i wanted to leave some breadcrumbs for anyone else in a similar situation (that is, trying to donate from U.S., not the bit about wealth) trying to figure out how to make it work, because i sure expended some effort digging it up.
this specific discussion thread is a call to donate and to write here in solidarity in having done so. i may not have successfully donated cold, hard cash, but i'll dare say my pledge of most of my afternoon trying to move mountains in order to send some scratch their way fits in here. it may have barely registered as a drop in the bucket had i been successful, but i believe this is what the thread is about.
Okay, but surely you can appreciate that making it easier for Europeans and non-Europeans to contribute to this cause would achieve the goal of the donation campaign more efficiently?
My personal opinion is that it would be very much worth it to accept payments via PayPal, Stripe, or other global electronic payment methods[^1]. And show how much money has been received to date.
I would rant about being content with “it works for us, people will donate if they really want to” but I’ve already done that too many times this year.
^1: yes there are some fees associated with this. But it’s also more convenient and probably more people would donate. But for some people the convenience argument does not compute.
Do you see the rest of the world complaining when no-one can send free uncomplicated transfers to fund a U.S. non-profit because the U.S.A. prefers to run a draconian consumer banking system?
The shier American arrogance in this comment thread gives me an aneurism. Fix your banking system, ours works.