Due to the changing nature of international money transfers and in the interest of easing the burden on our customers, we are now blocking donations from certain “Sanctioned” countries automatically.
The Sanctions lists prevent most or all financial transactions with the following countries:
| COUNTRY NAME | DATE ADDED TO LIST | |
| Belarus | 23-Dec-2020 | |
| Brazil * | 23-Dec-2020 | |
| Central African Republic | 02-Jun-2022 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) | 23-Dec-2020 | |
| Cuba | 23-Dec-2020 | |
| Ethiopia | 02-Jun-2022 | |
| Indonesia** | 03-May-2023 | |
| Iran | 23-Dec-2020 | |
| Iraq | 02-Jun-2022 | |
| North Korea (DPRK) | 23-Dec-2020 | |
| Lebanon | 02-Jun-2022 | |
| Libya | 23-Dec-2020 | |
| Myanmar (aka Burma) | 23-Dec-2020 | |
| Nicaragua | 23-Dec-2020 | |
| Nigeria** | 02-Jun-2022 | |
| Russian Federation | 23-Dec-2020 | |
| Somalia | 02-Jun-2022 | |
| South Sudan | 23-Dec-2020 | |
| Sudan | 23-Dec-2020 | |
| Syria | 23-Dec-2020 | |
| Yemen | 02-Jun-2022 | |
| Zimbabwe | 23-Dec-2020 |
We will no longer allow transactions that originate in any of these countries.
* NOTE - Brazil is not on the OFAC sanctions lists, however, historically, the vast majority of attempted transactions from Brazil have been fraudulent.
**NOTE - Nigeria and Indonesia are not on the OFAC sanctions lists, However, these countries have a high-percentage of fraud attempts. Therefore, we have decided to block all attempted transactions from those countries.
Also, please note that:
- The sanctioned countries are countries sanctioned by the United States for at least financial transactions. These countries are sanctioned by OFAC, are on an embargo list or are sanctioned by Executive Order.
- Other countries may be sanctioned for import or export of specific items, those countries are not blocked.
- Countries sanctioned by the UN and EU, but not the US are still allowed. If your organization is required to abide by these sanctions, please contact support.
- The blocks are primarily based on the IP address location, we cannot prevent potential donors from circumventing this control by using a private VPN
- THE LIST OF BLOCKED COUNTRIES CAN CHANGE AT ANY TIME