SmartBe

SmartBe is a registered advocacy & civil rights nonprofit based in Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel), Brussels, Belgium. It is registered with the Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO). It was founded in 2008 and has been operating for 18 years. Its registration number is 0806.201.741. It has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 57/100 (Partial transparency), indicating some public data is available but key signals are missing. The organization reports €3M in annual revenue.

SmartBe has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 57/100. This score combines five components: Registration (20 pts), Financial Transparency (30 pts), Governance (20 pts), Contact Availability (10 pts), and Data Recency (20 pts), with negative adjustments for any red flags. A score of 57 ('Partial transparency') means some public data is on file but key signals are missing - worth a closer look before donating. For comparison, the average integrity assessment for advocacy & civil rights charities in Belgium is 57/100.

SmartBe is located in Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel), Brussels, Belgium. The organization was established in 2008 and has been active for 18 years.

Based on official tax filings, SmartBe has €3M in annual revenue. Create a free GiveRadar account to view the complete financial breakdown with year-over-year trends.

SmartBe is classified as a Advocacy & Civil Rights organization, registered in Belgium. It operates as a Private stichting. It has €3M in annual revenue.

SmartBe has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 57/100. We recommend reviewing the full profile before making a donation decision. The organization is overseen by the KBO. Visit the SmartBe profile on GiveRadar for full details before deciding. GiveRadar provides data for research purposes and does not endorse any organization. Always do your own due diligence.

Among advocacy & civil rights charities registered in Belgium: SmartBe's GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 57/100 is in line with the peer average of 57/100. Its annual revenue of €3M is comparable to the peer average of €3M.

SmartBe is registered in Belgium. Donations of at least 40 euros per year to recognized Belgian nonprofits are tax-deductible, providing a tax reduction of 45% of the donated amount. The organization must have formal recognition from the Federal Ministry of Finance.

SmartBe is a Belgian private foundation (private stichting / fondation privée). Private foundations have no members and are governed solely by a board; they are typically created for specific charitable, scientific, cultural or family purposes. Foundations differ from VZW/ASBL in that they have no members - the founder(s) endow the foundation with assets dedicated to a stated purpose, and a board manages those assets. It is registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen / Banque-Carrefour des Entreprises), with KBO number 0806.201.741.

You can verify SmartBe's legal status in three ways. First, look up the KBO record directly: https://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/zoeknummerform.html and enter 0806.201.741 (or 0806201741). The result page shows the official name, legal form, address, status, and registration date. Second, look up the most recent annual accounts at the National Bank of Belgium Central Balance Sheet Office (https://consult.cbso.nbb.be/consult-enterprise) using the same KBO number - Belgian non-profits above the small-association threshold (around €312,000 in revenue, or any with paid staff) are legally required to file there each year. Third, every legal-form change, board appointment, statute amendment, dissolution and registration appears as a public notice in the Moniteur belge / Belgisch Staatsblad (https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be) - searchable by KBO number. If those three sources agree on name, address and current legal form, the organisation is legitimate.

Contact SmartBe directly for current donation methods. Belgian charities typically accept domestic transfers via Bancontact, SEPA bank transfer, and online payment processors (Mollie, Stripe). A large share of larger Belgian charities channel donations through the King Baudouin Foundation (KBS-FRB / kbs-frb.be), which administers project funds and issues the fiscal certificate on behalf of the recipient charity. International donors can give by SEPA transfer (Belgium is in the eurozone, so intra-EU transfers are inexpensive), PayPal, or fundraising platforms common in Belgium such as iRaiser, HelloAsso, Donorbox, and GoFundMe. Always confirm the recipient's IBAN and KBO/enterprise number before sending funds, and ask the organisation to send the fiscal certificate (fiscale attest / attestation fiscale) for donations of 40 euros or more if you intend to claim the 45% tax reduction.

Yes - SmartBe filed its FY2024 annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium Central Balance Sheet Office (NBB CBSO). The filing is public and can be downloaded (PDF, XBRL or CSV) at https://consult.cbso.nbb.be/consult-enterprise/0806201741. Headline figures for the latest filing: total operating income €2,857,186; total operating expenses €2,801,762; total assets €19,677,249. Belgian non-profits above the small-association threshold are legally required to file annual accounts with the NBB; small VZW/ASBL below the threshold may file an abbreviated micro-model or no filing at all.

SmartBe is based in Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel), in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium's officially bilingual (Dutch/French) capital region of 19 communes. Belgium is a federal state with three regions (Flemish, Walloon, Brussels-Capital) and three official language communities (Dutch, French, and a German-speaking community in the east). Charities may operate in one or all of these.