# Charities

fivebar is free for charities: every feature, never billed. This is the status your organisation needs, country by country, and how to apply.

A charity’s account holds up to 1,024 sites, more if you ask, and counts any number of pageviews.

## Who can apply

Your organisation needs the status beside its country. Being set up as a non-profit isn’t enough on its own.

**What we check, by country**

| Country | Status you need | What to send | Where we check it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | A charity registered with the ACNC | Your ABN | [ACNC Charity Register](https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity) |
| Austria | Approved by the Finanzamt so gifts to you are tax-deductible (spendenbegünstigt) | Your BMF registration number, such as SO-1306 | [BMF list of approved bodies](https://service.bmf.gv.at/service/allg/spenden/_start.asp) |
| Belgium | Approved by the Minister of Finance to issue tax certificates for gifts (institution agréée, erkende instelling), or named for it in the income tax code | Your enterprise number | [SPF Finances lists of approved institutions and those named in law](https://fin.belgium.be/fr/particuliers/avantages-fiscaux/dons) |
| Canada | A charity registered with the Canada Revenue Agency | Your charity registration number, such as 123456789 RR 0001 | [CRA List of charities](https://apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/hacc/srch/pub/dsplyBscSrch?request_locale=en) |
| Denmark | Approved by Skattestyrelsen for tax-deductible gifts, under ligningsloven § 8 A | Your CVR number | [Skattestyrelsen’s list of approved associations](https://info.skat.dk/data.aspx?oid=2061734) |
| France | An association or foundation reconnue d’utilité publique | Your SIREN number, and the date of the decree that recognised you | The Ministry of the Interior’s lists of [associations](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/associations-reconnues-d-utilite-publique) and [foundations](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/fondations-reconnues-d-utilite-publique), and the decrees in the [Journal officiel](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/) |
| Germany | Recognised by your Finanzamt as gemeinnützig or mildtätig | Your Steuernummer and Finanzamt, and the date of your latest Freistellungsbescheid (or, if you’re new, of your Feststellungsbescheid under § 60a AO) | [BZSt Zuwendungsempfängerregister](https://zer.bzst.de) |
| Ireland | A charity registered with the Charities Regulator | Your registered charity number (RCN), not your CHY number | [Register of Charities](https://www.charitiesregulator.ie/en/information-for-the-public/search-the-register-of-charities) |
| Italy | An ente del Terzo settore, registered in the RUNTS | Your codice fiscale | [RUNTS](https://servizi.lavoro.gov.it/runts/it-it/Ricerca-enti) |
| Japan | A public interest corporation (公益社団法人 or 公益財団法人), or a certified NPO (認定NPO法人 or 特例認定NPO法人) | Your corporate number (法人番号) | The Cabinet Office’s [public interest corporations](https://www.koeki-info.go.jp/pictis-info/csa0001!show) and [NPO portal](https://www.npo-homepage.go.jp/npoportal/) |
| Netherlands | ANBI status from the Belastingdienst | Your RSIN | [Belastingdienst ANBI search](https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/nl/aftrek-en-kortingen/content/anbi-status-controleren) |
| New Zealand | A charity registered under the Charities Act 2005 | Your registration number, which starts CC | [Charities Register](https://register.charities.govt.nz/) |
| Norway | Approved by Skatteetaten for tax-deductible gifts (gavefradrag), under skatteloven § 6-50 | Your organisation number | [Skatteetaten’s list of approved organisations](https://www.skatteetaten.no/person/skatt/hjelp-til-riktig-skatt/gave-og-arv/gave-til-frivillige-organisasjoner/liste/) |
| Singapore | A charity registered with the Commissioner of Charities | Your UEN | [Charity Portal](https://www.charities.gov.sg/Pages/AdvanceSearch.aspx) |
| Sweden | Approved by Skatteverket as a gift recipient (godkänd gåvomottagare) | Your organisation number | [Skatteverket’s list of approved gift recipients](https://www.skatteverket.se/gavogivare) |
| United Kingdom | A charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR in Scotland or the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland | Your registered charity number | The registers for [England and Wales](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search), [Scotland](https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/) and [Northern Ireland](https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/charity-search/) |
| United States | 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the IRS | Your EIN | [IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search](https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/tax-exempt-organization-search) |

Somewhere else, or holding another status? Email us anyway, as below, saying which status your organisation holds and where it’s registered, and we’ll tell you whether we can accept it.

## How to apply

1. [Sign up](https://fiveb.ar/signup). You don’t need to choose a plan.
2. Email [mail@fiveb.ar](mailto:mail@fiveb.ar?subject=A%20free%20account%20for%20a%20charity) from the address you signed up with, with your organisation’s name, its country and what the table asks for. If the register doesn’t show your status yet, attach the letter that grants it.
3. We check it on the register, and may ask for the letter that grants your status if the register doesn’t settle it. Once it’s checked, your account is complimentary, and we email you to say so.

A plan you already pay for is cancelled once your account is complimentary, and isn’t charged again.