It is easy to make a donation to support the Finnish Red Cross. You can choose between many different payment methods.

Make a one-time donation online

Select the desired donation target and amount

Payment methods: Finnish online banks, Visa and Master credit cards, MobilePay and Siirto.

The payment gateway and payment service are provided by Paytrail Oyj (2122839-7) in cooperation with Finnish banks and credit institutions. Paytrail Oyj, which will be displayed as the recipient of the payment on your bank statement or credit invoice, will forward the payment to the Finnish Red Cross. Paytrail Oyj is authorised to operate as a payment institution. 

Paytrail Oyj
Innova 2
Lutakonaukio 7
40100 Jyväskylä
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If you wish to submit a complaint, please primarily contact our Donor Services.

Order an invoice

Companies can also order an invoice. The invoice will be sent within 4–5 business days.

Donate via text message

The donation is charged to your telephone bill, and the operator transfers the donation to the Finnish Red Cross.

Donate to the Disaster Relief Fund via text message

Text SPR to the number 16499 to donate €15.

Other amounts: 

• Donate €5 – Text the word SPR5 to the number 16499.
• Donate €10 – Text the word SPR10 to the number 16499.
• Donate €20 – Text the word SPR20 to the number 16499.
• Donate €40 – Text the word SPR40 to the number 16499.

Donate €25 via text message to help victims of the crisis in Ukraine

• Donate €25 – Text the word SPR25 to the number 16499.

Donate via text message to support activities in Finland

• Donate €15 – Text the word SPR15 to the number 16499.
• Donate €15 – Text the word SPRLAHJA to the number 16499.
• Donate €30 – Text the word SPR30 to the number 16499.
• Donate €50 – Text the word SPR50 to the number 16499.

This is how you stop receiving text donation requests

We will send our donors text messages at times of catastrophes and campaigns. You can stop receiving text messages by texting the word SPRKIELTO to the number 16499 or by letting us know at lahjoitukset@redcross.fi.

Donation phone numbers

The donation is charged to your telephone bill, and the operator transfers the donation to the Red Cross.

Donate to the Disaster Relief Fund

• Donate €30 to the Disaster Relief Fund – Call +358 (0)600 12230 (€30.41 + local network charge).
• Donate €20 to the Disaster Relief Fund – Call +358 (0)600 12220 (€20.52 + local network charge).
• Donate €10 to the Disaster Relief Fund – Call +358 (0)600 12210 (€10.14 + local network charge).

Donate to support activities in Finland

• Donate €15  to support activities in Finland – Call +358 (0)600 9 5515 (€15.37 + local network charge).
• Donate €30  to support activities in Finland – Call +358 (0)600 9 5530  (€30.41 + local network charge).
• Donate €50  to support activities in Finland – Call +358 (0)600 9 5530  (€50.00 + local network charge).

MobilePay one-time donation

The donation is charged to your bank account or credit card. MobilePay transfers the donation to the Red Cross.

Make a donation to the number:

• 10900 – Donation to the Disaster Relief Fund
• 11646 - Donation to help victims of the crisis in Ukraine
• 32232 – Donation to activities in Finland

Please note! The Finnish Red Cross districts and branches also have their own MobilePay donation numbers that direct donations to the Disaster Relief Fund.

MobilePay monthly donation

Donate the desired amount to the Disaster Relief Fund effortlessly every month. Fill in the MobilePay donation form and you will receive a link in the response message to complete your monthly donation in the MobilePay app.

Bank transfer to the Disaster Relief Fund

Donate to the Finnish Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund

• Account: OP FI52 5000 0120 4156 73, OKOYFIHH. Recipient: Finnish Red Cross. Reference number: 5186.

