Donations
By donating cryptocurrency to HERD, you support our cause and help us to support the elephants in our care. HERD Trust looks after elephants orphaned or displaced due to human-elephant conflict, giving them a safe space to rehabilitate and integrate into a herd with their own species once again.
Cryptocurrency donations have a tangible and meaningful impact on our work. Donations are vital to us, as we rely on public funding to carry out our mission and support the elephants in our care. Donating cryptocurrency is one of the most efficient ways to support HERD, as it involves minimal transaction costs and gives us quick access to donated funds.
You can make a safe, easy, and fast cryptocurrency donation using the donation form at the top of this page.
Follow these 4 steps:
When you make your crypto donation, you can choose whether you want to receive a receipt for your donation. An automatically generated receipt will then be sent to the email address you provide. This receipt can be used to confirm your donation for tax purposes. Crypto donations are processed quickly and safely with The Giving Block and Gemini Trust Exchange.
We aim to give donors a wide variety of ways to support our cause. By accepting cryptocurrency donations, we are able to reach new donors and make it easy for them to donate.
Donating cryptocurrency is one of the most efficient ways to support HERD. Cryptocurrency transactions involve very few transaction fees, which means that when someone donates cryptocurrency to HERD, a large percentage of the donated amount goes directly to HERD. Other donation methods involve more or bigger transaction fees, which means that a smaller percentage of donated amounts go directly to HERD.
Cryptocurrency donations are also fast, which allows us to receive and access funds quickly.
Cryptocurrency donations are also beneficial to donors. Donating cryptocurrency is one of the most tax-efficient ways to donate. You can find out more about the tax benefits of cryptocurrency donations here.
We currently accept more than 100 cryptocurrencies, including:
Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), 0x (ZRX), Aave (AAVE), Alchemix (MIST), Amp (AMP), Ankr (ANKR), ApeCoin (APE), API3 (API3), Avalanche (AVAX), Axie Infinity Shards (AXS), BarnBridge (BOND), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), ChainLink (LINK), Chiliz (CHZ), Compound (COMP), Curve Dao Token (CRV), Dai (DAI), Decentraland (MANA), Dogecoin (DOGE), Dogelon Mars (ELON), Enjin Coin (ENJ), Ethereum Name Service (ENS), Fantom (FTM), Fetch.ai (FET), Filecoin (FIL), Gala (GALA), Galxe (GAL), Gemini Dollar (GUSD), Injective (INJ), Lido (LDO), Litecoin (LTC), Livepeer (LPT), Loopring (LRC), Maker (MKR), Mask Network (MASK), Orchid (OXT), PAX Gold (PAXG), Polkadot (DOT), Polygon (MATIC), Qredo (QRDO), Quant (QNT), Radicle (RAD), Rally (RLY), Ren (REN), Render Token (RNDR), Samoyedcoin (SAMO), Shiba Inu (SHIB), Skale (SKL), Solana (SOL), Somnium Space (CUBE), STEPN (GMT), Storj (STORJ), SushiSwap (SUSHI), Synthetix (SNX), Tezos (XTZ), The Graph (GRT), The Sandbox (SAND), Tune.FM – tokenized music marketplace – NFTs, micropayments, social audio (JAM), UMA (UMA), Uniswap (UNI), USD Coin (USD), Tether (USDT), XRP (XRP), Yearn.finance (YFI), Zcash (ZEC).
The Giving Block regularly adds support for new cryptocurrencies. Please check this page again soon to see which new cryptocurrencies have been added. You can also fill out this form to request support for a specific cryptocurrency from The Giving Block.
Yes! HERD USA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organisation, which means that donations made to HERD USA are deductible for US income tax purposes, to the extent allowed by the law.
The HERD Federal Tax ID number (EIN) is 87-3396123.
Yes! You can donate crypto to HERD from anywhere in the world.
No. All crypto donations made via The Giving Block are non-refundable.
Please make sure that you select the correct cryptocurrency and enter the correct donation amount when donating cryptocurrency.
Yes! When making your crypto donation, you can choose to donate anonymously.
Yes! You can donate the proceeds from the sale of your NFT to HERD using the donation form at the top of this page.
You can contact us at fundraising@herd.org.za to tell us about the NFT you’ve sold. We would love to know more!
Yes! You are more than welcome to run a crypto fundraiser for HERD. Please contact us at fundraising@herd.org.za so we can help you organise your fundraiser.
Thank you for your interest in supporting HERD! To contact us about making a crypto donation, please email us at fundraising@herd.org.za.
We rely on incredible people like you to keep us going. Every cent counts, and no contribution is too small. HERD relies on public funding to cover the operational costs to care for and support elephant orphans and the rescued herd, so we really appreciate your support.
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