Join the Givesom™ Community by donating a small monthly amount to selected charities. All selected charities are internationally trusted organizations and Givesom™ will make sure that as much of your donation as possible will go to the cause.
Setting up your donation is easy as 1-2-3. Choose the monthly amount you would like to give. Choose the cause you would like to support, or why not all of them. Your donation will be distributed evenly to the organizations related to the chosen causes. Finally set up your monthly donations by clicking on the payment button.
Fantastic! You are now a part of the Givesom™ Community. Your donations can make a big difference in the world. To become a Givesom™ Hero just share your generous contribution with your social network and get even more people to join the Givesom™ Community.
You can visit our FAQ and find answers to our most frequently asked questions.
~ music that contributes to a better world, each time you press play ~ Givesom Music is both a record label and a charity project. Each time you listen to one of the artists of Givesom Music you contribute to charity. In a way like Musikhjälpen, but constantly and all year round. Givesom is a charity project that aims to engage young people in social matters, mainly through working with engaging campaigns via social media. The funds that are collected go to several established, non-profit organizations. As a company or private person you can choose which social matter you want to support, and Givesom distribute the funds to the relevant organizations. Givesom Music is a collaboration between BMG Chrysalis and Givesom. Artists that sign under the label agree to give 25% of the profits directly to charity.
What is Givesom?
Because small amounts make big differences
Givesom is a new online service that makes charity donations easier and more accessible to young people all over the world. The new service provides a modern concept based on the idea that small donations in larger numbers really can make a big difference. Just donate a small monthly amount, choose what charity causes you would like to support and spread the word to get more people involved.
To be able to identify and communicate with you, to enable your payments and to administer the Service and our relationship with you, Givesom needs to process your personal data. Such personal data will include, e.g., name, e-mail address, credit card information and information about the amount you donate each month and to which set of Organisations.
To enable your payments, Givesom will transfer your personal data to its payment service provider Stripe. Due to Stripe’s international business, this may entail transferring your personal data to a country located outside of the European Economic Area, EEA, which may not provide the same protection for personal data as within the EEA. In addition, if you use the Service while you are outside of the EEA, your personal data may be transferred outside of the EEA in order to provide you with the Service. If we transfer your personal data outside of the EEA, we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your personal data is treated securely and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. By accepting these Terms and Conditions, you agree to such transfer for the purposes set out in these Terms and Conditions.
Givesom may transfer your contact details (i.e. name and email address) to the Organisations to which you make donations. Such Organisations may process your personal data for marketing purposes. To the extent permitted by applicable data protection legislation, you have the right to object to your personal data being used for direct marketing purposes by contacting the relevant Organisation(s) directly. Givesom AB, Reg. No. 556975-1588, is the data controller in respect of your personal data. As such, Givesom is responsible for treating your personal data in compliance with applicable data protection legislation. You are entitled to, once per year and without charge, after a signed request by way of a scanned copy to support@givesom.org, receive information about what personal data about you that Givesom processes as well as information on the extent and purpose of such processing. Givesom is also obliged to, to the extent required or permitted by applicable laws, correct any personal data about you that is incorrect, incomplete or misleading.
Your personal data will be stored until your account with Givesom has been terminated, or for as long as is permitted and/or required by applicable law, and will thereafter be deleted.
Terms & conditions
1. INTRODUCTION
These terms set out the conditions for Donors’ use of the Service, including all of its features (the "Terms and Conditions"). By checking the box "I accept the terms and conditions" you will become a Donor and simultaneously agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions when using the Service.
Givesom reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions from time to time without prior notice to the Donor. The Donor is therefore recommended to review the Terms and Conditions regularly. By continuing to use the Service, the Donor will be deemed to have accepted such amendments. Should the Terms and Conditions be amended in a way that would involve price changes or changes to the way we process your personal data, we will obtain your consent prior to implementing such changes.
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICE
Givesom AB, reg. No. 556975-1588, a company incorporated under the laws of Sweden, ("Givesom") provides an Internet-based service for charitable donations (the “Service"). Individuals who register with Givesom ("Donors") may enter into an agreement with Givesom for monthly donations to one of Givesom’s set range of charity organisations (the "Organisation/s"). Givesom has selected a number of Organisations and has divided them by interests. By way of example, if you want to donate to children’s interests you have the opportunity to donate to the group of Organisations that represents this interest. Your donation will go to the Organisations’ general businesses and not to any specific projects. The Organisations will themselves decide for what cause they will use the donations. Initially, the donations will only go to the Organisations’ Swedish companies or operations but may eventually also go to the Organisations’ international companies or businesses.