Other IBAN account numbers and SWIFT/BIC at different banks for donations to the Disaster Relief Fund:

• Aktia FI18 4055 1110 0013 97, HELSFIHH
• Danske Bank FI02 8000 1900 2250 05, DABAFIHH
• Nordea FI06 2219 1800 0680 00, NDEAFIHH
• S-Pankki FI91 3939 0012 3129 30, SBANFIHH
• Ålandsbanken FI24 6601 0001 0027 99, AABA FI 22

Bank transfer to help victims of the crisis in Ukraine

• Account: OP FI52 5000 0120 4156 73, OKOYFIHH. Recipient: Finnish Red Cross Reference number: 6020.

Bank transfer to support activities in Finland

Donate to support the Finnish Red Cross activities in Finland

• Account: OP FI29 5000 0120 4156 99, OKOYFIHH. Recipient: Finnish Red Cross. Reference number: 5335. 

Support the friend activities in particular

• Account: OP FI29 5000 0120 4156 99, OKOYFIHH. Recipient: Finnish Red Cross. Reference number: 5364.

Support the Youth Shelter activities in particular

• Account: OP FI29 5000 0120 4156 99, OKOYFIHH. Recipient: Finnish Red Cross. Reference number: 5351.

Other IBAN account numbers and SWIFT/BIC at different banks for donations to activities in Finland:

• Nordea FI29 1572 3000 3727 30, NDEAFIHH.

Join our superheroes. Monthly donation is an effective and easy way to help those in need. 

Together we can change the world! 

Join us as a regular donor

A celebration coming up? Ask your friends and family to donate to a cause important to you. A dedicated collection is also a beautiful way of honouring the memory of a loved one.

Set up an online fundraiser

As a digital fundraiser, you can participate in helping in Finland and abroad. Companies can set up a collection for their staff or cooperation partners, too. Share the online collection on social media and via email.

Instructions and tips for an online fundraiser

Collect using bank transfers

If online collecting seems too technical, you can also collect the traditional way by directing funds to the Red Cross bank account. Instructions:

1. Provide those participating in your special day with the account number for your donation target

• The Finnish Red Cross’s Disaster Relief Fund: OP FI52 5000 0120 4156 73
• Supporting Red Cross activities in Finland: OP FI29 5000 0120 4156 99

2. Ask participants to enter the name of the special day in the message field, e.g. ‘Bob’s 60th Birthday’ 

3. Enter information concerning the special day on the form  and submit it to us.

• You will be informed of the results of the collection if you tell us of the special day collection before the participants make their donations.
• PLEASE NOTE! If you want to direct the donations to victims of the crisis in Ukraine or Youth Shelters, for example, add this information on the form under ‘Lisätietoja’ (additional information).

4. You will be informed of the donated sum approximately two weeks after the event by email. 

In addition to your loved ones, you can help those in need through your will. If you are considering making a bequest to the Finnish Red Cross, you can receive assistance on drawing up your will free of charge.

Read more and contact us

We offer companies many ways to help in Finland and internationally.

• A donation is a great and easy way to help vulnerable people.
• As a corporate cooperation partner, you can show social responsibility.
• You can increase the significance of the work by involving your employees.

Companies that donate more than 400 euros can download the communication package for the donor.

Learn more about our company cooperation

Approximately 90% of the donations to the Disaster Relief Fund come from private donors. Your support is essential!

In addition to donors, the aid projects of the Finnish Red Cross are funded by e.g the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO). Since all projects require a funding share from the Disaster Relief Fund, aid work would not be possible without our donors.

We warmly thank you for your help!

The Disaster Relief Fund is not committed to any specific target, meaning that funds can be directed to crisis areas with short notice. When a hurricane wreaks havoc, a drought destroys all chances for normal life or life at a refugee camp becomes unbearable, donations save lives.

Emergency aid means taking care of the basic necessities: clean water, food, soap, blankets, tarpaulins and health care for people who have lost everything. We can also send a field hospital or equipment and support for building IT connections in a crisis area. We deliver aid in cooperation with the local Red Cross or Red Crescent society.

The Disaster Relief Fund also supports development cooperation. We help the community affected by a crisis get back on its feet, prepare for any new crises and deal with them as efficiently as possible.

