Donate cryptocurrency to WEHI

We currently accept more than 100 cryptocurrencies, including:

Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), USD Coin (USD), Tether (USDT), XRP (XRP), Avalanche (AVAX), Samoyedcoin (SAMO), Galxe (GAL), STEPN (GMT), Tune.FM (JAM), Chiliz (CHZ), Qredo (QRDO), Polkadot (DOT), Solana (SOL), Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), Polygon (MATIC), Dai (DAI), Litecoin (LTC), ChainLink (LINK), Uniswap (UNI), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Decentraland (MANA), Filecoin (FIL), The Sandbox (SAND), ApeCoin (APE), Fantom (FTM), Axie Infinity Shards (AXS), Tezos (XTZ), Aave (AAVE), Zcash (ZEC), Maker (MKR), The Graph (GRT), Gala (GALA), Quant (QNT), Enjin Coin (ENJ), Loopring (LRC), Synthetix (SNX), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Curve Dao Token (CRV), Amp (AMP), Compound (COMP), Skale (SKL), PAX Gold (PAXG), yearn.finance (YFI), Ankr (ANKR), 0x (ZRX), Livepeer (LPT), Render Token (RNDR), Dogelon Mars (ELON), UMA (UMA), SushiSwap (SUSHI), Storj (STORJ), Ren (REN), Lido (LDO), Ethereum Name Service (ENS), Injective (INJ), Fetch.ai (FET), Orchid (OXT), API3 (API3), Mask Network (MASK), Somnium Space (CUBE), Gemini Dollar (GUSD) and more!

The Giving Block will automatically send you a receipt via email upon completion of your donation. If you can’t see it, double check your spam or junk mail, and contact The Giving Block if this needs to be resent.

WEHI has Australian Taxation Office endorsement as a deductible gift recipient under subdivision 30-BA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

The ATO considers cryptocurrency as an asset, so in some situations your donation will not be subject to capital gains and will be tax deductible.

We recommend referring to the latest guidelines from the ATO and also consulting a qualified, professional tax advisor about your personal situation and the tax deduction benefits that apply to you, based on where you live and pay tax. If you are outside Australia, please check with your local Taxation department or tax professional.

You can access WEHI’s wallet address with the widget above.

Once you enter the type of cryptocurrency and reach the third step, you will receive a unique wallet address which can be used to complete your donation.

The majority of donations are directed towards WEHI’s highest priorities, this includes cryptocurrency donations. This enables us to be nimble and direct funding to where it is needed most to accelerate and bolster our research.

WEHI will be pleased to keep you informed of our research impact and the research of your gift via various communications.

Major gifts may be directed to a specific area of research or project after consultation with our Major Gifts team.

WEHI uses The Giving Block platform to accept cryptocurrency donations.

The Giving Block was founded in 2018 after seeing hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto being donated to the few not for profits that were equipped to accept those donations.

Their mission is to ensure that not for profits from all sectors are equipped to accept cryptocurrencies and are connected with those in the crypto community who wish to donate. They achieve this with their founders’ wealth of experience in cryptocurrency as well as not for profit fundraising and operations.

Scrolling through the supported assets on The Giving Block form above will show whether or not the token is an ERC-20. In these cases, The Giving Block will likely accept the Ethereum (ERC-20) version of a token which lives on multiple networks. Always verify which one is supported before donating.

Some coins may have multiple different transfer networks available along with different transaction fees. We recommend you check with your external wallet provider to understand fees before making your transaction. Also, ETH gas fees are variable and apply to any donor sending ETH or tokens on the Ethereum network.

WEHI and The Giving Block have no control over these fees and currency holders will need to address directly with your wallet provider.

Crypto is a fast-growing donation method with hundreds of millions of dollars donated in the past year globally.

We are continually looking at ways to engage with new supporters of WEHI and creating opportunities for donors to support our work in ways that suit you. We see crypto philanthropy as an avenue for us to meet many new supporters and friends of WEHI who are likeminded in our passion for innovation.

If you are considering a major gift using crypto currency, we recommend that you speak to one of our Major Gift team members first so we can discuss your wishes.

No, WEHI does not hold any cryptocurrency. Crypto donations are immediately liquidated into cash in an automated process by The Giving Block. Secure custody and liquidity of crypto assets are provided by The Giving Block’s exchange partner, Gemini, one of the most regulatory compliant and secure cryptocurrency exchange in the world.

Blockchain payments are non-refundable by design. Always check the accuracy and authenticity of any address you’re sending cryptocurrency to. All cryptocurrency donations made via The Giving Block are non-refundable. We are not able to give refunds if you changed your mind, sent the wrong cryptocurrency or made the wrong decision.

Please only send the exact cryptocurrency listed on the blockchain mentioned on the widget. Do not send any other cryptocurrencies (including layer 2, wrapped tokens, NFTs or other ERC-20 tokens not listed) as these are unsupported and may result in loss of donation.

As these donations are immediately converted into dollars, we do not offer refunds on any donations that are made in cryptocurrency.

In accordance with WEHI’s Philanthropic Gifts Policy, WEHI will not accept any completely anonymous gifts.

We will be sure to honour any requests for privacy and no public recognition should you wish to not have your name listed on any honour rolls etc.

If your question is not answered here, please reach out to our philanthropy office at fundraising@wehi.edu.au.