Givesom reserves the right to make changes to the Service in respect of the Organisations with which we co-operate.
3. REGISTRATION, TERM AND CANCELLATION
By clicking on "Givesom with Stripe" and by providing your e-mail address and your credit card details, and by accepting these Terms and Conditions, you register for the Service and thus become a Donor. You must be at least eighteen years old to use the Service. The Donor is responsible for ensuring that no third party has access to the credit card details used for payment and that the Service is not accessed by unauthorised users.
When you register to become a Donor, you select the set of Organisations to which you want to make monthly donations. If you are located in Sweden, you can choose to donate SEK 25, SEK 35, or SEK 45 per month. If you are located within the Eurozone, you can choose to donate EUR 3, EUR 4, or EUR 5 per month. If you are located in another country, you will be able to donate the equivalent amount in your local currency. Once you have selected a range of Organisations and a monthly amount, you have entered into an agreement with Givesom (an "Agreement"). An Agreement will remain valid, and donations will automatically be made on a monthly basis, until the Agreement is terminated.
If you wish to terminate your Agreement, please contact Givesom at support@givesom.org. The Agreement will be terminated thirty days after Givesom’s receipt of your request for termination. Upon the expiry of such period, Givesom will terminate your Agreement, provided that you do not have any outstanding payments or other obligations as set out in these Terms and Conditions. You also have the right to cancel the Service if you change your mind. To exercise this right, you must notify Givesom that you wish to cancel the Service within fourteen days of entering into an Agreement. Please send an email to support@givesom.org with information that you wish to cancel the Service and clearly state your name, email address, telephone number and the date on which you entered into the Agreement. Givesom will confirm receipt of your cancellation as soon as possible. Provided that your cancellation reaches Givesom within the above stated time, Givesom will terminate your Agreement and refund your first donation. All costs arising from your cancellation, e.g. our payment service provider’s transactions fees, shall be borne by you.
Givesom has the right to terminate an Agreement with immediate effect if the Donor, in Givesom’s opinion, misuses the Service or if the Donor breaches the Terms and Conditions in a substantial way.
You are able to enter into several Agreements should you wish to donate to more than one set of Organisations.
4. PAYMENT AND HANDLING OF DONATIONS
Givesom has engaged the payment service provider Stripe for administrating donations. Making donations is easy. All you have to do is to click on “Givesom with Stripe” and fill in your credit card details and your email address. Thereafter, Stripe will make payments from your registered credit card for monthly donations to the selected set of Organisations. The first payment will be made immediately when you first register and thereafter once each month until the Agreement is terminated. The Donor is responsible for ensuring that enough funds are available on the registered credit card. Should Stripe not be able to make a payment due to lack of sufficient funds when the payment is due, Stripe will make three additional attempts during the following week. In the event Stripe has not been able to make the payment after three attempts, Givesom may terminate the Agreement without prior notice.
Givesom will hold your donations on a separate client account for ninety days before they are transferred to the Organisations. On the first business day of the month which occurs ninety days after your donation, Givesom will transfer the money to your chosen set of Organisations. Givesom holds the donations for ninety days in order to prevent frauds and to be able to refund illegal payments which may e.g. occur through a stolen credit card.
From your monthly donations, Givesom will make a deduction of 5 per cent in order to cover e.g. administration costs and costs for maintenance and development of the Service. In addition, our payment service provider Stripe will charge a transaction fee from each donation. Stripe’s transaction fee averages 2.8 per cent for transactions in SEK and 4.8 per cent for transactions in foreign currencies. Stripe’s transaction fee will never exceed 5.26 per cent.
Please note that Stripe may have its own terms and conditions which you should read before registering for the Service.
5. DATA PROTECTION
To be able to identify and communicate with you, to enable your payments and to administer the Service and our relationship with you, Givesom needs to process your personal data. Such personal data will include, e.g., name, e-mail address, credit card information and information about the amount you donate each month and to which set of Organisations.
