Donation to Foreign Charity Remittance

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Send money for university endowments and alumni giving, scholarship and education funds, religious organisations like temples, gurdwaras, mosques and churches abroad, disaster relief and humanitarian appeals, medical research and health charities, community and cultural organisations, with expert guidance and dedicated remittance support from planning to payment. 

Indian donors give abroad for many reasons. An alumnus contributes to a university endowment. A family supports a temple, church or gurdwara overseas. Someone reads about a disaster in another country and wants to help within the hour.

Donations abroad work differently from gifts to a person. The money has to reach a registered institution, not an individual, and your bank will run its own checks on the organisation receiving it.

BookMyForex lets you send donations at live, interbank linked rates with every charge shown before you pay. You can track the order end to end and get SWIFT proof once the money moves. Support is available on call and on chat, so you know exactly where the transfer stands. 

Donations from India go to a few familiar kinds of recipients. Universities in the United States and the United Kingdom draw steady alumni giving, usually into endowment funds and scholarship programmes. Many Indian graduates keep contributing to their old institution long after they return home.

Religious organisations are another common recipient. Temples, gurdwaras, mosques and churches abroad receive support from Indian families who have a connection to that community, often in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the Gulf.

A third group is international relief and health organisations. These transfers tend to spike around disasters and appeals, and they go wherever the organisation is registered, which is frequently Switzerland, the United States or the United Kingdom. 

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A donation moves from your Indian bank account to the institution's own bank account abroad. It cannot be sent to an individual under this purpose. If the recipient is a person, the transfer is a gift and carries a different code.

You'll need the organisation's exact registered name, account number and SWIFT/BIC code. Depending on the country, you may also need an IBAN, ABA routing number, sort code or BSB code. Many charities publish these on their website along with a reference number, so add the reference to make sure your donation reaches the right appeal.

Your bank will run KYC and anti money laundering checks on the receiving institution before the transfer is released. Allow for this if your donation is tied to a deadline.

Use the correct RBI purpose code. For donations to religious and charitable institutions abroad, it is S1303. Gifts to individuals, family maintenance and education have different codes and tax rules. TCS is nil up to ₹10 lakh in a financial year and 20 percent above that, and it can generally be claimed as a tax credit when filing your ITR. 

As per the Union Budget 2026, Tax Collected at Source (TCS) applies to outward remittances under LRS based on the purpose and amount of transfer. Here are the applicable TCS rates:

● Education via education loan: 0% TCS (any amount)
● Self-funded education & medical treatment: Nil up to ₹10 lakh; 2% above ₹10 lakh
● All other outward remittances: Nil up to ₹10 lakh; 20% above ₹10 lakh

Note: TCS is not a final tax, it can be claimed as credit when filing your ITR. BookMyForex auto-calculates applicable TCS at checkout so there are no surprises.

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