dated November 14, 2001.
^ OSGS: Organization Index . Retrieved July 23, 2015.
↑ Cooperation agreement on the awarding of a seal of approval for donation-collecting non-profit organizations (NPOs) ( Memento from July 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Version of the 2014 evaluation, valid from May 1, 2015.

[5Jahre-1] Five years of donation quality seal: Unique donation guarantee card . APA notification dated November 14, 2006.

[Beilage1-2] OSGS: Appendix I to the cooperation agreement. Catalog of criteria, valid from January 1, 2007 . (PDF, 98KB) ( Memento of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) p. 4, January 1, 2007.

[ErstVerleihung-3] Seal of approval awarded to the first 44 aid organizations . APA notification dated November 14, 2001.

[4] OSGS: Organization Index . Retrieved July 23, 2015.

[5] Cooperation agreement on the awarding of a seal of approval for donation-collecting non-profit organizations (NPOs) ( Memento from July 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Version of the 2014 evaluation, valid from May 1, 2015.