To enable your payments, Givesom will transfer your personal data to its payment service provider Stripe. Due to Stripe’s international business, this may entail transferring your personal data to a country located outside of the European Economic Area, EEA, which may not provide the same protection for personal data as within the EEA. In addition, if you use the Service while you are outside of the EEA, your personal data may be transferred outside of the EEA in order to provide you with the Service. If we transfer your personal data outside of the EEA, we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your personal data is treated securely and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. By accepting these Terms and Conditions, you agree to such transfer for the purposes set out in these Terms and Conditions.
Givesom may transfer your contact details (i.e. name and email address) to the Organisations to which you make donations. Such Organisations may process your personal data for marketing purposes. To the extent permitted by applicable data protection legislation, you have the right to object to your personal data being used for direct marketing purposes by contacting the relevant Organisation(s) directly. Givesom AB, Reg. No. 556975-1588, is the data controller in respect of your personal data. As such, Givesom is responsible for treating your personal data in compliance with applicable data protection legislation. You are entitled to, once per year and without charge, after a signed request by way of a scanned copy to support@givesom.org, receive information about what personal data about you that Givesom processes as well as information on the extent and purpose of such processing. Givesom is also obliged to, to the extent required or permitted by applicable laws, correct any personal data about you that is incorrect, incomplete or misleading.
Your personal data will be stored until your account with Givesom has been terminated, or for as long as is permitted and/or required by applicable law, and will thereafter be deleted.
6. COOKIES
For a more detailed description of Givesom’s use of cookies, please see Givesom’s cookie policy.
7. SOCIAL MEDIA SHARING
When entering into an Agreement, you will be able to share and spread information about your donation on social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google+. Sharing on social media sites is voluntary and will be subject to the specific social media sites’ own terms and conditions. We therefore encourage you to read such terms and conditions carefully before sharing.
8. CONTENTS ON THE SITE
The rights to Givesom’s website and the Service, including its contents and features, belong to Givesom and/or Givesom’s affiliates, which means that any and all material, including but not limited to trademarks, company names, images, design, graphics, layout, and other information and content may not be used, copied or otherwise distributed or made available without the prior written consent of Givesom or its affiliates.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Givesom strives to make the Service available without disturbances or interferences. Donors shall not be entitled to compensation as a result of the functionality, accessibility, usability or security of the Service. Givesom cannot be held responsible for any deficiencies in the Donors’ Internet access or technical conditions or for direct or indirect damages resulting from disruptions or deficiencies in the Services, unless explicitly stated otherwise in these Terms and Conditions.
10. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
These Terms and Conditions shall be construed in accordance with and be governed by the laws of Sweden. Any disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions which cannot be settled between Givesom and the Donor shall be settled by Swedish courts with the District Court of Stockholm as the first instance.
11. QUESTIONS
If you have any questions about Givesom or these Terms and Conditions, feel free to contact Givesom at support@givesom.org.
GivesomTM never touches your donation. To avoid credit card fraud and to make sure that the money reaches your selected charities, the collected donations are placed in a client account in which clients' funds are held with our bank, SEB (reviewed by the FSA), before being paid to the organizations after 90 days. Deloitte, our independent auditors annually review all of our transactions.
We only work with international and well-established charities. If your organization would like to be on our site and receive gifts through GivesomTM, please send an email to info@givesom.org.
The Donor is responsible for ensuring that enough funds are available on the registered credit card. If your bank account lacks sufficient funds when the payment is due, our payment service provider will make three additional attempts during the following week. In the event that all attempts have failed, your donation account will be cancelled. Don’t worry though. You can always sign up to be a Givesomer again.
The first payment will be made immediately after you first register and thereafter once each month until the agreement is terminated by you. Of course, you have the right to cancel the service if you change your mind. To stop donating just send your name and e-mail address to support@givesom.org.
GivesomTM will provide you with information of how much money GivesomTM has collected to each organisation. This information will come in form of a newsletter at least once every three months. You can also follow our pages on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to stay updated with our work.
Givesom’s Cookie Policy
This cookie policy (the “Cookie Policy”) applies to Givesom’s use of cookies on our website (the “Website”). This Cookie Policy describes what kind of cookies we use on the Website, the purpose of each cookie, how long we store them and how you can block or delete cookies.
With the exception of cookies which are necessary for the Website to function properly, we will only use cookies that you have agree to by clicking “Yes, I accept the use of cookies on this website”. Please note that if you do not allow us to use cookies, you may not be able to use all the functions of the Website.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that may be placed on your device (e.g. computer, smartphone or tablet) when you visit a website. A cookie will usually contain the name of the website from which the cookie originated, the “lifetime” of the cookie (i.e. how long it will remain on your device), and a value, which is usually a randomly generated number.
