Madrid solidarity wills climb 46% in five years
Solidarity wills have climbed 46% in five years, according to Haz Testamento Solidario, a Madrid platform bringing together 28 non-profit organisations. Its report, released on 12 September 2026, also records a sharp rise in people seeking information. In 2025, women made up 66% of those who made this type of will.
A solidarity will leaves all or part of an estate to a non-governmental organisation. It can name a fixed sum, an asset or a share of the inheritance. Haz Testamento Solidario says the organisations are exempt from inheritance tax, meaning the full legacy goes to the chosen cause.
Requests rise sevenfold
The platform received 1,282 requests for information in 2021. By 2025, that figure had reached 8,766 — roughly seven times as many.
It is holding a free information event at CaixaForum Madrid on Monday, 21 September, following the Day of the Solidarity Will on Sunday. The session will cover how the arrangement works and its legal and social advantages.
Funds behind projects abroad
Catholic non-governmental organisation Manos Unidas says it received 10.378.463 euros from inheritances and legacies in 2025, accounting for 20,9% of its income. It says the money helped it approve 531 new projects in 52 countries, invest more than 41 million euros and support more than 1.043.000 people in Africa, America and Asia.
One legacy of 68.778 euros helped Manos Unidas support Indigenous women in Mexico's Sierra de Zongolica to live more independently and assert their rights.
Misiones Salesianas reports 2,4 million euros from inheritances and legacies in 2025, out of total income of 15,7 million euros. It points to a project at Colegio Salesiano Don Bosco in Tijuana, Mexico, where 120 children and young people — many migrants or asylum seekers — receive support.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com