include us in your Will a gift to charity for children
Listening include us in your Will and making a gift to a children's charity is something many people want to do - and we at Erikshjälpen are grateful for that. Gifts from private individuals help fund our work for children's rights. Here you can find out how to make a will in a way that makes the biggest difference for children.
Choose an organization you can trust
If you want to include us in your Will for children's charity, there are a few things to consider.
Choose an organization that you can trust - preferably one with a 90 account and membership in Giva Sverige. Erikshjälpen has both parts and is under the accountability of Swedish Fundraising Control.
You can include us in your Will whatever you want
You can include us in your Will any way you want to Erikshjälpen. It can be a sum of money, Securities, a property or an object. Thanks to our second hand business, we can take care of your movable property and resell it in our shops. As a non-profit organization, we needer Erikshjälpen does not pay tax on capital gains on the sale of Securities or real estate that we received through inheritance.
Include us in your Will
It's easy to include us in your Will a gift to Erikshjälpen. However, if you would like support in drawing up your will, you can get free advice from our family lawyer. This way you get a personalized and legally correct will. Please contact us if you would like us to include Erikshjälpen in your will.
Include us in your Will
Frequently asked questions and answers about include us in your Will for charity
Erikshjälpen works to combat poverty and vulnerability by realizing
children's rights, in Sweden and around the world. Many people think of us as a charity organization, and we really appreciate the desire to help. But we see our work as more than charity - we work with children's rights. This includes working with children, families and local organisations to create sustainable change.
This means that our work is rights-based and always based on children's rights, according to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Erikshjälpen focuses in particular on children's right to safety and protection, health, education and leisure. We believe in child participation and children's own ability to participate and change their situation.
Choose an organization you can trust. A 90 account is a good start - it means that the organization's finances are controlled by Swedish Fundraising Control.
Erikshjälpen has 90 accounts and is also approved for Safe Giving, a quality stamp from Giva Sverige. This means that we ask for gifts in a responsible way, have order in finances and governance, use the money as it is intended - and evaluate our work to see that it makes a difference.
Keep in mind that a lot can change between the time you write your will and the time it comes into effect. It may feel good to give to a specific causebut that purpose may not no longer be relevant when inheritance to be distribution of the inheritance. Then we may be forced to decline the gift. Write that the gift should go to the entire work of Erikshjälpen, rather than to a specific purpose. The same applies to money. Rather donate a percentage of your estate than a fixed amount. Otherwise you risk your gift will lose value.
You can include us in your Will just about anything to Erikshjälpen. We will take care of your gift in the best way and make sure it has as much impact as possible. Since we do not pay any profit tax, it is an advantage if we take care of the sale of, for example, real estate, Securities or other items. This way, the gift becomes more valuable.
Enter both the name of the organization and the organization number of the organisations (s) to which you want to make a gift in your will. Erikshjälpens organization number is: 827500-4789.
No, you don't. You do not have to tell anyone what is in your will. But it may be useful to let us know that we are included in the will - so we have a chance to thank you for the gift!
Do you have more questions?
Contact Lars-Åke Winberg if you have questions about your will or if you want to give a gift to a children's charity and are considering including the children's rights organization Erikshjälpen in your will. On the page Include us in your Will a gift you can fill in an expression of interest and find contact details for Lars-Åke.
Include us in your Will
Lars-Åke Winberg
Published: 04 September 2025