Cookies are used to allow websites to function more efficiently, but also to send information to the owner of a website. Cookies also make it possible to separate different users from each other, which can give each user a more personalised and positive experience of the website.
What we use cookies for
Givesome uses strictly necessary cookies which are essential to make the Website work correctly and are strictly necessary to enable you to move around the Website and use its features. You are not required to approve our use of strictly necessary cookies since they are required in order for us to provide the services you request.
The Website also uses cookies which allow us to optimise the performance of the Website’s features, to improve your experience of the Website and to make the Website easier to use, and to better tailor the Website to your interests and needs. Further, we use cookies to compile anonymous and aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how our users use the Website and to help us improve its content and structure.
What types of cookies does Givesom use?
There are two types of cookies on the Website:
Persistent cookies, i.e. cookies which savs a file for an extended period on your device. Such cookies are for example used with functions which describe what information is new since you last visited the Website. How long the cookie remains on your device will depend on the duration or “lifetime” of the specific cookie, as well as on your browser settings.
Third party cookies, i.e. cookies that belong to domains different from the one shown in the address bar. Third party cookies open up for potential tracking of the user’s browsing history.
The table below sets out the specific cookies that are used on our Website, the purpose of each cookie, and whether any information comes from or will be transferred to a third party. The table also gives information on whether the cookie is a persistent cookie, a session cookie or a third party cookie. In addition, the table sets out the lifetime of each cookie that will be stored on your device.
Cookie
Purpose
Stored data
Duration
Sharing
_ga
The _ga cookie is part of Google Analytics, and is used to distinguish users.
Anonymous randomly generated ID.
Persistent cookie, remains for two years.
This is a third party cookie, which transfers the information collected to Google. For more information, please visit this link and this link.
_gat
The _gat cookies is a part of Google Analytics and is used to throttle request rates.
Anonymous randomly generated ID.
Persistent cookie, ten minutes.
This is a third party cookie, which transfers the information collected to Google. For more information, please visit this link and this link.
Google Analytics
Givesom uses the tool “Google Analytics” to collect information about use of the Website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the Website and what other websites they used prior to visiting the Website. Giveom uses the information to improve the Website’s technical performance, to optimise the performance of the Website’s features, to improve your experience of the Website, to better tailor the Website to you interests and needs and to make the Website easier to use. Google Analytics collects the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Website. Givesom does not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with other personally identifiable information. Google’s possibility to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to our Website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service, available here, and the Google Privacy Policy, available here. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to the Website by disabling cookies on your browser.
How to prevent and/or delete cookies
Most internet browsers are initially set to automatically accept cookies. You can change your settings to block cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent to your device. You can also choose to delete all the cookies stored on your device.
Please refer to your browser instructions to learn more about how to modify your browser settings. If you use different devices to view and access the Website (e.g. your computer, smartphone, tablet etc.) you will need to ensure that each browser on each device is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences.
If you disable the cookies that we use, this may impact your experience while on the Website. For example, you may not be able to visit all parts of the Website, and that some parts of the Website may not function correctly.
If you do not want us to use any cookies on your device please select “No, I do not accept the use of cookies on this website”.
Changes in the Cookie Policy and questions
This policy may be amended from time to time. The date of the last change will be shown at the end of the Cookie Policy.
If you have any questions regarding this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at support@givesom.org.
This Cookie Policy was last updated on 2014-10-09
Our organisations
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is an integral part of the Christian Church, although distinctive in government and practice. The need for modern facilities and longer-term development is under continual review. Increasingly the Army's policy and its indigenous membership allow it to cooperate with international relief agencies and governments alike.
Project Playground
Project Playground is a non-profit organization, founded in 2010, helping exposed children and youth in townships outside Cape Town in South Africa. Project Playground works to reinforce their personal and social development through organized activity, sports and support programs, with a focus on the individual, led by local staff. We also welcome children and young adults with various disabilities. Through a meaningful spare time children gain self-esteem, ambitions and belief in the future - tools to create better life conditions which create ripple effects on the whole community.
Hand in Hand Sweden
Hand in Hand’s mission is to reduce poverty and child labour through sustainable job creation that raises family income. We do so through social and economic empowerment of some of the poorest and most marginalised people and we focus particularly on women.
