How to Donate to Gaza from Spain: Bizum, Card, Tax Relief and What Actually Arrives

You live in Madrid, Seville or Bilbao, you have been following the news from Gaza, and you want to help. Then the practical questions arrive. Can I just send a Bizum? Should I use my card? Can I claim it on my renta? And how do I know the money will not disappear somewhere along the way?

Here is the short answer. From Spain you have three realistic routes, and each one trades something off. Registered Spanish NGOs give you a donation certificate that can count toward tax relief, but your money passes through a longer chain. Crowdfunding platforms such as GoFundMe take your card easily, but they do not earn you Spanish tax relief. A direct USDT transfer to a personal initiative like FundGaza is the shortest path and you can trace it on-chain, but it is not tax-deductible, and buying USDT inside the EU has become harder in 2026.

This guide walks through each route honestly, including the limits of what we offer.

First, who we are

FundGaza (رواء غزة) is a personal humanitarian initiative run by someone living inside the Gaza Strip. It is not a registered charity, and gifts to it are not tax-deductible in Spain or anywhere else. We are putting that up front because many donors in Spain start their search with the word desgravación, and you deserve to know before you decide.

What we offer instead is a public wallet anyone can watch on Tronscan, and a published commitment to document donations and expenses in a public transparency log with photos and receipts. One honest caveat: the blockchain shows money moving. It does not show what that money bought. That is why we treat field documentation as part of the work, and why we expect you to keep asking questions.

Bizum: very convenient, which is exactly why it needs care

Bizum is how most people in Spain move small amounts of money, and it can be a perfectly good way to give when you are paying a well-known Spanish NGO that publishes a Bizum donation code on its own official website.

Two cautions, though.

• Bizum is built for paying people you know. If a WhatsApp or Instagram message from a personal phone number asks for a Bizum for a family in Gaza, you are sending money to a Spanish bank account whose owner you cannot identify, and getting it back is usually difficult.
• A genuine NGO Bizum code lives on the organisation's own site, not in a comment thread or a private message. Type the web address yourself and look for the code there.

FundGaza does not accept Bizum and has no Spanish bank account. Anyone asking you for a Bizum in our name does not represent us.

Paying by card through a crowdfunding platform

If you would rather use your bank card, the cleanest option is an established platform with its own payment protection. On our other support options page we list the one external campaign we currently point to: Help Nidal Zomlot Family Rebuild Their Lives (fundraiser for the family of Nidal Zomlot, who runs FundGaza) on GoFundMe, for a displaced family that lost its home, organised by a relative in Brussels.

Before you pay by card on any platform:

1. Read who the organiser is, where they are, and how they relate to the people being helped.
2. Look carefully at the checkout screen. Some platforms add an optional tip for the platform itself, which you can usually change.
3. Keep the platform's receipt. It proves you paid. It is not a tax certificate.

Spanish tax relief: who qualifies and who does not

This is the question we get most from Spain, so here is a straight answer.

Income tax relief on donations in Spain (the IRPF deduction) rests on Law 49/2002 on non-profit entities and patronage. It does not apply to any gift you make; it applies to gifts to entities covered by that law, such as associations declared of public utility, registered foundations, certain public bodies, and the Spanish national committees of some UN agencies. Those entities issue you a donation certificate and report your gift to the tax agency on form 182, linked to your tax ID.

As for the percentages, the figures widely reported since the 2024 reform are an 80% deduction on the first 250 euros you give in a year, 40% on the amount above that, rising to 45% if you have given to the same entity for three consecutive years, with an overall cap tied to your taxable base. Please confirm these figures with the Agencia Tributaria for your specific tax year, and note that the Basque Country and Navarre run their own foral tax systems.

In practice:

• Giving to a registered Spanish NGO working in Gaza: you may qualify, provided the entity is covered by Law 49/2002 and issues you a certificate.
• Giving through GoFundMe or to a personal initiative like FundGaza: no Spanish tax relief.

