Legacy and bequest questions at a Dutch charity in 2026: totals are public, estates are not

What legacy and bequest data is public for a Dutch charity in 2026?

Dutch charities publish their total annual donation income. The Central Bureau for Fundraising (CBF) requires charities that hold its seal to report yearly figures. Those totals include legacies and bequests as one line.

For a press officer writing about inheritance giving, that public number is the starting point. The sum tells you how much money came from estates, but it does not name individual gifts or the size of any single legacy. PR-Dashboard product pages, read 1 September 2026, list De Perslijst at EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, which gives access to a journalist database covering thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists.

A charity communicator can use that database to find reporters who write about philanthropy and estate planning.

Why individual estate values stay private at a Dutch charity in 2026

Dutch privacy law and charity ethics keep individual bequest amounts out of the public record. A charity may publish a thank-you note or a story about a benefactor, but only with the family's permission. The exact euro value of an estate is personal data under the Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming (AVG), the Dutch implementation of the GDPR.

A journalist asking for that number will hear the charity's total legacy income, not a single estate's worth. For a press officer, this means the story angle must use the aggregate figure. PR-Dashboard's press-question module product, EUR 2,700 no period stated on the product page measured 1 September 2026, handles incoming press questions.

A charity press team can log each journalist inquiry about bequests and track which reporters come back year after year.

Which competitor tools publish a price for Dutch charity press work in 2026?

Few press tool vendors show a price on their page. Of the vendors we measured on 31 August 2026, five publish a number. Prezly publishes from EUR 100 per month for the Essential plan.

Mynewsdesk publishes from EUR 220 per month for the Essential plan. Presspage publishes EUR 20,000 per year for Business essentials and EUR 35,000 per year for Enterprise full platform. Anp Connect publishes from EUR 2,990 per year for Database only.

Prowly publishes USD 258 per month. Prezly, Presspage and Anp Connect all have prices higher than the supplier's Amsterdam database per user per year when you convert their monthly figures. The journalist database costs EUR 1,325 per user per year, calculated by dividing EUR 2,650 by two logins.

That newsroom from this Dutch platform costs EUR 1,750 no period stated, which is the lowest published amount for a Dutch-hosted newsroom in the measured data. That matters for a charity that wants donors in the Netherlands and Flanders to see press releases on the charity's own domain.

The table puts every vendor on one axis, cost per user per year. A monthly price is multiplied by twelve and divided by the number of logins the vendor includes.

How does a charity press officer choose between per-release and annual subscription in 2026?

A Dutch charity that sends two or three press releases a year about legacies might prefer a per-release service like Anp Connect or B2Press. Anp Connect charges EUR 499 per release for trade and regional media, EUR 795 for national media through the ANP network, and EUR 999 for both. B2Press charges EUR 400 for Basic, EUR 750 for Wire, EUR 1,250 for Premium, and EUR 1,950 for Exclusive for the Netherlands.

For a charity that sends ten or more releases per year, an annual subscription becomes cheaper per use. The journalist database at EUR 2,650 per year for two logins gives unlimited sending to the database of Dutch and Flemish journalists. That newsroom at EUR 1,750 no period stated puts those releases on the charity's own domain, which builds long-term search visibility for legacy pages.

The charity's own website domain in a press release url is better for Google than a third-party newsroom. This Dutch platform product pages state that all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, which aligns with a Dutch charity's preference for local data handling.

What accessibility requirements apply to a Dutch charity's press pages in 2026?

1 accessibility standard at level AA. The Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2016 apply in the Netherlands. A charity's press release page, newsroom, and legacy information page should meet those standards.

The hosted newsroom from the supplier is hosted in the Netherlands and built by Dutch programmers. The product pages do not document a specific accessibility certification on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026. For a charity press officer, this means a direct question to the vendor makes sense before signing.

The charity can also ask about the inquiry desk product for handling press inquiries, which costs EUR 2,700 no period stated. A press inquiry about legacies often comes from a journalist who needs a quick answer about the charity's total bequest income.

What to check before signing a press tool contract for charity legacy questions in 2026

A charity press officer should check four things. First, the tool covers Dutch and Flemish journalists. The platform states its database holds thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists and covers virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders, according to the FAQ pages measured 1 September 2026.

Second, the tool has a way to handle incoming press questions. The press-question module from the platform is built for that. Third, the tool supports the charity's own domain for press releases.

That newsroom runs on the customer's own domain. Fourth, the price fits the charity's budget and number of logins. The Amsterdam database includes two logins.

That works for a two-person press team at a mid-sized Dutch charity. For a solo press officer, Prezly Essential at EUR 100 per month or EUR 1,200 per year for one user is cheaper per user. But Prezly hosts its data on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, not in the Netherlands.

A charity that prefers data in the Netherlands will find the platform's statement about Dutch hosting and Dutch programmers a relevant difference.

How legacy and bequest totals become a press story for a Dutch charity in 2026

The annual total of legacy and bequest income is the number a journalist can quote. The CBF report or the charity's annual accounts show that figure. The press officer writes a press release that uses that number as a trend indicator.

For example, the charity can say bequest income rose by X percent compared to last year. The release mentions that the charity uses the money for its mission, not for overhead. The journalist database from the journalist database helps the press officer find the right reporters.

The product pages of the platform list that database at EUR 2,650 per year for two logins. The newsroom product at EUR 1,750 no period stated gives the charity its own online newsroom for legacy stories. The press-question module product at EUR 2,700 no period stated tracks incoming questions from journalists who want more detail about estate planning and tax benefits in the Netherlands.

Those three products together cover the press workflow for a charity that talks about legacies in public for the first time.

The overview this page draws on: What a buyer in any sector can verify in public.