The need for help can surprise any of us at any time. The Disaster Relief Fund also allows us to help people with emergencies in Finland. For example, people who have lost their homes in fires can receive emergency aid, such as emergency accommodation, clothes and hygiene supplies and psychosocial support.

Donations made for the Disaster Relief Fund ensure that trained volunteers are always ready to provide aid across Finland in sudden accidents and exceptional circumstances. During the coronavirus epidemic, volunteers have helped vulnerable people by distributing food aid and running errands for people in high-risk groups.

The fund also supports the Voluntary Rescue Service that helps the authorities e.g. in finding missing persons.

Here are some examples of what money can buy.

In Finland:

• €50: training in psychosocial support for a volunteer
• €180: clothes for a person who has lost their home in a fire

A preparedness unit on a trailer: When helping in emergencies, the volunteers bring a mobile preparedness unit with them. These units are located all around Finland, and donations to the Disaster Relief Fund are used to equip them:

• €5: a blanket
• €13: a metal petrol canister
• €87: a carrier gurney for the injured
• €149: a cordless drill

Around the world:

• €9: a food package for a family for a week in a disaster area
• €17: a maternity package in the middle of a disaster
• €60: antibiotics for thirty children

Field hospitals can be sent to a disaster area anywhere in the world. The hospital supplies are acquired through donations:

• €4.4: an iron supplement for after giving birth
• €100: a suture kit
• €620: an otoscope kit with one year’s worth of supplies
• €4,100: a patient monitor with additional supplies for an operating room
• €29,000: an operating table with additional equipment

The collection expenses of the Disaster Relief Fund must not exceed 20 per cent. This means that at least 80% of the donations are used for aid work.

The amount of collection expenses is monitored by the board and council of the Finnish Red Cross. Collection expenses are expenses caused from acquiring the donations, such as fundraising personnel expenses, the printing and mailing costs of donation request letters, acquisition costs of the collection equipment, marketing costs, and fees collected by external service providers, including operators and banks.

The rules of the Disaster Relief Fund and its monitoring regulate the use of the donated funds.

In addition to life-saving aid supplies and their delivery costs, the Disaster Relief Fund can cover the salary costs of Finnish Red Cross aid workers operating in disaster and crisis areas. Such helpers include doctors, nurses and logisticians working in the areas. The Finnish Red Cross does not carry out international aid operations from Finland using volunteers. 

In the target countries, the share of aid workers and local volunteers depends on the situation and task at hand. For example, a field hospital clinic has a 50/50 share between hired employees and volunteers, whereas aid distribution can have one employee responsible for organising the work per 50 volunteers responsible for distribution. 

Of the permanent staff of the Finnish Red Cross, only employees working on fundraising are paid from the Disaster Relief Fund collection profits. The salaries of other staff in Finland are funded from several sources, such as the sales profits of Finnish Red Cross products, membership fees, and funding from various ministries and STEA.

In Finland, Red Cross employees support volunteers in their tasks. The aid work itself is carried out by volunteers, apart from a couple of exceptions. These include tasks in crisis situations that require trained psychologists.

Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers around the world take part voluntarily, out of a desire to help.

The rules of the Disaster Relief Fund and the strict control regulate the use of the donated funds. The accounting of the Finnish Red Cross is audited project-specifically every year, and an annual audit is required from other national associations of the Red Cross. Risk management is essential, because the international Red Cross movement operates in almost all countries in the world, and every country has its own operating culture.

We also analyse our cooperation partners, evaluate their capacity to monitor misconducts, and carry out monitoring ourselves. If the operations do not meet our expectations, we train our cooperation partner to develop their operations. If that does not help, we will withdraw our cooperation. This, also, is development cooperation by the Red Cross.

The Finnish Red Cross has permanent representatives at some aid targets, others we check once a year or more frequently as necessary.

If the target has an external funder, their representatives will visit the aid target to check that reports are accurate and money is spent as agreed.

We also strictly make sure that aid supplies go to those in the greatest need.