We compare both approaches across several countries in a separate piece: is a donation to Gaza tax deductible.

Many donors split their giving: a larger share to a big registered organisation so they can claim the deduction, and a smaller share to a direct initiative whose work they can follow closely. That is a personal choice. There is no single right answer.

Donating USDT from Spain, and what changed in 2026

The route we use is USDT on the TRON network (the TRC-20 standard). The idea is simple: a digital transfer from your wallet to our published wallet, visible to anyone on Tronscan, with no bank in the middle. We go through the details in our guide on how to donate USDT crypto to Gaza.

If you live in Spain, two things matter here.

The EU's MiCA rules. As our own donation page notes, most EU-licensed platforms no longer sell USDT to customers inside the EU. We are not going to suggest ways around your country's rules. If you cannot obtain USDT in a way that is lawful and available to you, choose one of the other routes in this guide. They work, and they are perfectly legitimate.

Tax on the crypto itself. If you hold crypto that has risen in value and you send it, Spanish tax law may treat that as a disposal with tax consequences. That is a question for your tax adviser, not for us.

Fees: what we know and what we do not

A USDT transfer on TRC-20 carries a network fee that is roughly flat regardless of the amount. On our donation page we estimate it at around 2 to 4.50 US dollars as of October 2026, less if you have staked TRX for energy. On top of that come your exchange's withdrawal fee and a commission inside Gaza when the money is cashed out. So on very small gifts, fees take a bigger bite. We do not promise zero fees, and we do not claim money reaches families in seconds. What we can say is that a transfer typically reaches our wallet within minutes.

How to check a USDT transfer yourself on Tronscan

You do not need any technical background for this:

1. Copy the transaction ID (TxID) from your wallet or exchange history after sending.
2. Open Tronscan and paste the TxID into the search bar.
3. Check the asset. It should show USDT on the TRON network, not a token with a look-alike name.
4. Compare the receiving address character by character with the one published on the campaign's own official page, never with an address someone sent you in a message.
5. Check the status. The transaction should be confirmed, and the amount should match what you sent.

If you would like your gift recorded under your name, you can send us the TxID afterwards through our contact page.

What your donation buys, and what is happening on the ground

The need in Gaza is not abstract. The UN humanitarian office's situation report of 15 October 2026 says about 90% of the population relies on humanitarian food assistance, and that drinking-water production fell as pipelines were interrupted and fuel and spare parts ran short.

That is why we focus on two basics. Our Water Relief Project aims to provide drinking water for displaced families, and our Food Basket Project will fund food parcels bought in the local market and handed out directly. We commit to publishing spending with photos and receipts in the transparency log, so you can compare what came in with what went out.

Red flags worth knowing

Sadly, fundraising for Gaza attracts scammers too. Watch for these signs:

• Heavy time pressure, such as send it within the hour or it will be too late.
• A wallet address or Bizum number sent in a private message rather than published on an official site.
• Promises of returns or doubling your money. A donation does not pay you back.
• Dodging simple questions: who are you, where do you work, how will you document spending?
• A brand-new account with no history reposting widely shared photos and videos.
• Requests for your card details or wallet recovery phrase. No genuine cause ever needs them.

Zakat and sadaqah from Spain

Many Muslims in Spain ask whether zakat can be paid through these routes. The detailed rulings on zakat eligibility (who may receive it, appointing an agent, timing) are questions for a scholar or fatwa council you trust, and we do not issue rulings here. What we can tell you is what we commit to: we will spend donations on basic needs for families in hardship, and document that publicly.

Choosing the route that fits you

If tax relief matters to you, give to a registered Spanish NGO and ask for your donation certificate. If you want to pay easily by card, use an established platform with payment protection. If you already hold USDT lawfully and want a direct transfer you can verify yourself, you can donate USDT verified on-chain.

Whichever you choose, it helps a family in Gaza. If you would like to start with us, here is where to donate to Gaza now.