Raising family income contributes to greater food security, better education for children, better housing and increased access to medicines and healthcare. By focusing on strengthening women, their children and the entire family are benefitted and gain a better life.
Our work model is based on a help to self-help approach by equipping poor people with the knowledge and skills needed to gain better livelihoods in order to lift themselves out of poverty.
Together for Better
Together for Better is a small foundation working for children´s right to education. We fund local school projects in the Dominican Republic. All projects supported by Together for Better are helping children living in poverty. Together for Better was founded by Swedish journalist Ebba Lövenskiold, after vacationing in the Dominican Republic during the major earthquake in the neighboring country Haiti in 2010.
Civil Rights Defenders
Civil Rights Defenders is an independent international expert organization, with presence on four continents, founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1982, with the aim of defending human rights, and in particular people's civil and political rights, and to support and empower human rights defenders at risk.
Action Aid
We're an international organization, working with over 15 million people in 45 countries for a world free from poverty and injustice. We help people fight for the rights that they are denied. Simple things, like the right to eat. The right to stay on their land. The right to an education. Together, we're making a lasting difference.
Reach for Change
Reach for Change identify and support Change Leaders – exceptional individuals who have; a strong desire to promote children’s rights, an innovative idea to change the world for children, and the passion and the drive to create this change. Reach for Change is a non-profit organization co-founded by the Kinnevik Group and Sara Damber.
We believe that one voice makes a difference and that everyone has the potential to create change. We also believe that children’s rights should be universally respected, and that social entrepreneurship has the power to create lasting, systematic change for children.
Friends
Friends is a non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of mobbing or bullying. We educate and support schools and sports clubs throughout Sweden. Our vision is to see young children and adolescents grow up in a safe and secure society where all are treated equally.
Friends uses a long-term approach to increase the knowledge and involvement of adults and children through education, guidance and the formation of public opinion. Friends is located across Sweden in four regional offices. We have worked together with over 1500 schools since we began the organization in 1997.
Plan
Plan is an international children's rights organization working for children's development in 50 countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia. In 2014 work plan in 86,676 communities which have a total of 164.9 million inhabitants, of which 81.5 million are children. Plan's work is based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and is religiously and politically independent. Plan Sweden started its operations in 1997 as an independent part of Plan International and collects in Sweden to be able to fund, support and further develop the work of children around the world. Plan was founded in 1937 by a journalist and an aid worker from the UK to help children affected by the Spanish Civil War. Today 's Plan in 69 countries, including 50 programs and 19 countries gathering countries.
Bris
Bris – Children’s Rights in Society is an NGO working for the rights of the child. Bris is a voluntary organization with no political or religious affiliations, to which children can turn for advice and support. Briswas founded in 1971 and is organized into one national association with five regional offices.
Bris’ activities are funded by financial contributions and donations from both private and public donors. Since 2013, Bris’ support services have been staffed by 17 full-time professional counsellors who are based centrally in Stockholm.
The goal of BRIS’ support services is to strengthen the rights of children and young people and improve their living conditions, which is done with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as a guide.BRIS' shall support vulnerable children and young people in particular, and provide opportunities for children and young people to conduct a dialogue with adults.
Women for Education
Women for Education utbildar nästa generations kvinnliga ledare genom att ge studielån och mentorskap till unga kvinnor i Kenya. Genom finansiellt stöd och ett rigoröst mentorskapsprogram vill vi ge kvinnor verktygen att nå ledande positioner och på så sätt skapa ett mer jämställt samhälle.
Women for Education educates the next generation of female leaders by giving student loans and mentorship to young women in Kenya. Through financial support and a rigorous mentorship program we want to give women the tools to reach leading positions and create a more equal society.
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organization that acts to change attitudes and behavior, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace by: catalyzing and energy revolution, defending our oceans, protecting the world's ancient forests and the animals and creating a toxic free future. Greenpeace is present in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Pacific.
Djurens Rätt
Djurens Rätt (Animal Rights Sweden) is the leading animal rights organization in Scandinavia and was founded in 1882. We believe that animals are sentient beings entitled to be treated with respect. Our core issues are animal experiments, farm animals, fur farming and animal friendly consumer guidance.
We are very successful in turning retailers fur free, as well as in guiding tens of thousands of people towards a plant based diet every year.
